Saurabh Shukla

Odd Even Scheme: Vehicles Carrying Schoolchildren Exempt In Delhi, Fine Hiked

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday October 17, 2019

Odd Even Rule: Vehicles carrying schoolchildren in uniform are exempt from the Odd-Even restrictions in Delhi that will kick in from November 4 to 15, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters today. On what would happen to people who drive back alone after dropping children to school, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot, who sat beside Mr ...

Suspected Cattle Smugglers Fire At Vigilantes In Gurugram, One Injured

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 10, 2019

An activist of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal got injured in Gurugram near Delhi as suspected cattle smugglers opened fire on a group of cow vigilantes who were giving them chase. The police said the injured man, who was also among the cow vigilantes, has been admitted to a hospital in a critical condition but now doctors say he is out of danger.

Ashok Tanwar Won't Join BJP, Says Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday October 5, 2019

Ashok Tanwar will not join the BJP, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar declared today, hours after the former Haryana Congress chief posted a four-page resignation letter on his Twitter account

"Congress Crisis Due To Internal Contradiction": Ex-Haryana Chief Ashok Tanwar Quits

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday October 5, 2019

Sulking Haryana Congress leader Ashok Tanwar, who was removed as the party's state chief last month, has resigned from the Congress just two weeks before state elections.

"One Of These Days They Will Kill Me," Says Murdered UP Cop's Wife

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday September 27, 2019

The wife of the police officer killed in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, by a mob is in utter dejection over the bail granted to seven of the 33 accused in the case, including main accused Yogesh Raj. Alleging corruption and cronyism in all sphere, Rajani Singh said, "I am extremely upset with the legal system".

Main Accused In Uttar Pradesh Violence That Led To Cop's Killing Gets Bail

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday September 26, 2019

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to one of the main accused in the Bulandshahr mob violence case, which led to the death of a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr last December. Yogesh Raj, a local leader of the Bajrang Dal, was among those accused of inciting a mob of over 400 people to kill Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during ...

Thousands Of UP Farmers Stopped On Way To Delhi, Hold Sit-In Protest

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday September 21, 2019

The farmers, who have been on a 'pad yatra' from Sahranpur on September 11under the banner of Rashtriya Kisan Sangh,started their march from Noida's Transport Nagar this morning after the talks between Bhartiya Kisan Sanghatan and the Agriculture Ministry failed to materialise. They were stopped by police near Ghazipur on National Highway 24.

"Evidence" Against BJP's Chinmayanand On Pen Drive, Claims UP Student

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 11, 2019

A young woman who has accused senior BJP leader Chinmayanand reportedly has "explosive video evidence" to support her charge, which has been handed to the police on a pen drive by her friend.

'Filmed, Blackmailed, Raped': Student's Charge Against BJP's Chinmayanand

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 11, 2019

Chinmayanand case: A law student in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that she was filmed, blackmailed and raped repeatedly by Chinmayanand, a senior BJP leader and former union minister who has not been questioned by the police so far. No complaint has been registered against the politician either.

Raped For Over A Year By BJP's Chinmayanand, Alleges UP Student

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday September 10, 2019

The UP college student who has accused BJP leader and former Union Minister Chinmayanand of rape was today taken to her hostel room by members of a Supreme Court-constituted SIT, in the presence of a magistrate, to gather evidence in the case

Dalit Leader, 90 Others Arrested After Clashes In South Delhi Over Temple

Delhi News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Singh Sengar; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday August 22, 2019

Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad and 90 others were arrested last evening after a massive protest in Delhi against the demolition of a temple in the city dedicated to the 16th century mystic poet-saint Ravidas. Violent protesters damaged several vehicles and two motorcycles were set ablaze, according to the police. Several people, including 15 poli...

On Video, Senior UP Cop Massages Feet Of Kanwar Pilgrim

Cities | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday July 27, 2019

A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district is seen massaging the feet of a Kanwar Yatra pilgrim in a video which has gone viral on social media.

Days After Rahul Gandhi Quit, Congress Leaders Meet On Karnataka Crisis

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday July 7, 2019

Days after Rahul Gandhi resigned as Congress president over the national election defeat, top party leaders met this evening in Delhi.

All-India Doctors' Strike Monday, Centre Blames Mamata Banerjee: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday June 14, 2019

Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal on Friday as their protest against an attack on a colleague earlier this week in Kolkata escalated. Doctors across the country will boycott work on Monday to express solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose strike continued for the fourth day. Junior doctors in several stat...

"They Urinated In My Mouth," Says UP Journalist Beaten By Railway Cops

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday June 13, 2019

A journalist is punched, slapped and abused by a group of policemen as he pleads with them to stop, in a video from western Uttar Pradesh. The journalist said a group of Railway Police personnel locked him up and abused him last night when he went to cover the derailment of a train in Shamli district.