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Chandigarh: The Haryana cabinet on Wednesday approved two key welfare and employment measures, enhancing horizontal reservation for former Agniveers in select state govt posts and reserving 33% fair price shops (FPS) for women.At a meeting chaired by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, the cabinet approved an amendment to its policy on ex-Agniveers, increasing the existing 10% horizontal reservation to 20% in posts such as forest guard, warder and mining guard.The move follows a recommendation fro ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], April 8 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday announced a hike in the minimum wage for unskilled workers, increasing it from ₹11,257 to ₹15,220 per month. Following recommendations from an expert committee, the Cabinet approved the hike to support labourers. "Keeping these recommendations in view, the Cabinet discussed the matter today and decided to increase the minimum wage," said the Chief Minister. The Haryana CM also announced that the cabinet ha ...Read More >
A 20-year-old Delhi college student sustained acid burn injuries after three men attacked her on Sunday. The incident, allegedly stemming from a past argument and stalking, saw acid thrown on her as she walked towards Laxmi Bai College. The victim is receiving treatment, and police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A 20-year-old woman from Delhi's Mukundpur suffered acid burn injuries as three men allegedly attacked her on Sunday over a heated argument that took place fe ...Read More >
Delhi Acid Attack: The case of an acid attack on a 20-year-old female student near Laxmi Bai College in Delhi has unraveled further with the police apprehending the father of the victim. This marked an important shift in the investigation, which includes contradictions, family vendettas, and multiple narratives. On October 26, around 10:52 am, the victim, who is a second-year Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board student affiliated with Delhi University, was admitted to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The investigation into the alleged acid attack on a 19-year-old DU student has taken anew twist. Police have arrested the girl's father, Akil Khan, for allegedly sexually assaulting the wife of one of the suspects the girl claimed was stalking her."He (Akil Khan) confessed to fabricating the acid attack story because the woman had filed a complaint against him, and he wanted to implicate her husband in the acid attack case," the police said.Police revealed that two days before the all ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Police have arrested the father of a woman who alleged an acid attack near Ashok Vihar, after the probe revealed inconsistencies in her statement and links to a separate harassment case filed by the main accused's wife, police said on Monday. The accused has been identified as Akil. Also Read | Infantry Day 2025: PM Narendra Modi Pays Tribute to Valour, Supreme Sacrifice of Soldiers on Shaurya Diwas. Police said that their initial investigation the a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Police have arrested the father of a woman who alleged an acid attack near Ashok Vihar, after the probe revealed inconsistencies in her statement and links to a separate harassment case filed by the main accused's wife, police said on Monday. The accused has been identified as Akil. Police said that their initial investigation the accused revealed that it was not acid that had been thrown on the woman. Instead, the accused's daughter had taken toilet ...Read More >
The Delhi Police on Monday arrested the father of a Delhi University student for allegedly staging a fake acid attack on his daughter. The development comes a day after reports claimed that a 20-year-old DU student was attacked near Laxmi Bai College. According to police, the case took a dramatic turn when multiple inconsistencies emerged, including CCTV footage showing no presence of the alleged attackers, discrepancies in the victim's movement, and the location of the accused being kilometres ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi acid attack case took a 360-degree U-turn in 24 hours, as on October 26, a 20-year-old woman lodged a case against three men for an alleged acid attack on her. She also claimed that she suffered injuries while protecting her face and was admitted to the Deep Chand Bandhu hospital. The incident sparked massive outrage, as the woman was a Delhi University college student, and she was travelling to college to attend an extra class. According to her, three men were stalking her ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Police have detained the father of a woman who alleged an acid attack near Ashok Vihar, after the investigation revealed inconsistencies in her statement and links to a separate harassment case filed by the main accused's wife, officials said on Monday. According to a Delhi Police statement, on October 26, a 19-year-old open-school student was admitted to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital with burn injuries on her hands. She told police that her acquaintance ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 20-year-old Delhi University student claimed on Sunday that she suffered burn injuries while trying to protect her face in an alleged acid attack by a man, who had been stalking her for days and his two accomplices, while she was on her way to attend an extra class. The incident sparked massive outrage. However, 24 hours later, a major twist emerged. The victim's father, Aqeel Khan who had been on the run, was caught by the Delhi Police and has confessed to fabricating the acid att ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 27: In a stunning development in the acid attack case near Laxmi Bai College, Delhi Police have tracked and apprehended Akil Khan, the father of the 20-year-old victim, who was previously reported as absconding. The arrest, confirmed late Monday evening by senior officials at Bharat Nagar police station, marks a pivotal shift in an investigation already mired in contradictions, family vendettas, and competing narratives of harassment and revenge. Khan, a 45-year-old factory o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Archana Majumdar, member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), stated on Monday that the commission is ensuring prompt medical care, counselling, and rehabilitation for the 20-year-old Delhi University student who was attacked by a stalker with acid. Speaking to ANI, Majumdar called for strict legal action and reaffirmed its commitment to women's safety, security, and dignity. "The NCW is committed to women's security, safety, and dignity... We are en ...Read More >
