By Hemendra Chaturvedi Agra: India is preparing to hang a woman teacher in Uttar Pradesh, convicted of murder, after 70 years. The preparations are on at the district jail in Mathura for the probable hanging of Shabnam, says Akhilesh Kumar, Agra’s deputy inspector general (Jail). Shabnam was convicted in 2008Continue Reading
New Delhi: Protesting farmers on February 18 sat on railway tracks at hundreds of locations, and stopped some trains during a four-hour ‘rail roko’ agitation. The Railways said there was a “negligible” impact on the running of trains across the country. For a few passengers on trains stopped by theContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has dismissed the plea of Robin Vadakkumchery, a former Catholic priest convicted of raping a minor, to grant him bail so that he could “marry the survivor.” The court said it could find no merit the petition. Dismissing the plea, Justice Sunil Thomas stated thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pune: Jesuit Father Vasco do Rego, a noted Goan crusader and Konkani stalwart, died. The death occurred at 9:45 pm on February 17 in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 95. The funeral will be held on February 19 at St Xavier’s Church in Pune. Father Rego wasContinue Reading
New Delhi: Police in Uttar Pradesh on February 18 filed murder charges against unknown persons, 16 hours after two girls were found dead in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao. The case was filed after the girls’ father gave a statement to the police saying scarves had been wrapped aroundContinue Reading
New Delhi: Priya Ramani, who on February 17 was acquitted in a defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar, said the verdict would help inspire more women to speak up against sexual harassment at the workplace. Following a Delhi court’s verdict acquitting her, Ramani said that she feltContinue Reading
Unnao: Two teenage girls were found dead and another unconscious on February 17 in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao. The unconscious girl was rushed to Kanpur in a critical condition. The other two were declared brought dead on arrival by doctors. The police said the girls aged between 13Continue Reading
New Delhi: A court in Delhi on February 17 acquitted a woman journalist in a defamation case filed by a former federal minister. Observing that M J Akbar’s defamation case against Priya Ramani could not be proved, the court asserted, “Women can’t be punished for raising instances of sexual abuse.”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The police in Kerala have ruled out foul play in the death of a Catholic nun in the southern Indian state. A post mortem examination done on the body of Sister Jessina Thomas suggests that she had died due to drowning in a quarry, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The United Christian Forum has urged the administration and the Directorate of Education of Daman to immediately withdraw a circular making veneration of goddess Saraswati compulsory in all schools under the Union Territory in western India. “The Christian community in Dadra and Nagar HaveliContinue Reading
