'At an education institute that proclaims its mission to be “self-development and empowerment of girls through modern, scientific, and value-based education”, 68 undergraduate hostellers were paraded through the college into the restroom and forced to individually remove their undergarments to prove that they were not menstruating... According to the sect’s norms, menstruating females are barred from entering the temple and kitchen. They are even forbidden from touching other students.
'On Valentine's Day, students at an all-girls college in Maharashtra were made to take a pledge against the concept of love marriage. Students at the Mahila Arts and Commerce College, Chandur Railway, took the pledge in Marathi that they "will not love anyone and never have a love affair nor do a love marriage."...'
'The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday announced that it had cleared former special director Rakesh Asthana and deputy superintendent of police Devender Kumar of bribery charges, The Hindu reported. Asthana and Devendra Kumar, along with middleman Manoj Prasad, were under the CBI lens for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 crore in exchange for a clean chit to Hyderabad-based businessman Sathish Babu Sana, who was being investigated in the Moin Qureshi corruption case. Qureshi is accused in multiple graft cases...'
'More than 10 students of Jamia Millia University, who participated in an anti-CAA march towards Parliament, have been admitted to the Jamia Health Centre for injuries in their private parts. Speaking to India Today TV, the resident doctors at the health centre said that some of the injuries were so severe that the students had to be shifted to Al-Shifa hospital... A student, who was being treated at the health centre told India Today TV that a woman cop removed her burqa and hit her in private parts with a lathi. "I have been hit on my private parts by cops with boots.
'Students of Delhi's Gargi College have alleged that a large group of "drunken men" barged into their college premises on February 6 during a college festival and molested and harassed the women students. The students have said that the men, who were outsiders, broke into the college and groped the students, locked them in washrooms and misbehaved with them. The incident took place during the 3-day college festival 'Reverie'.
'"The used or printed VVPAT slips in any election... shall be retained for one year and shall thereafter be destroyed,” says Rule 94 (b) of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961. But The Quint has found that the Election Commission of India has already destroyed the printed VVPAT slips used in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. And that too, only four months after the results were announced in May 2019... Remember, when we vote, the VVPAT slip verifies if our vote has gone to the candidate of our choice.
'Delhi goes to the polls on Saturday after one of the most communally divisive campaigns the capital has experienced in recent times. The combination of nation-wide protests against the government’s Citizenship Act amendments and a genuine contender in the form of the Aam Aadmi Party has seen the Bharatiya Janata Party throw everything at the wall in the hopes of polarising the electorate. Much of the BJP’s campaign has sought to divide on the basis of religion, in the hopes of consolidating Hindu voters behind it, a tactic that has worked for the party in other places...'
'Three Kashmir-based activists have filed a petition in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking a stay on the release of upcoming Hindi movie 'Shikara' which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990. The petitioners have alleged that the movie, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, contains "communal content" and has “concocted portrayal of Kashmiri Muslims about the migration of Kashmir pandits on January 19, 1990.”...'
'Ahmedabad-headquartered National Institute of Design (NID) has indefinitely postponed its convocation at the last minute. The invitation cards for the event, which was scheduled for Friday, were sent out and families of graduating students have already assembled in Ahmedabad. Sources said that the reason behind the development is the NID’s decision to invite activist and classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai, a vociferous critic of Narendra Modi from the time he was Gujarat’s chief minister, as chief guest for the event. Mallika is also one of the prominent faces of the anti-CAA...'
'Ex-IPS officer and former Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdur Rahman who was in Aligarh to address a protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), was detained at the Lodha Police Station in Aligarh and asked to return to New Delhi. He was invited there by the AMU Students Co-ordination Committee to educate them on the new legislation... He told reporters that he was served a notice by the police that his presence at the AMU could result in a law and order problem.
