Bhatta Parsaul Protests

Senior Congress leader Deepinder Singh Hooda on Monday said the farmers' agitation at Lakhimpur Kheri will usher in a change of government in Uttar Pradesh, similar to the change of guard following the Bhatta Parsaul episode a decade ago.

Less than 48 hours before Parliament is expected to take up the Land Acquisition Bill, a protest turned violent in Noida after angry villagers set fire to an officer's car.

After almost six months of inaction over the alleged rapes in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally ordered filing of FIR against security personnel accused in the case. The FIR is being lodged at the Dankur police station in Noida.

For almost six months their ordeal during the violent farmer-police clashes in Bhatta Parsaul, which took place in May this year, went largely unreported. But now women are speaking out and alleging cases of rape against policemen, who cracked down on the protestors.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought registration of FIRs against policemen accused of raping seven women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages during an agitation against by farmers.

A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...

To thrash out a novel land acquisition policy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has invited farmers' representatives from different corners of the state for a 'kisan panchayat' in Lucknow today that would set the pace for major changes in the state's land acquisition policy."The chief minister is contemplating a completely new policy whereby t...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured and Rs 10,000 for people who suffered minor injuries during violence at Bhatta-Parsaul villages in Greater Noida recently.A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said the Prime Minister has announced the financial assistance fo...

Backing Rahul Gandhi's claims about alleged police atrocities on Greater Noida villagers, the National Commission for Women (NCW) today demanded a CBI probe into the incidents "as soon as possible"."I request a CBI inquiry as soon as possible so that evidence is not destroyed," acting NCW chairperson Yasmeen Abrar told reporters in New Delhi.Abrar ...

Uttar Pradesh government has rubbished the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's claims of atrocities on protesting villagers in greater Noida's Bhatt and Parsaul villages.Addressing a press conference, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar said, "All allegations, especially on rape, are absolutely baseless. Even the forensics report...

Unfazed by the attack on his claims on the alleged police brutality in the villages of Greater Noida, Rahul Gandhi today appeared to justify those remarks saying people there had complained to him about the atrocities they were subjected to.Declaring a war against the Mayawati government, he said Congress would go to every village of the state and ...

The recent violence over land acquisition and police atrocities in Greater Noida has "pained" the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which said it will send an investigation team to the affected villages.The panel said it has received complaints about police trespassing into villagers' houses, outraging women's dignity and mercilessly lathich...

Parsaul is having a tough time reconciling with its newfound fame. This is the village in Greater Noida where Rahul Gandhi parked himself on Wednesday, the images of him sharing a cup of tea with local farmers attracting hundreds of cameras and the wrath of the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati. Both were likely anticipated by the Congress ...

Senior Congress leader Deepinder Singh Hooda on Monday said the farmers' agitation at Lakhimpur Kheri will usher in a change of government in Uttar Pradesh, similar to the change of guard following the Bhatta Parsaul episode a decade ago.

Less than 48 hours before Parliament is expected to take up the Land Acquisition Bill, a protest turned violent in Noida after angry villagers set fire to an officer's car.

After almost six months of inaction over the alleged rapes in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally ordered filing of FIR against security personnel accused in the case. The FIR is being lodged at the Dankur police station in Noida.

For almost six months their ordeal during the violent farmer-police clashes in Bhatta Parsaul, which took place in May this year, went largely unreported. But now women are speaking out and alleging cases of rape against policemen, who cracked down on the protestors.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought registration of FIRs against policemen accused of raping seven women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages during an agitation against by farmers.

A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...

To thrash out a novel land acquisition policy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has invited farmers' representatives from different corners of the state for a 'kisan panchayat' in Lucknow today that would set the pace for major changes in the state's land acquisition policy."The chief minister is contemplating a completely new policy whereby t...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured and Rs 10,000 for people who suffered minor injuries during violence at Bhatta-Parsaul villages in Greater Noida recently.A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said the Prime Minister has announced the financial assistance fo...

Backing Rahul Gandhi's claims about alleged police atrocities on Greater Noida villagers, the National Commission for Women (NCW) today demanded a CBI probe into the incidents "as soon as possible"."I request a CBI inquiry as soon as possible so that evidence is not destroyed," acting NCW chairperson Yasmeen Abrar told reporters in New Delhi.Abrar ...

Uttar Pradesh government has rubbished the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's claims of atrocities on protesting villagers in greater Noida's Bhatt and Parsaul villages.Addressing a press conference, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar said, "All allegations, especially on rape, are absolutely baseless. Even the forensics report...

Unfazed by the attack on his claims on the alleged police brutality in the villages of Greater Noida, Rahul Gandhi today appeared to justify those remarks saying people there had complained to him about the atrocities they were subjected to.Declaring a war against the Mayawati government, he said Congress would go to every village of the state and ...

The recent violence over land acquisition and police atrocities in Greater Noida has "pained" the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which said it will send an investigation team to the affected villages.The panel said it has received complaints about police trespassing into villagers' houses, outraging women's dignity and mercilessly lathich...

Parsaul is having a tough time reconciling with its newfound fame. This is the village in Greater Noida where Rahul Gandhi parked himself on Wednesday, the images of him sharing a cup of tea with local farmers attracting hundreds of cameras and the wrath of the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati. Both were likely anticipated by the Congress ...