3 LEADERS, OVER 300 MEMBERS OF BJPALLY BOOKED

NEW DELHI : The CBI has booked three leaders of IPFT, a Bjp-ally, along with 300-500 members of the political party in Tripura, after taking over the probes into the killings of two journalists in the state last year, officials said on Sunday. Santanu Bhowmik, a journalist from a local television channel, was killed when he went to cover a roadblockade agitation on September 21 last year. Another journalist, Sudip Dutta Bhowmik, a reporter with a vernacular newspaper, was killed inside the headquarters of the Tripura State Rifles’ (TSR) 2nd battalion in November 2017.

Raj minister’s son thrashes man, caught on camera

JAIPUR: Son of a minister has been caught on camera thrashing a man after he allegedly did not let his vehicle pass by. The incident took place on June 1 in Banswara but the video went viral on social media on Saturday, in which Raja, son of minister Dhan Singh Rawat, is seen overtaking a Swift car and blocking the road before getting off. He then dragged the driver out before raining blows on him.

‘SP MLA threatened rape survivor’s father in UP’

MEERUT: Father of a gang rape survivor in Gangoh of Saharanpur has accused Samajwadi Party MLA from Kairana Nahid Hasan of threatening his family over the phone, police said. Inspector, Gangoh police station, Jitendra, said they received a complaint from the woman’s father on Saturday and added that further investigations were on. “The complainant said the MLA asked him to withdraw the names of the accused,” Jitendra said.

Sharmila is first transgender person to be a lawyer in TN

CHENNAI: “I will work my way up the ladder and one day want to become a judge,” says Satyashri Sharmila, the first transgender person from Tamil Nadu to enrol as an advocate with the Bar Council. With immense satisfaction, Sharmila says enrolling as a lawyer with the identity of a transperson with the Bar Council was a milestone she had been trying to achieve for over a decade. Sharmila is among the over 400 law graduates who enrolled as lawyers on Saturday.

Panchayat ostracises family for using well, probe on

SAGAR: A village panchayat in Tikamgarh district, controlled by members of the dominant caste,