Bhatta-parsaul Villages

• At Bhatta-Parsaul, no faith in government's 'land'mark bill?

  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.

• No CBI probe into alleged Bhatta Parsaul rapes, says Allahabad High Court

  A bench of the Allahabad High Court will today decide whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the alleged rape of women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages in Uttar Pradesh by police jawans in the aftermath of the land acquisitions clashes between farmers and Noida police in May last year. Those violent clashes had also claimed th...

• Bhatta-Parsaul rape case: Uttar Pradesh government orders FIR

  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.

• Bhatta-Parsaul rape case: Court slams Mayawati govt for not registering FIR

  The Allahabad High Court has slammed the Mayawati government for its refusal to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) in a complaint of rape in the aftermath of the land acquisition violence in the twin villages of Bhatta and Parsaul.

• Leader of Noida farm agitation fasts in jail

  Farmer leader Manvir Singh Teotia, who led a farmers' agitation against land takeover in Bhatta-Parsaul village in Greater Noida in May, is on a fast in Dasna jail since September 6, his wife said on Saturday.

• Rahul Gandhi eats dal-roti at night halt at farmer's house

  Dal, roti and vegetable with no chillies. This simple fare was Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's dinner at a farmer's house in Rampur Badli village in Greater Noida at the end of the first day of his padyatra in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.A weary-looking Rahul Gandhi opted for rotis over puris, when his host Vijayp...

• BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of 'two standards' of compassion

  Accusing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of following "two standards" of compassion, BJP today sought to know why he did not express similar sentiments after the police crackdown in the Capital on supporters of Baba Ramdev.The party also termed it as an "irony" that while the ruling party attacks the Uttar Pradesh government, it seeks BSP's help in ma...

• No evidence of rape in Bhatta-Parsaul: Human Rights panel

  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 ...