Unnao Case: Police arrest two, including a minor, who poisoned the Dalit girls with pesticide-laced water
Three cousins, Dalit minor girls, were found unconscious in a mustard field in Baburaha village in Unnao on February 17. Two of them died while the third is fighting for her life at a Kanpur hospital. Accused Vinay Kumar and a minor accomplice have been arrested by the police.
Neetu Singh
Lighting up Lives: Villagers contribute more than Rs 10 million to electrify 839 government schools in six months across Nagaur district in Rajasthan
The Ujas campaign in Rajasthan has electrified 839 of the 910 government schools in the district in the space of six months. The people who funded 80% of the cost of electrification, and a district magistrate who helmed the initiative, made this happen.
Neetu Singh
Unnao Case: What the fields hide: The crushed dreams of Dalit girls
Photos from the homes of the three cousins in Baburaha village of Unnao who were found in a mustard field. Two of them were buried this morning. The photographs throw light on their lives and their poverty.
Neetu Singh
Unnao case: Weeping grandparents, a still-warm clay stove, the last meal of rotis and subzi she cooked. All that’s left of 15-yo dead Dalit minor
The families of the three girls who set out to gather fodder and who were allegedly found tied up in a mustard field are still in shock, wondering what happened. Two of the cousins who died have been buried, and the third is critical. There’s a large police presence in Baburaha village of Unnao district, and the village seeks justice for the young lives snuffed out.
Neetu Singh
Unnao Deaths: Two Dalit girls dead, third one battling for her life. Initial postmortem report inconclusive on the cause of death
Yesterday around 3 pm, three Dalit girls in Baburaha village of Unnao in Uttar Pradesh went to the farm to get fodder. In the evening, they were found unconscious in the field. Two of them died at the hospital, the third one is undergoing treatment at Kanpur. Initial postmortem report is inconclusive on the cause of death.
Neetu Singh
From March to June 2020, 1.85 million women were denied safe abortion facilities
The pandemic resulted in an increased number of unplanned, unwanted pregnancies, and nearly two million women in 10 states did not get access to safe abortion facilities, says an Ipas Development Foundation survey. At Gaon Connection’s Gaon Cafe, experts discussed various aspects of the issue.
Neetu Singh
Budget 2021: More than 42,000 manual scavengers, yet rehabilitation allocation trimmed
Rs 100 crore has been set aside for rehabilitation of manual scavengers in the budget for the 2021-22 fiscal, but that is grossly inadequate in a country where the number of people ‘recognised’ as manual scavengers is above 40,000. Budgetary allocations are inadequate, and even that is not spent, say activists.
Neetu Singh
Three inmates of Bilaspur shelter home accuse operator of physical and mental abuse
Remember the ghastly Muzaffarpur shelter home incident from 2018? Something similar is playing out in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where inmates of Shivmangal Shikshan Samiti have accused the founder of sexual harassment. A case has been registered.
Neetu Singh
Uniform In the Eyes of the Law: How many FIRs lodged against erring cops in Uttar Pradesh, post Nirbhaya?
Since 2013, FIRs can be lodged against police officials under Section 166 (a) of the Indian Penal Code for negligence in dealing with cases of rape and acid attack. The first such case was filed in Uttar Pradesh, in the Badaun anganwadi worker’s gang rape case.
Neetu Singh
Doll story: Ranchi resident Shobha Kumari creates indigenous dolls steeped in Jharkhand’s culture and helps tribal women earn a living
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vocal For Local initiative, Kumari of Srijan Handicrafts has so far trained more than a thousand women to make dolls of clay and sawdust. Ten of them have gone on to set up their own enterprises and earn up to Rs 25,000 a month. She also employs about 35 women who make up to Rs 12,000 a month.