QBullet: Migrant Workers Attacked Following Rape in Gujarat & More
From migrant workers being forced to leave Gujarat to India’s MeToo movement – all the top stories of the day.
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1. Gujarat Rape: 342 Held for Violence as Migrants From UP, Bihar Flee State
Gujarat Police on 7 October, Sunday, arrested over 300 people in connection with attacks on migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh over rape of a toddler on 28 September. Gujarat Police chief Shivanand Jha said that 342 people were arrested from six districts in as many as 42 cases of attacks on migrants.
(Source: The Indian Express)
2. J&K Local Body Polls: Waste, Roads Major Issues as Srinagar Gears up to Vote
When a four-phase election for municipal bodies in Jammu and Kashmir begins Monday, 8 October, it will be 13 years since the last time such elections were held.
But unlike 2005, when people turned out in large numbers, few are likely to cast votes this time. “Polls this time are a contrast to 2005. It was a festivity then and this time parties are struggling to get candidates,” says a senior official. “We would be surprised if the voting percentage crosses 10-15 percent.”
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. India Keen to Get Russian Helicopters: Army Chief on US Sanction Warning
Amid fears of US sanctions over the recent S-400 missile deal with Russia, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat Sunday asserted that the country is keen on getting the Kamov helicopters and other weapon systems from Moscow and added that India follows an independent policy.
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. Draft Proposes Fresh US Immigration Curb
A draft proposal recently released by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explains that immigration applications can be denied if the applicant is “likely at any time to be a public charge”. Public charge refers to a situation where a person receives certain public (government) benefits above the defined quantum or duration.
(Source: The Times of India)
5. Interpol Chief Quits, China Says He’s Under Probe
China said Sunday it was investigating Meng Hongwei for suspected wrongdoing after the Interpol chief was reported missing. The statement by an anti-graft body was the first official word from China about Meng since his disappearance was reported on Friday, 5 October.
(Source: The Times of India)
6. Brett Kavanaugh Sworn Into Supreme Court After Divisive Fight
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a US Supreme Court justice on Saturday night after being confirmed hours earlier by the Senate with one of the narrowest margins in the country’s history on the heels of a bitter, rancorous, partisan political battle, reports Chidanand Rajghatta. Angry protesters demonstrated against Republicans who manoeuvred to get Kavanaugh through massive opposition from liberals.
(Source: The Times of India)
7. School Girls Attacked in Bihar for Resisting ‘Lewd’ Remarks, 36 Injured
At least 36 schoolgirls, aged between 10 and 14, were injured and admitted to a local hospital after a mob assaulted them near their residential school in Bihar’s Supaul district on Saturday, 7 October.
The mob was angry with the girls who had allegedly beaten up four boys for “sexually harassing” them and passing lewd comments. Parents of the boys were part of the mob, an official said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
8. Sabarimala Priests Reject Kerala CM’s Offer of Talks on SC Order Allowing Women Entry to Temple
Head priests of the Sabarimala hill shrine and erstwhile rulers associated with the Lord Ayyappa temple on Sunday rejected Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s offer for talks over the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to worship at the complex, saying the government had already decided to enforce the order.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
9. Kashyap, Motwane Issue Clarification on Action Taken Against Vikas Bahl in Sexual Harassment Case
A day after announcing the dissolution of Phantom Films, following sexual harassment allegations against one of the partners and Queen director Vikas Bahl, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Sunday said “in hindsight”, he could see that he was “ill-advised” by his legal aides. Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane, also a partner at Phantom Films, apologised for the incident and called Bahl a “sexual offender”.
Kashyap and Motwane, who formed the production house along with Bahl and Madhu Mantena seven years ago, posted their separate statements on social media. In a HuffPost India report that came out on Saturday, a former woman employee of Phantom Films accused Bahl of sexually assaulting her in May 2015 at a hotel in Goa. She said she had confided in Kashyap, and he hadn’t taken any action. She quit the company in 2017.
(Source: The Indian Express)
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