After seven and a half years of an alleged encounter in the State of Chattisgarh’s Bastar region between the security forces and alleged Maosit, a court of inquiry has come to a conclusion. The alleged encounter is said to have killed seventeen villagers, including seven minors and six security personnel and ten villagers were left injured after the violent roundabout. The encounter was carried out despite no evidence on record to suggest that the killed or injured in the exchange were Maoists. The flip side of the story suggests that they were not Maoists and the police knew about the same before engaging with them. A single member inquiry commission was directed in the said case with a retired judge of the Madhya Pradesh high court, Justice V.K. Agarwal.
Jharkhand is gearing up for elections in the last month of the year. With a ruling state government led by the Bhartiya Janta Party, the opposition forces have awakened to give it a tough fight. The main opposition which BJP might face is from the regional party of the area, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha [JMM]. In a release of its manifesto, JMM has assured to grant 67% reservation to the Scheduled Tribes [ST], Other Backward Classes [OBC] and Scheduled Castes [SC]. Also, the manifesto promises the opportunity to avail government job for the local people, if it is elected to power in the next Assembly elections.
Alia Bhatt has always come out as a protective sister for elder sister Shaheen Bhatt, and one such example is the sister's presence ay We The Women event curated by Barkha Dutt in Mumbai. Shaheen Bhatt's book "I've never been (UN) Happier" is out as a hard copy and people from the industry have been very appreciative of Shaheen coming out and talking about her struggle with mental health.
Matrubharti offers an opportunity to the users to share their poem, stories, articles and plays & performance in the vernacular languages to impact the society with new wave of thoughts and ideas by young Indians.
In the era of digitalization, this are evolving and replacing the age-old method of show casing your talent. Matrubharti started as an online platform to the users to send their creative content and get it published as e-book in different regional languages. However, with time the platform evolved and started an audio-visual format of Literature in vernacular languages.
The team at Matrubharti believes that videos have become a growing platform among the users and the want to target youth who want to showcase their talent and spread the importance of mother-tongue.
Mobilizing the male gender and sensitizing them to a different thesaurus of gender will stop the cycle. In a dynamic and diverse country like India, an overhaul as expected might take generations to penetrate through, but it is enough time to take the first step today. Remember the victim of the gruesome rape violence in Hyderabad, her body lying in ashes but do not hate the perpetrator. Look at the perpetrator as a victim of the vicious society and the notions attached to it. Think of him of someone who has grown all his life watching abuse in the family, watching all wrong power-dynamics and witnessing deprivation at every stage. His urge to execute the power, that we the society expected him to exercise, has turned into a rapist. Rapists are not born; they are created. I create them, and you create them. We build them
One of the convicts who is also convicted for the murder of the twenty-three-year-old paramedic student has filed a mercy petition before the current President, Mr Ram Nath Kovind. In response to the said mercy petition filed by a convict, the Delhi government has strongly recommended the President to reject the said petition. They have noted their recommendations to Lt. Governor Anil Baijal. Sources say that the Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain has moved the file in consultation with the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
It was during the act that the girl’s mother arrived home and called out for the neighbours to help. However, the neighbours were an angry mob who subdued the accused and started to thrash him. After that, he was stripped naked and tied up. He was then made to parade on the streets before handing him over to the police. A criminal case pertaining to sexual assault of minor has been registered against him.
