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A video shared by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya revealing the identity of the Hathras rape victim has evoked sharp reactions from the National Commission for Women and the Congress. Malviya had shared the video, in which the face of the rape victim is clearly visible, on 2 October on Twitter. As of Sunday morning, the tweet is still on the micro-blogging platform. National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma has been quoted as saying by The Indian Express , "If she is a rape victim, then the incident of tweeting the video is really very unfortunate and is also absolutely illegal." The chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Women Vimla Batham also told the newspaper that she had not seen the video, but if it disclosed the woman’s identity, it was “definitely objectionable.” Batham was reported to have said that the commission would take cognizance and serve Malviya a notice. Congress leader Radhika Khera also reacted to the tweet, and said, "

Two Navy personnel died as a glider on routine flight crashed in Kochi on Sunday morning, a Defence spokesperson said. He said the naval power glider was on a routine training sortie and took off from INS Garuda. It crashed near Thoppumpady bridge close to the naval base at around 7 am. Lt Rajeev Jha and Petty officer Sunil Kumar, who were in the glider, were rescued from the crash site and shifted to INHS Sanjivani. However, they were declared brought dead, the spokesperson said. The glider is being salvaged and a board of inquiry has been ordered by the Southern Naval Command into the incident, he said. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/33qjtSy Press Trust of India

Mumbai: Veteran social activist Pushpa Bhave died following a prolonged illness, sources close to her said on Saturday. She was 81. Bhave died on Friday night. She is survived by her husband Anand Bhave, the sources said. Journalist-activist Jatin Desai described Bhave as a multi-faceted personality. She was also an academician and an intellectual, who fought for the rights of common citizens, he said. Bhave had taken part in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and the Goa liberation movement. During the Emergency, she had offered her home as shelter to underground political workers like Mrinal Gore. Following the mysterious death of a Dadar resident Ramesh Kini in the 1990s, Bhave had raised her voice against the builder-politician nexus and demanded a probe. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2Sn99nN Press Trust of India

10:07 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India’s tally touches 65-lakh mark with almost 76,000 new cases today India’s coronavirus count rose to 65,49,393 on Sunday, as the country reported 75,829 new cases in the last 24 hours. India’s toll rose by 940 to 1,01,782. So far, more than 55 lakh people have recovered from the virus in India. The recovery rate is around 83% now. 09:31 (IST) Coronavirus in US LATEST Updates Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine won't be ready before US election, says CEO US biotech firm Moderna won't seek an emergency use authorization for its coronavirus vaccine before November 25, its CEO told the Financial Times on Wednesday. The news deals a blow to President Donald Trump's hopes of having an injection ready before the election to give his campaign a much-needed boost. Stephane Bancel told the newspaper: "November 25 is the time we will have enough safety data to be able to put into an EUA file that we would send to the FDA

New Delhi: After meeting the Hathras victim's family, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday listed their demands which included a judicial inquiry through the Supreme Court and suspension of the district magistrate. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi met the family and declared that they will fight for ensuring justice to the Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped. In a series of tweets, Priyanka Gandhi listed some of the demands and questions of the victim's family. "Questions of Hathras victim's family – 1. A judicial probe be conducted through the Supreme Court. 2. Hathras DM be suspended and not given a big post. Why our daughter's body was burnt using petrol without our permission. "4. Why we are being repeatedly misled and threatened. 5. For humanity's sake, we brought ' chita se phool ', but how do we believe that this dead body is that of our daughter?" Priyanka Gandhi tweeted in Hindi. In

20:52 (IST) Coronavirus in India Latest Updates Hardeep  Singh Puri says domestic aviation could reach pre-COVID-19 level by year-end Civil Aviation Minister  Hardeep  Singh Puri Saturday said domestic passenger traffic could reach the  pre-COVID  level by the end of current year. He said the daily domestic traffic has reached 1.76 lakh passengers from 30,000 passengers when the civil aviation operations resumed on May 25 following a two-month gap due to the pandemic. (PTI) 20:13 (IST) Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates Maharashtra govt issues COVID-19 guidelines for restaurants The Maharashtra Government on Saturday issued COVID-19 safety guidelines for restaurants and other eateries which have been allowed to reopen from 5 October. Hotels, food courts and restaurants can operate from Monday at 50 percent of their seating capacity. As per the guidelines, customers should be screened at the entry point for coronavirus symptoms such as high temperature, cough, and col

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday said the CBI should soon make public its inquiry report into Sushant Singh Rajput's death so that people know whether it was a case of suicide or murder. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, the minister said the Maharashtra government was waiting for the CBI probe report in the case. Replying to a question about reports which said that Rajput's death was a case of suicide and not murder, Deshmukh said, "We have not received any official information regarding that. It won't be appropriate to comment on it until we get official information." "We will give a statement as and when we receive any official information about it," he said. "We want that the CBI inquiry report into the case should soon come before public so that they get to know whether it was a suicide or murder," he said. Earlier this week, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had said that it has not reached any conclusion in Ra

