Court has convicted all 3 accused and sentenced them to rigorous life imprisonment. Bhandari was employed at resort in Pauri owned by since-expelled BJP leader's son.
The three were found guilty of murder, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, and sexual harassment, along with provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
The SIT formed in Uttarakhand says Pulkit Arya’s 'motive' to allegedly ‘murder’ Ankita was to hide his attempts to push her to ‘provide sexual favours to guests’ despite her refusal.
Dhami also said his government will bring land laws making sale, purchase of land difficult in hill areas and that Uttarakhand will be the first state to enact common civil code.
Owner of one resort says all bookings cancelled overnight, while another was sealed over failure to comply with fire safety norms, at a time when business was picking up post Covid.
Tourism board says Vanantra resort never applied for permit. A senior official of District Industrial Centre claims factory next to resort did not have requisite permission.
Senior leader B.L. Santosh took extensive feedback about Uttarakhand government as well as the state unit. BJP top brass is concerned with public perception against the government.
In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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