Ten years after the 2013 UP riots, a court convicted two men of gangraping a Muslim woman fleeing with her 3-month-old child. But for many families, life is stuck between ‘before riots’ and ‘after riots’.
Primary schools in UP's Shamli, one of India's low performing districts in terms of basic literacy & numeracy among kids, trying activity-based model under govt's ‘Mission Education’.
Shamli's Chandrapal Singh claims he traced his stolen buffalo to a nearby village in Saharanpur districts, but villagers there say it always belonged to a local resident.
Family of accused say he shot monkey in self-defence, while Hindus in village, backed by local Bajrang Dal unit, say incident 'hurt sentiments as monkey is Lord Hanuman avatar.'
Assault on Amit Sharma spells fresh embarrassment for UP Police as it came on the day Supreme Court criticised the force for journalist Prashant Kanojia's arrest.
Four of the six encounters in Shamli district since July 2017 feature discrepancies, unexplained injuries, and allegations of torture and political vendetta.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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