The Uttarakhand Assembly today unanimously passed a Bill barring people with more than two children from contesting panchayat polls and also making minimum educational qualification mandatory for rural election candidates. The Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was tabled in […]
Mussoorie: A youth of Tehri’s Kafolti village was held for allegedly molesting and assaulting a 17-year-old girl of a nearby village on Friday. The arrest was made following a complaint filed by the alleged victim’s mother, who accused Kamal Singh […]
Dehradun: Three men accused of raping a 13- year-old Dalit girl were produced in court and were later sent to a 14-day judicial custody on Saturday. Talking to TOI, circle officer Almora, Kamal Ram Arya said that the accused identified […]
Dehradun: Days after a 9-year-old Dalit girl was raped in Tehri, a representative from National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) met the minor victim at Doon hospital on Wednesday. Swaraj Vidwaan, the NCSC member, after meeting the victim told media […]
Public prosecutor Bharat Negi termed the police action wrong and said, “As per law, in any case, the victim cannot be brought before the accused in sexual crimes. She can only be brought before the accused just for a few […]
The 28-year-old accused Nitin Singh Pawar from Rajput community, lured the victim to his shop by offering sweets and raped the girl. Dehradun: In a yet another case of crimes against children, a 9-year-old Dalit girl was raped by an […]
Dehradun: A nine-year-old Dalit girl from Tehri was allegedly raped by an upper caste youth in Nainbagh on Thursday, in the same area where a man was beaten to death for dining with others at a wedding recently. According to […]
The case of scheduled caste man Jitendra Das allegedly beaten to death in Tehri district has taken a new turn after a colleague of one of the accused arrested by the police claimed to have CCTV footage of him working […]
Dehradun: Over 2.4 lakh Uttarakhand students are yet to receive pre-matric and post-matric scholarships this year. The state social welfare department provides monetary assistance to SC, ST and OBC students who are residents of the state and study in one […]
He succumbed to injuries days after he was allegedly beaten by seven people, all from the same family and a higher ‘Savarna’ caste, for eating in front of them. As one approaches Tehri Garhwal’s Basan village in Uttarakhand, a one-room […]
