Scores of Valmiki community members who were protesting against the Hathras incident clashed with the police here on Saturday. The protesters pelted stones at the policemen and official vehicles. Police personnel were deployed at the clash site outside a municipal corporation office in Kothi Meena Bazaar area of the Taj city, officials said.
The outrage over Hathras gangrape and murder case of a 19-year-old girl is getting more intense day by day as protests, anger against Uttar Pradesh administraton over handling the case has been questioned by activists and opposition. The Hathras town, where the 19-year-old girl went through a brutal horror has been turned into a fortress amid presence of heavy police force. Meanwhile, opposition and activists have been slamming the Yogi government over the hurried cremation of the gangrape victim. 
Agitation by farmers against three new farm laws are limited only to Punjab and that too due to political reasons, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday said the CBI should soon make public its inquiry report into Sushant Singh Rajput's death so that people know whether it was a case of suicide or murder. Talking to reporters here, the minister said the Maharashtra government was waiting for the CBI probe report in the case.
A motorbike taxi rider has been arrested in Kolkata's Tiljala area for allegedly molesting a woman passenger, police said on Saturday. The accused was using the identity card of another person who had lost his job from the mobile application-based motorbike taxi service at least two years ago, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
In a major success amid the ongoing border crisis with China, India on Saturday successfully test-fired a new version of nuclear-capable Shaurya missile off the coast of Odisha which can strike targets at around 800 kms. The new version of the missile was testfired successfully and would be inducted in the strategic forces to complement one of the existing missiles in the same class, top government sources said.
Hathras rape victim's hurried cremation has raised serious doubts over Uttar Pradesh Police's role in the entire case. Speaking to India TV, the 19-year-old Dalit victim's father questioned if it was really his daughter who was cremated in the dark of the night. Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
