A transwoman teacher was allegedly expelled from a school in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri because of her identity. The National Commission for Women has taken cognizance of the matter and the chairperson, Rekha Sharma wrote to the state’s chief secretary seeking an independent inquiry into the matter. She also…
The government has told the Rajya Sabha that the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which eight people lost their lives, is sub judice and there is no question of discussion on the issue in the House. This comes as the Opposition members shot off notices over the latest developments in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.…
After widespread outrage and over a year of protests, the Central government finally repealed the three farm laws on November 19. Addressing the nation on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologised to the countrymen and announced the big decision to repeal all three agricultural reform…
The Forensic Science Laboratory on Tuesday, November 9, confirmed that shots had been fired from the licensed guns of accused Ankit Das and Ashish Misra during the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3. The Lakhimpur police had seized Ankit Das’s repeater and pistol and Ashish Mishra’s rifle and revolver.…
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case updates – Eight persons, including four farmers and a journalist, were killed on October 3 in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district during a farmers’ protest. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued directions to the Uttar Pradesh government to provide…
The Press Council of India Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the death of a journalist during the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3, and a sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the facts of the case “at the earliest”. Raman Kashyap, 30, a local journalist from Nighasan area of Lahimpur…