Koraput: Malkangiri district police seized 503 kg of ganja and arrested two alleged traffickers from UP after intercepting a truck near Champakhari village on Tuesday night. The police team was conducting a night patrol near Champakhari when they noticed a truck speeding through the area. Suspecting foul play, the team intercepted the vehicle and carried…
PRAYAGRAJ: Holding that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act overrides personal law, the Allahabad high court has refused to quash an FIR alleging repeated rape under the guise of nikah halala, observing that personal law cannot be used as a shield to justify sexual offences against a minor.The high court accordingly declined…
Lucknow: Kanchan, an alumnus of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Aligarh, never imagined that a small village school would become the stepping stone to her dreams. Growing up in one of the most backward regions of Uttar Pradesh, she had limited opportunities and even more limited hope.But everything changed when she enrolled in KGBV. “Those…
A 19-year-old woman was found dead in her in-laws’ home in Amroha, UP, hours after she reportedly pleaded with her father to rescue her, fearing for her life MEERUT: A 19-year-old newlywed woman was found hanging under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws’ house in Bagadpur Choiya under Adampur police station limits in UP’s Amroha district…
