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Earlier Union Home pulled out the organs of the accused were found guilty of Shiv Sena and the Janata Minister Amit Shah, who is hapless girl, was found dead in rape and murder and three Dal(U) appeared to be caught also the Minister for his cell. days later, sentenced to death in a dilemma over supporting Department of Justice, is “Nirbhaya”, meaning fear- by hanging. On March 13, the Bill in the Upper reported to have rejected the less, is the changed name of the 2014, the Delhi High Court ! ! " # "$ House. mercy petition of one of the 23-year-old physiotherapy upheld the guilty verdict and !& '(' ) *) While Maharashtra Chief accused Vinay Sharma. intern, who was raped and the death sentences. Minister Uddhav Thackeray inates right of citizenship on However, officials were brutalised in a moving bus in Guwahati against the proposed affected. The bandh also forced said the Shiv Sena won’t back the basis of religion. It’s incon- tight lipped whether the con- south Delhi by six persons, legislation. the universities to shelve and the CAB in the Rajya Sabha till gruous with the party’s consti- victs would be hanged on the including the bus driver, con- R day after the passage of the Agitators engaged in scuf- reschedule examinations. The there is clarity on the party’s tution that carries the word sec- death anniversary of Nirbhaya ductors and helpers, on ACitizenship Amendment fle with security forces near the strike, however, had little queries posed in the Lok Sabha, ular thrice on the very first page to send a strong message. December 16, 2012. # # # Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha, Secretariat and Assembly impact in Bengali-dominated JD(U) leaders Prashant Kishor and the leadership that is sup- Gupta, who was lodged in After receiving treatment the North-East on Tuesday buildings in Assam when they Barak Valley. and Pawan Varma have asked posedly guided by Gandhian the Mandoli Jail, was shifted to in New Delhi for a few days, erupted over the proposed law. were prevented from moving In Tripura, agitators par- Nitish to rethink the party’s ideals”, said JD(U) vice presi- Tihar recently, Director she was transferred to the Police and protesters clashed at forward, according to the ticipating in a bandh called by support to the Bill in the Rajya dent Prashant Kishor. General (Prison) Sandeep Goel Mount Elizabeth Hospital in # # several places and the police. the NESO, set a market, most- Sabha, which has set aside 6 Another senior JDU leader said. Gupta is lodged in Jail No. Singapore, where she suc- Government enforced a 48- In Dibrugarh district, ly owned by non-tribals, on fire hours for a debate on it. and former diplomat Pavan 2 of Tihar, where two other cumbed to her injuries on hour Internet ban in Tripura. bandh supporters clashed with in Dhalai district, according to “Disappointed to see JD(U) Varma echoed similar views convicts in the case — Mukesh December 29, 2012. A day before the Bill is CISF personnel and three pro- the police. supporting CAB that discrim- saying. Singh and Akshay — are also All the accused in the case, tabled in the Rajya Sabha, nor- testers sustained injuries as However, no one sustained lodged, while Vinay Sharma is including a juvenile, were Delhi court on Tuesday mal life was paralysed in they tried to prevent workers of injuries in the incident and the owned most of the shops, indoors while attendance in in Jail No. 4 of Tihar, another arrested and charged with sex- Areserved verdict for next Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley Oil India Ltd (OIL) from enter- blaze at Manughat market was according to police offices remained thin, accord- jail official said. Vinay Sharma, ual assault and murder. One of week in the case of alleged during the shutdown, led by the ing their offices in doused. officials. ing to reports. a former assistant at Sirifort them, Singh, died in police cus- kidnapping and rape of a All Assam Students’ Union Duliajan. While security forces have The bandh threw normal Train services in the entire gymnasium is in Jail No. 4 of tody. The rest went on trial in woman by expelled BJP MLA and the North East Students’ The protesters also blocked been deployed in the market, life out of gear in Dhalai, West State of Tripura came to a Tihar, a jail official said. a fast-track court. The juvenile Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Organisation (NESO). railway tracks leading train the incident has triggered fear Tripura and Khowai districts complete