A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel reversed the trial court’s verdict which had acquitted the accused. The high court convicted 16 former Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel for murder and of kidnapping, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence under the Indian Penal Code. CHRONOLOGY OF HASHIMPURA INCIDENT – 1996: Charge sheet filed against … Read more
The incident occured after residents of Karbi tribal village suspected two young men to be child abductors. They dragged them out, tied and bludgeoned them to death. One of the victims had died on the spot, while the other died on way to the hospital. Bhupendra Singh ChundawatBhupendra Singh Chundawat is a seasoned technology journalist … Read more
Union Home Ministry officials said the ministry is in touch with the state government over the developments in the port town in the southern state. The protests were going on in Tuticorin for over three months, but violence erupted on Tuesday with agitators fighting pitched battles with police. A doctor of the hospital where injured … Read more
United Nations: Terming as “horrific” the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed hope that the authorities will bring perpetrators of the brutal crime to justice. The girl from the nomadic Bakerwal Muslim community disappeared near her house on January 10 and a week … Read more
Udaipur : A day after the shocking incident of firing at the Government Maharawal Senior Secondary School in Dungarpur city, authorities including the Collector and SP visited the school premises on Thursday and took stock of the security measures inside the campus. The officials also inspected the land records to find out the details of the … Read more