New Delhi: In a relief to individual borrowers and medium and small industries, the Centre has agreed in the Supreme Court to waive compound interest (interest on interest) charged on loans of up to Rs 2 crores for a six-month moratorium period announced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centre said it will seek due authorisation from Parliament for making appropriate grants in this regard and the endeavour shall be over and above the support of Rs 3.7 lakh crore to MSMEs, Rs 70,000 crore for home loans etc already extended through the Garib Kalyan and Aatma Nirbhar packages announced by government earlier. In an affidavit filed by Union finance ministry on behalf of the Union of India, it said that the relief to all borrowers in respect of compounding of interest during the period of moratorium would be admissible to the categories specified irrespective of whether the borrowers had availed the moratorium or not. The government, therefore, has decided that the relief on waiver of

Srinagar: Bodies of three men from Rajouri, killed in an alleged fake encounter by Army in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir in July this year, have been exhumed and handed over to their families, officials said on Saturday. The exhumation was done late on Friday night at an unidentified location in north Kashmir — hours after Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said the legal process to exhume and handover the bodies was on and would be completed soon. Officials said the families of the three men were called from Rajouri district in Jammu region and taken to the spot where the trio was buried. The families will take the bodies to their native village to bury them, they added. The DGP had on Friday said that the legal process to exhume the bodies had been started and will be completed soon. On 30 September, inspector general of police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said since the DNA samples matched with the family, the three bodies will be exhumed an

The Visva Bharati University (VBU) has released the provisional merit list for undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses on its official website. Candidates who have appeared in the examination can check the result online at vbu.ucanapply.com . The Visva Bharati Merit List 2020 incorporates personal details such as name of candidate, gender, roll number, marks, category and remarks apart from other details. It also shows the total number of seats in the course for which the merit list is applicable. The Visva Bharati Merit List 2020 is prepared for each course separately. Here's how to check the Visva Bharati 2020 result. Candidates need to first go to the official website- vbu.ucanapply.com. They need to click on the result links. The Visva Bharati 2020 merit list opens in the pdf format. Candidates need to search for their application number and check the provisional merit list. Here is the direct link to check the Visva Bharati result 2020: http://vbu.ucanapply.com/resu

To ensure that students appearing for Union Public Civil Services (UPSC) preliminary exam 2020 reach at their respective test centres with ease, several states are starting to operate transport facilities early. The exam will be held on Sunday. In the national capital, the Delhi Metro services will begin at 6 am on all the four lines on 4 October. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday tweeted the announcement on its official handle. Public Service Announcement To facilitate students for the UPSC examinations, Delhi Metro services will begin at 6 AM from terminal stations of all lines on 4th October. — Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें😷 (@OfficialDMRC) October 3, 2020 According to a report by The Indian Express , for the convenience of examinees in Maharashtra, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will operate special buses. A large number of students have been preparing in Pune and thousands of candidates from across the state of

The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday allowed the media and Opposition leaders to travel to the native village of a 19-year-old Dalit girl who died on Tuesday, a fortnight after being allegedly gangraped by four upper caste men in the Hathras district . The government said that the decision to lift the restrictions on entry into the village was taken after the special investigation team (SIT) completed its probe into the assault. On 14 September, the victim was allegedly gangraped by four upper caste men . She succumbed to her injuries in Delhi's Safdarjung hospital on Tuesday. On Saturday, DGP HC Awasthy met the victim's family as per Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's instructions, The Indian Express reported. Adityanath has also reportedly asked Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi to visit the village as well. The officials will then submit a report on the visit to Adityanath. Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi will also make another attempt

Bihar's opposition Grand Alliance has hammered a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state and a formal announcement on the allotment of seats among the partners is expected to be made on Saturday evening, sources said. The seat-sharing exercise gained pace after RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's emissary Bhola Yadav returned to Patna from Ranchi on Thursday with his message on the distribution of seats among different partners, they said. "Seat-sharing has been finalised and an announcement will be made in all likelihood today evening," RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari told PTI . Apart from the RJD, which is spearheading the opposition coalition, the Congress, Left parties CPI-ML, CPI and the CPM, the Vikasheel Insan Party (VIP) and Jharkhand's ruling party JMM will unitedly fight the Bihar elections scheduled in October-November. The Congress has been offered 58-60 seats, CPI-ML 13-15, CPI and CPM altogether 8-10, Bollywood set designer Muk

Panaji: The Congress leaders in Goa, who were arrested after they protested at a hotel demanding that they be allowed to meet Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, will not apply for bail, a party functionary said on Saturday. Around 15 leaders, including Goa Pradesh Youth Congress Committee chief Varad Mardolkar, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) general secretary Sankalp Amonkar, office bearer Janardan Bhandari and others, were arrested around midnight on Friday by Goa police after they staged a protest at a five-star hotel where Javadekar had checked in, police said. Javadekar is in Goa to attend a series of meetings on the new farm laws on Saturday. The Congress leaders reached the hotel around midnight and demanded to meet the minister over the Mahadayi river water dispute with Karnataka. A senior police officer said that the leaders were placed under preventive arrest. GPCC chief Girish Chodankar said, "The arrested leaders will not apply for bail. They had

