Unnao rape

“The first FIR is related to allegations of rape on the MLA and a woman, the second is of the June 2017 event in which the teenager’s family accused four people of kidnapping and raping her,” it said.

The third case is related to the alleged attack on the teenager’s father on April 3 by the MLA’S brother, who was charged him with voluntarily causing hurt after a brawl.the father died on April 9 during treatment while in judicial custody.

As criticism mounted against the state government over the case, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said in Kanpur that his government had not deviated from its zero-tolerance policy on crime and will firmly deal with criminals, no matter how influential they might be.

“The law is one for all, and the punishment for a crime too will be the same for all, irrespective of who the offender is,” he said.

His comments came just hours after the Allahabad high court slammed the state government and asked the CBI to arrest the politician. “We are unable to accept the contention of the AG (advocate general) that the accused in the circumstances cannot be arrested. Arrest of the accused is necessarily required to safeguard the majesty of law and the dignity of the prosecutrix,” the court said.

“The disturbing feature of the case is that the law and order machinery and government officials were directly in league and under the influence of Kuldeep Singh,” it said.

The CBI swung into action on Thursday after the state government’s recommended a federal probe. The court will monitor the investigation and asked the CBI to file a status report on May 2, which is the next date of hearing.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded the resignation of chief minister Adityanath and imposition of President’s rule in the state. He demanded that the government give Rs 50 lakh to the girl as well a job to one of her family members, a house, and police protection.

The girl, who according to the FIR in the case was born on August 17, 2002, has alleged that she was raped by the MLA at his residence on June 4, 2017 when she had gone to meet him with a relative for a job. In February, her family approached the court, seeking to include the lawmaker’s name in the case.

After the case was filed, her father was booked by police for illegal possession of firearms on April 3 and put in jail on April 5. Frustrated with the alleged police inaction on her complaint and coercion from influential people, she attempted self-immolation in front of the chief minister residence on April 8.

The next day, her father died in jail with the autopsy report suggesting serious wounds, triggering a political storm and public outrage. explore areas of further cooperation and take stock of the progress of their strategic partnership.

Shanmugaratnam, in his inaugural address at the event, stressed the need for “more decisive change” in India.

“India needs to create 10 to 12 million new jobs per year. You are currently still far short of that, and it requires new strategies. India has embarked on those new strategies,” he said. “There has been impressive progress in infrastructure in particular — roads, rail, ports, now airports. There have been improvements in the ease of doing business, and some liberalisation in foreign direct investment rules. But I will have to say quite frankly that the pace and direction of travel is not enough to create the jobs required.” He said he was “proffering advice as a friend of India”.

He, however, exuded optimism that the change can be brought about. Citing the Tata group, Mahindra & Mahindra and the Hero Group as examples, he added that Indian companies can compete globally.

In a conversation with Hindustan Times editor in chief, R. Sukumar, at the opening session of the event, Shanmugaratnam pointed out that for countries to move beyond trade wars, there needs to be more winners. However, he said, technological change has rendered the window of opportunity much shorter than what it used to be. The next five years are critical for India and parts of Southeast Asia that are still not on the manufacturing escalator, he added.

“We have probably peaked in terms of global trade as a proportion of global economy but even at current levels of global trade, there is still significant scope left to export and import more. The source of economic dynamism has always been competition and learning and it is through trade and investment across borders that we learn the fastest,” Shan- mugaratnam said.

“If you look at our part of the world [Asia], we are still far away from realising the potential of manufacturing. Most specially, in India and some parts of the Asean... It can be done, but there has to be a sense of urgency because the window of opportunity is much smaller to get on that escalator,” he said.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari sought long-term, low-cost funds for the ambitious river linking project aimed at fixing water woes confronting large swathes of India.

The government’s target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022, Gadkari said, cannot be achieved without effective water management.

Apart from enhancing river connectivity, the project is aimed at improving drip and pipe irrigation to reduce water wastage.

The project envisages linking almost 60 rivers to cut the dependence of Indian farmers on annual monsoon rainfall by irrigating croplands

“The cost of the project is Rs 8 lakh crore and five of the proposals are ready with me and I am waiting for tenders. The cost of these (five) projects is Rs 3 lakh crore and for these projects, I need long term finance,” said Gadkari, the minister of road transport and highways, shipping and water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu attempted to hardsell the state’s under-construction capital Amaravati to investors, which he said will be India’s best capital city, and one that is bigger and better than Singapore.

With a core area of 217 sq km, the greenfield capital, which is situated between Guntur and Vijayawada cities, will also have an 8,603 sq.km capital region area. Amaravati has been designed to offer more green and blue spaces— that is, more environment-friendly spaces—that will make up 51% of the total space, including 10% water bodies.

“I’m confident that we will build the best capital in India. Tomorrow, all over the world, people will talk about Amaravati,” Naidu said.

With special emphasis on selfhelp groups, which have a loan default rate of just 2.5%, the Centre wants to add another 2.2 million groups with bank linkages for a total loan amount of Rs 42,500 crore.

Officials said these targets will be achieved before the 2019 general election.

GOVT PUSH COMES AMID OPPOSITION CRITICISM OF RULING PARTY’S OFTREPEATED PROMISE OF DOUBLING FARMERS’ INCOMES.