Of the remaining 8 convicts, 5 are from OBCs, 2 from SC, one is Baniya. Internet slams BJP MLA CK Raulji's comments on the accused being 'sanskari Brahmins', calls them 'shameful'.
In Ahmedabad's Naroda & Naroda Patiya — where a mob allegedly killed over 97 people during 2002 riots — Muslim families are angry about the convicts' release, but don’t want to rock the boat.
Release of 11 people convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case has triggered nationwide outrage, with political parties — with the exception of BJP & AAP — criticising the move.
Most of the 11 convicts released, returned to Gujarat's Singvad, which now wears a nonchalant, but uneasy calm. The village was also home to Bano’s family till 2002. Her uncle still lives there.
Citizens, including human rights activists, said early release of the convicts strengthens the impunity of all men who commit rape & acts of violence against women.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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