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Akhilesh talks women at HT Women Awards
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Akhilesh Yadav has said that the state government respects the women a lot and has rolled out several initiatives and programmes for the welfare and security of women.
Women folk are respected like deities and everyone was duty bound to treat them with honour, the Chief Minister stated. Women are half the population of the country and the society cannotafford to overlook, the Chief Minister pointed out while adding that anyone doing so does at their own peril.
The Chief Minister made these observations while speaking at – HT Women Award-2016 organised at Taj Vivanta hotel. He said that women have achieved a lot in all sectors and commended the Hindustan Times Group for organizing such an event to fete successful women. The Chief Minister also announced a financial assistance of Rs 11 lakh to famous Kalbelia dancer Gulabo Sapera.
Mr. Yadav mentioned various schemes being run by his government for welfare and security of the women in the stateand detailed how the Kanya Vidya Dhan scheme was helping girls in furtherstudies, distribution of 17 lakh laptops for students, giving of Rs 500 permonth to women heads of over 55 lakh families under the Samajwadi Pension Scheme, the 102 ambulance service aimed at helping pregnant women in reaching hospital and the 1090 Women Power Line which has helped sort out several lakh cases of women harassment.
During the interactive session, whena woman participant raised the issue of lack of wash rooms on road sides for women, the Chief Minister assured her that the issue would be looked into with all seriousness. To another question on female foeticide, the Chief Minister said it would be dealt with a firm hand.
Addressing the gathering, Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav lauded the initiative of the Hindustan Times and underlined the need of providing all facilities to the women. She also stressed on the need of change of mindset of the society towards women. The event was also addressed by eminent TV personality Meghna Malik and Gulabo.
At the end of the function, the Chief Minister distributed awards to the participants. Also present on the occasion were MoS Technical Education and Skill Development Mr. Abhishek Mishra, officials of the district administration and the state government.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.