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BAREILLY: A married man with five children allegedly entered a neighbour’s house through the rooftop and poured acid on a sleeping family of four in Bareilly’s Shergarh town around 4am on Saturday after the woman repeatedly refused his demand to marry him, police said.The victims — Har Prasad, his wife Lakshmi, and their sons Abhishek,…
NEW DELHI: Reversing two cardinal principles of the criminal justice system for acid attack cases, Supreme Court on Monday said once an acid attack survivor names the accused, the onus will be on him to prove innocence, and those convicted should face the harshest punishment.In the criminal justice system, SC has zealously implemented two major…
NEW DELHI: As part of a comprehensive set of recommendations to the government towards creation of a “survivor-centric framework”, the National Commission for Women has flagged the need for setting up a national acid attack case tracking registry linking FIR, medical care, compensation and rehabilitation. It has also sought the integration of online FIR systems…
LUCKNOW: A 23-year-old woman died after a jilted lover allegedly threw acid on her and her mother while they were asleep inside their home in Morwan village under Ramkola police station in Kushinagar on Thursday night. The victim’s 58-year-old mother is battling for life.The deceased was Kajal Yadav, daughter of Prabhunath Yadav. Her mother, Leelawati…
Of course, war can be understood in terms of its immediate human cost, but its impact on the environment can be just as significant, and in many ways, even longer lasting. Beyond the direct damage caused on the battlefield, war can be understood as a force that changes the very air we breathe and the…
13-year-old girl hospitalised after acid attack in Ahilyanagar (Representative AI image) NASHIK: A 13-year-old girl from Vadgaon Pan village in Sangamner taluka suffered severe facial burns after an unknown person threw acid at her on Tuesday.The Std VI student was heading home after school around noon when she was attacked, police said. “The girl was…
Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Saturday dedicated the newly commissioned Sulphuric Acid Plant–3 (SAP–III) at the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) unit in Paradeep, Odisha, to the nation. Shah said the Ministry of Cooperation and the Odisha government would work together to improve rural…
JDU workers protest against Nitish Kumar filing his nomination for Rajya Sabha, outside the CM’s residence in Patna on Thursday NEW DELHI: As the nomination process for Rajya Sabha elections spread across 10 states ended on Thursday, moves for new political alignments, including a rare BJD-Congress tie-up in Odisha and unity of BJP’s rivals in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought govt’s response to a PIL which sought concessional air-conditioned (AC) class rail fare for acid attack survivors to enable them travel to well-equipped hospitals for periodic treatment.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued notice to govt on the PIL by NGO ‘Atijeevan Society’, whose…
Multiple case reports and series show that keratin hair straightening with glyoxylic acid causes instant kidney damage, creating a new dangerous public health threat. The research data demonstrates that young adult women represent the primary group affected by this condition, which develops after they receive hair-straightening treatments with glyoxylic acid products at salons. The first…