halt and vehicular A minor who was said to was convicted of rape and Unnao in 2017. The strike by AASU and services across Assam getting among the non-tribals who with residents remaining movement was also hit. have tortured Nirbahya the murder and given the maxi- During in-camera pro- NESO coincided with the most was however, let off after mum sentence of three years’ ceedings, District Judge bandh called by Leftist outfits, he served his sentence in a imprisonment in a reform facil- Dharmesh Sharma reserved including the SFI, DYFI, juvenile remand home. ity. the judgment for December AIDWA, AISF and AISA. P Ram Singh the leader of On September 10, 2013, 16 after hearing final argu- Protesters took out huge the gang, who had raped and the four remaining adult ments by the CBI and the processions in different areas of accused in the case. The judge )#*%#% " #R+, heard the case on a day-to-day () *' $ basis from August 5 after it " # R was transferred to Delhi from He said the state- a court in Lucknow on ment on the Bill is #++# Supreme Court’s directions. % he US Government panel “neither accurate nor The woman was alleged- Ton religious freedom has warranted,” adding even appeared for an interview ly kidnapped and raped by &' % slammed the Citizenship the Bill provides on Friday in the university’s Sengar in 2017 when she was Amendment Bill (CAB), invit- expedited considera- HU professor Feroze Khan, Ayurveda department. a minor. The court has also ing strong protest from tion for Indian citi- Bwhose appointment as a The interview was held in framed charges against co- # India. zenship to persecut- teacher in the faculty of secrecy in a guest house in view accused Shashi Singh in the The US Commission on ed religious minori- Sanskrit Vidya Dharam Vigyan of the fear of protests by stu- case. Sengar was expelled International Religious ties already in India (SVDV) led to protests by dents. Ten candidates, includ- from the BJP in August 2019. Freedom (USCIRF) said the from certain con- some university students, ing Khan, were to appear for The court had on August embers of the SC and ST CAB is a dangerous turn in the tiguous countries. resigned from his post and the interview but only eight 9 framed charges against the Mcommunity will enjoy the wrong direction and asked the He said the pro- joined the Sanskrit depart- turned up. MLA and Singh under benefit of reservation in the US administration to consider posed legislation ment of Faculty of Arts in Ayurveda department dean Sections 120 b (criminal con- Lok Sabha and Assemblies for imposing sanctions against seeks to address their BHU, sources said on Tuesday. Prof Yamini Bhushan told spiracy), 363 (kidnapping), another 10 years, though the Home Minister Amit Shah and current difficulties SVDV Faculty Dean reporters that Khan had ranked 366 (kidnapping or inducing Government decided not to other principal Indian leader- and meet their basic Bindeswari Prasad Mishra con- at the top of the merit list. a woman to compel for mar- extend the same existing priv- ship if the Bill with the “reli- human rights and firmed the news. Khan had earlier applied riage), 376 (rape) and other ilege to the Anglo-Indian gious criterion” is enacted into that such an initiative This comes amid protest by for the job in the Ayurveda and sections of the community. a law. should not be criti- students against his appoint- Arts faculties, along with the Protection of Children from The Lok Sabha passed a The USCIRF is an inde- chosen to be guided by its then Chief Minister of Gujarat. cised by those who are gen- ment at SVDV last month. Sanskrit faculty. He was Sexual Offences (POCSO) Constitution amendment bill in pendent, bipartisan federal “prejudices and biases” on the In its statement, the uinely committed to religious The students had boycotted his appointed to the Sanskrit fac- Act. on Tuesday. The Opposition Government entity established matter. USCIRF said, “CAB is a dan- freedom. classes and staged a dharna ulty which triggered protests by On July 28 this year, the slammed the Government for by the US Congress to analyse Rejecting comments by the gerous turn in the wrong direc- “The CAB does not affect outside the vice-chancellor’s students who were unwilling to car in which the victim was not extending the benefit and report on threats to reli- USCIRF, Ministry spokesper- tion; it runs counter to India’s the existing avenues available to office, claiming that only a accept a Muslim as their travelling was hit by a truck to the Anglo-India communi- gious freedom abroad.