Delhi Acid Attack: A 20-year-old woman sustained burn injuries on her hands in an alleged acid attack by her stalker and his associates near Laxmi Bai College in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area on Sunday, an official said. The incident occurred in the morning when the victim, a second-year student pursuing her studies at a private institution, was walking towards her college for an extra class. "She was intercepted by the accused and two of his associates on a motorcycle. The main accused has ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old DU student suffered burn injuries after being attacked with acid, allegedly by a stalker and his two associates, in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar on Sunday.In her statement, the victim, a second-year student enrolled in a non-collegiate programme at a college, said she was on her way to attend an additional class in Ashok Vihar when she was attacked around 11am. Police were alerted around 12pm after she was taken to a hospital with burns. "She was walking towards the col ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): A student suffered burn injuries to both of her hands while trying to protect her face in an alleged acid attack by three men, Delhi Police said on Sunday. The victim has demanded justice from the goverment and the culprits behind bars. The accused managed to flee from the spot. The attack took place on Sunday when the victim was on the way to Laxmi Bhai College in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar. Also Read | Delhi Shocker: UPSC Aspirant Murdered in Gandhi Vi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): A student suffered burn injuries to both of her hands while trying to protect her face in an alleged acid attack by three men, Delhi Police said on Sunday. The victim has demanded justice from the goverment and the culprits behind bars. The accused managed to flee from the spot. The attack took place on Sunday when the victim was on the way to Laxmi Bhai College in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar. Among the three, one accused, identified as Jitender by the vi ...Read More >
In a statement, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Bhisham Singh said, "She was intercepted by the accused and two of his associates on a motorcycle. The main accused has been identified as Jitender, a resident of Mukundpur, where the victim also resides. He was accompanied by Ishan and Arman". According to the woman's statement, Ishan handed over a bottle to Arman, who then threw acid on her. In a bid to shield her face, she raised her hands, which resulted in injuries to both her hands ...Read More >
New Delhi: A second-year Delhi University student was the target of an acid attack near Lakshmibai College, in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area, on Sunday. According to police, the incident took place around 10 am, not very far from the college campus. The accused, identified as her stalker Jitender, allegedly threw acid at the 20-year-old female student before fleeing the scene along with two associates. The woman took evasive action and managed to shield her face. However, she sustained b ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) A 20-year-old woman sustained burn injuries on her hands in an alleged acid attack by her stalker and his associates near Laxmi Bai College in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area on Sunday, an official said. The incident occurred in the morning when the victim, a second-year student pursuing her studies at a private institution, was walking towards her college for an extra class. "She was intercepted by the accused and two of his associates on a motorcycle. The main accu ...Read More >
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decrease in the number of overall crime incidents from 2021 to 2023, recording a fall of 2,080 cases during the period, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2023 said. The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday released the 71st edition of the NCRB annual report, which presents a comprehensive analysis of crime statistics for the calendar year 2023. As per the report, overall crime data, including Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and Special and Local Laws ...Read More >
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decrease in the number of overall crime incidents from 2021 to 2023, recording a fall of 2,080 cases during the period, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report 2023 said. The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday released the 71st edition of the NCRB annual report, which presents a comprehensive analysis of crime statistics for the calendar year 2023. As per the report, overall crime data, including Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and Special and Local Laws ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Crimes in Odisha rose in 2023 in comparison to cases in the previous two years. According to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of crimes in Odisha under Indian Penal Code (IPC) rose to 1,70,022 in 2023. NCRB, under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, also reported a 78% chargesheeting rate in Odisha crime cases for 2023. The corresponding number of crimes in 2021 was 1,24,956 and in 2022 it was 1,43,414. The report went on to specify ...Read More >
Lucknow, Sep 30 (PTI) Lucknow recorded more cases of murder, rape, kidnapping, acid attack, culpable homicides and deaths due to negligence with a higher crime rate than Ghaziabad or Kanpur, according to the latest NCRB data for 2023. Ghaziabad, Kanpur and Lucknow are the only three places from Uttar Pradesh which are included in the annual crime data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in the category of the 19 "metropolitan cities" that have a population of over 20 lakh. The ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Crime against women was highest in Delhi with over 13,000 cases registered in 2023 alone, as the national capital recorded the most number of dowry death and rape cases among 19 metropolitan cities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. While Delhi's crime rate per lakh population stood at 14.4 per cent, lower than that of Indore and Jaipur, the city lodged 1,088 cases of rape. Jaipur registered 573 rape cases and Mumbai 196. Overall, crim ...Read More >
NCRB data: A total of 207 cases of acid attacks were recorded in India in 2023, against 202 in 2022 and 176 in 2021. Of the total 207 cases, 57 were from Bengal The number of acid attacks across the country saw a significant rise between 2021 and 2023, with West Bengal reporting the highest number of cases, recent figures on 'Crimes in India' by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) suggest. The data show that a total of 207 cases of acid attacks were recorded in India in 2023, against 202 ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Commission for Women (NCW) member Archana Majumdar on Monday condemned the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal following the recent gangrape of a student at a law college in Kolkata. She expressed deep concern over the lack of safety for women in the state, stating that even she fears for her own daughter's safety. Speaking to IANS, Archana Majumdar said: "Even as a member of the NCW, as a mother, and as a voter of Bengal, I feel tha ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday sought a report within three days from the Maharashtra Police chief over a media report alleging abduction, repeated rape, forced abortion of a 15-year-old girl in Thane who was pushed into prostitution. Taking suo motu cognisance of the report, NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar also directed the Director General of Police to ensure a swift and fair investigation into the shocking incident. Rahatkar also asked ...Read More >
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