SSC JE recruitment 2020|   The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has invited applications for the post of junior engineer(JE) in civil, mechanical, electrical and quantity surveying and contract streams. The application has already started and will go on till 30 October. Candidates can apply at the official website ssc.nic.in. Online payments can be made till 1 November, while offline challan can be sent till 3 November. The computer-based paper 1 exam will be conducted between 23 - 25 March, 2021, according to Hindustan Times . The date for Paper II will be notified at a later date. The number of vacancies to be filled in the recruitment process will be determined in due course. Applicants must submit their applications in online mode only at the official website of the commission at ssc.nic.in. To be eligible for the jobs, candidates will have to pass a computer-based test. Those who clear the CBT will be called for the second paper. Selected candidates will get a salary between th

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Saturday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government over the Hathras gangrape , saying that " jungle raj " prevails in Uttar Pradesh even as foundation stone for Ram temple has been laid at Ayodhya in the state. The ruling party in Maharashtra alleged that the recent incidents of atrocities against women in Uttar Pradesh have failed to move the government in that state as well as the Centre. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. But there is no ' Ram rajya ' (ideal governance) in Uttar Pradesh. ' Jungle raj ' is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh in terms of the law and order situation," the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ' Saamana '. "Atrocities against women continue to happen and the incidents of rape and murder of young women are on the rise in that state," it said. "A 19-year-old in Hathras was raped and murdered, which triggered an outrage across t

AP PGECET 2020 | The Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, has released the answer key for the AP PGECET 2020 examination on its official website. Candidates who had appeared for the entrance exam can check their answer key online at sche.ap.gov.in. The AP PGECET exam is conducted by the Andhra University on behalf of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) and was conducted from 28 to 30 September. The test was held in two shifts. The first shift was from 10 am to 12 pm, while the second shift was from 3pm to 5pm. The exam is conducted for admission to various M.Tech./M.Pharm./ Pharm.D(PB) courses in University Engineering/ Pharmacy colleges and their affiliated colleges that are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. As per the official notice , "The Question paper along with the response will be placed in the website https://ift.tt/34lMqhB. The candidate can download the respective question paper along with the responses. The objections, i

Sushant Singh Rajput's death is a case of suicide and not murder, Dr Sudhir Gupta, who led the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) panel re-evaluating the post-mortem and viscera reports has said. "Sushant death is a case of suicide. Murder completely ruled out," Dr Sudhir Gupta said, reported India Today . As per the report, the panel of AIIMS doctors was re-evaluating Sushant Singh Rajput's post-mortem and viscera reports based on the 20 percent viscera sample that was available with them. Forensic agencies also examined a laptop, two hard disks, a canon camera, and two mobile phones. AIIMS had submitted the findings to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 29 September. The findings concur with those of Cooper Hospital, where Sushant Singh Rajput's autopsy was conducted. In a recent interaction with ANI, Dr Sudhir Gupta had informed that the AIIMS and CBI are in agreement on the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. However, more deliberat

Lucknow: UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu has been put under house arrest in Lucknow ahead of the scheduled visit of senior leader Rahul Gandhi to Hathras on Saturday, the party said. According to party spokesperson Anshu Awasthi, police personnel have been stationed outside Lallu's house and he is not being allowed to venture outside. The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Kumar Lallu has been placed under house arrest at his residence in the state capital, Awasthi said. The step has been taken to prevent Lallu from joining Rahul Gandhi who is scheduled to visit Hathras, he added. By doing so, the state government is only exposing itself. It has removed all doubts from people's minds that it has resorted to gundagardi and is blatantly standing with the criminals of Hathras, he said. A tweet by Uttar Pradesh Congress said, "Our state president Shri Ajay Kumar Lalluji, our district heads and more than 500 workers have been placed under house arrest.

Usha Dhepe migrates every year to Kolhapur from her native Osmanabad district to cut sugarcane. Some years ago, her husband committed suicide and she was left to fend for her family of three children. In the local jargon, a couple which cuts the sugarcane and loads it on trucks is called ‘ koyta ’ (sickle). A widow woman is ' ardha koyta ' or half a sickle as her husband is no longer there. She also gets half the payment which is usually in the form of an advance. This ‘ koyta ’ tag in a way symbolises the inhuman conditions of the workers. According to Subhash Kakuste, general secretary of the Mahasangh, the usage of the word had invited rebuke from a judge in Gujarat some 15 years ago when an order was passed hiking the wages of cane cutters who had migrated to the state, but not much has changed. Since its formation in 1960, the Maharashtra Rajya Sakhar Kamgar Mahasangh, has worked without success to get social security for the cane cutters. But except for a wage increase