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Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi to visit Hathras rape victim’s family, Section 144 imposed in UP district
Congress Uttar Pradesh general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her brother Rahul Gandhi are due to visit Hathras district to meet the 19-year-old Dalit rape victim’s family on Thursday.
Congress Uttar Pradesh general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her brother Rahul Gandhi are due to visit Hathras district to meet the 19-year-old Dalit rape victim’s family on Thursday. The Uttar Pradesh Police have been accused of burning the remains of the 19-year-old against the family’s wishes in the dead of the night. She died on Tuesday, some 2 weeks after being gang-raped by four upper caste men in her village on September 14.
Reports said the family had said that UP police cremated her against their wishes and the hurried cremation has provoked nationwide outrage. The police took her body away, drove to her village in Hathras and cremated the body while the family was locked in their home. The woman’s parents had begged to be allowed to take her body back home and perform the last rites the following morning.
The UP Police’s rush to cremate the body is seen as a desperate attempt to cover-up what has been a string of lapses in the case. The police maintained the cremation took place as per the family’s wishes.
The victim’s family accused the police of not taking their complaint seriously at first because they were Dalits. They said the police had only reacted after adequate public outrage.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said all this was a shameful move of the UP government to suppress Dalits and show them their place in society. He said his party’s fight is against this hateful thinking. Priyanka demanded the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath‘s resignation saying he had no moral right to continue in office.
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The woman had suffered multiple fractures, her tongue had been cut by the rapists. She was dragged by her dupatta which broke her cervical spine, resulting in a spinal cord injury that had left her paralysed.
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Earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on Richter scale shakes up Delhi-NCR, North India
Reports said the tremors were felt acutely by people residing in high rises and many fled by staircase to the groundfloor and were awaiting more aftershocks.
Strong tremors lasting almost a minute rocked parts of Delhi-National Capital Region, and several northern states after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake at its epicentre hit Nepal.
Reports said the tremors were felt acutely by people residing in high-rises and many fled by staircase to the groundfloor and were awaiting more aftershocks. Parts of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand felt the temblors just after 2.45 pm.
There has been no report of damage to life and property as of now. Reports are awaited on the situation in Nepal. Seismologists said the epicentre was 5 km underground in Bhatekhola in Nepal. The Himalayan country has already faced a massive quake on April 25, 2015 of 7.8 magnitude. Some 9,000 people died and injured more than 20,000.
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Watch: Nitin Gadkari takes a test drive on hydrogen bus in Prague
In the video Gadkari is seen seated on the bus while officials surround him standing. One of the officials asked about the distance the bus can cover in a single charge. Gadkari said the visit is part of India’s commitment to eco friendly and sustainable transportation solutions.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is currently on an official visit to the Czech Republic. He took a test drive in a hydrogen bus. Nitin Gadkari took to X (formerly Twitter) and shared a video of the bus ride. In the video Gadkari can be seen surrounded by a group of officials.
In the video Gadkari is seen seated on the bus while officials surround him standing. One of the officials asked about the distance the bus can cover in a single charge. Gadkari said the visit is part of India’s commitment to eco friendly and sustainable transportation solutions. The video is captioned Hydrogen buses are a beacon of hope in India’s fight against environment degradation and carbon emissions. The buses will pave a greener and cleaner future.
The union minister posted a series of photographs on X, which showed the Gadkari’s test drive. Hydrogen fuel celled powered buses use air and hydrogen to generate electricity. It is a more environment friendly and sustainable mode of public transportation.
Gadkari arrived in the Czech Republic on October 1. He received a warm welcome at the Prague airport. He also participated on the ministerial session on road safety at the 27th World Road Congress in Prague. The Minister reaffirmed India’s dedication to achieving road safety targets which are outlined in the Stockholm Declarartion.
Nitin Gadkari has clearly advocated asserting that advancements and transition to green fuel. This will reduce the cost of electric vehicles when compared to petrol run vehicles within a span of two years. Variety of comments started coming on X (formerly twitter). One social media user said all school and state run buses would be run on hydrogen in the coming days. One X User was asked about the mass production of hydrogen cars. One user said the video was highly inspiring.
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Watch: Rajasthan independent MLA Om Prakash Hudla polishes people’s shoes
Hudla did a similar act in the year 2018. He won the election from Dausa constituency. Talking to the media Hudla said he took the initiative to polish the shoes of workers and voters. He said he wanted to make them realize MLAs are their employees and not vice versa.
As the election fever grips Rajasthan independent MLA Om Prakash Hudla became a cobbler in Dausa. He polished people’s shoes. In a video going viral on social media, Hudla is seen wearing a garland and polishing the elderly man’s shoes. He later helps the man to put the shoes on.
Many people have surrounded the MLA. One man even threw rose petals on him. Hudla did a similar act in the year 2018. He won the election from Dausa constituency. Talking to the media Hudla said he took the initiative to polish the shoes of workers and voters. He said he wanted to make them realize MLAs are their employees and not vice versa.
He said he has done it before. He was doing it again and he would continue to do it in the future. Hudla also hosted a tricolor outside a hospital on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Rajasthan will have assembly elections later this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh in preparation for the upcoming state elections. PM Modi slammed Ashok Gehlot led congress government in the state and said the Rajasthan state had been destroyed in the past five years.
PM Modi said every leader of Congress, Tyrant, rioter, goon and corrupt person has considered himself the government of Rajasthan. PM Modi added Congress had left no stone unturned in looting the state. He added The Congress has successfully deceived the people of Rajasthan.
But the Congress had failed to run the government in the state. He said Ashok Gehlot was trying to save his chief minister’s chair and almost half of the Congress party was trying to unseat him. Pilot and Gehlot have been up against each other over the past few years as Pilot was trying his level best to replace Gehlot in the Chief Minister’s position.
