Kejriwal asks for control of Delhi Police
Two girls, aged two-and-a-half and five, were gangraped in separate incidents in Delhi on Friday, a week after the horrific rape of a four-year-old girl in the capital. In the first incident, in west Delhi's Nangloi area, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was raped by two men who abducted her from outside her home. In the second case, a five-year-old was raped by three men in east Delhi's Anand Vihar area when alone at home. Both girls were admitted to hospital with severe injuries. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, accusing them of not taking any action to stop the repeated rape of minors in the capital. He also asked for the control of the Delhi police to be given to the state government, as opposed to the Centre.
'IS recruiter' reveals names of potential Indian recruits
Alleged Islamic State online recruiter Afsha Jabeen has disclosed the names of nine sympathisers of the militant group living in the country, reported the Sunday Express. Jabeen said that the nine potential IS recruits were active members and administrators of her Facebook group, “Islam Vs Christianity, a friendly discussion”. She told interrogators that all the administrators of her group “are very strong supporters of IS Caliphate” and others are “blind supporters of IS and highly radicalised”. Jabeen was deported by UAE authorities last month for pro-IS activities and was arrested by the Cyberabad police.
Vedas order killing of cow slaughterers: RSS mouthpiece
RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya in its latest cover story slammed writers who have returned their literary awards following the Dadri lynching, saying the Vedas order the killing of “sinners who slaughter cows”. The story also alleges that madrasas and the Muslim leadership teach Indian Muslims to hate the country’s traditions, reported the Sunday Express. “Cow slaughter is such a big thing for us that for hundreds of years our ancestors have staked their lives to prevent it and counter the killers,” the piece reads. “There are hundreds of such occasions in history when Muslim invaders thrust beef into our mouths to convert Hindus into Muslims.”
Vyapam officer's body found in Odisha
Bijaya Bahadur Singh, a retired 1978 batch Indian Forest Service officer who had served as an observer in the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal recruitment tests, was found dead on a railway track near Belpahar in Odisha, Railway police said on Saturday. Singh was travelling by the Puri-Jodhpur Express before his body was found in the early hours of Thursday. The Supreme Court handed over the probe into Vyapam scam – an admission and recruitment scam involving politicians and businessmen – to the Central Bureau of Investigation in July after the deaths of over 40 people, including accused and witnesses, linked to it.
39% judge vacancies in high courts, claims report
Twenty four high courts in the country have a total of 397 vacancies for judges, while eight of them have acting chief justices, according to a report in the Times of India. The vacancy level of 39% is a serious shortfall considering lakhs of cases are still pending in the courts, the report said. After the Supreme Court on Friday struck down the National Judicial Advisory Committee Act, which aimed to give the government a role in appointing judges, it is not clear so far whether these vacancies can now be filled via the collegium system, in which a few judges make the appointments.
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Two girls, aged two-and-a-half and five, were gangraped in separate incidents in Delhi on Friday, a week after the horrific rape of a four-year-old girl in the capital. In the first incident, in west Delhi's Nangloi area, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was raped by two men who abducted her from outside her home. In the second case, a five-year-old was raped by three men in east Delhi's Anand Vihar area when alone at home. Both girls were admitted to hospital with severe injuries. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, accusing them of not taking any action to stop the repeated rape of minors in the capital. He also asked for the control of the Delhi police to be given to the state government, as opposed to the Centre.
'IS recruiter' reveals names of potential Indian recruits
Alleged Islamic State online recruiter Afsha Jabeen has disclosed the names of nine sympathisers of the militant group living in the country, reported the Sunday Express. Jabeen said that the nine potential IS recruits were active members and administrators of her Facebook group, “Islam Vs Christianity, a friendly discussion”. She told interrogators that all the administrators of her group “are very strong supporters of IS Caliphate” and others are “blind supporters of IS and highly radicalised”. Jabeen was deported by UAE authorities last month for pro-IS activities and was arrested by the Cyberabad police.
Vedas order killing of cow slaughterers: RSS mouthpiece
RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya in its latest cover story slammed writers who have returned their literary awards following the Dadri lynching, saying the Vedas order the killing of “sinners who slaughter cows”. The story also alleges that madrasas and the Muslim leadership teach Indian Muslims to hate the country’s traditions, reported the Sunday Express. “Cow slaughter is such a big thing for us that for hundreds of years our ancestors have staked their lives to prevent it and counter the killers,” the piece reads. “There are hundreds of such occasions in history when Muslim invaders thrust beef into our mouths to convert Hindus into Muslims.”
Vyapam officer's body found in Odisha
Bijaya Bahadur Singh, a retired 1978 batch Indian Forest Service officer who had served as an observer in the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal recruitment tests, was found dead on a railway track near Belpahar in Odisha, Railway police said on Saturday. Singh was travelling by the Puri-Jodhpur Express before his body was found in the early hours of Thursday. The Supreme Court handed over the probe into Vyapam scam – an admission and recruitment scam involving politicians and businessmen – to the Central Bureau of Investigation in July after the deaths of over 40 people, including accused and witnesses, linked to it.
39% judge vacancies in high courts, claims report
Twenty four high courts in the country have a total of 397 vacancies for judges, while eight of them have acting chief justices, according to a report in the Times of India. The vacancy level of 39% is a serious shortfall considering lakhs of cases are still pending in the courts, the report said. After the Supreme Court on Friday struck down the National Judicial Advisory Committee Act, which aimed to give the government a role in appointing judges, it is not clear so far whether these vacancies can now be filled via the collegium system, in which a few judges make the appointments.