Surendranagar, March 3 (IANS) More than 18 people accused of cow slaughter have been awarded sentences ranging from seven years to life imprisonment in the past year, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Tuesday as he reiterated the state’s “zero tolerance” policy.While attending the Holi celebration at Shree Vadwala Mandir in Dudhrej Dham in Surendranagar district, Sanghavi said, “On the very second day of assuming office as a minister, I took the blessings of Lord Vadwa…
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Greater Noida, Dec 23 (IANS) In a significant development, a court in Greater Noida on Tuesday rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against the accused in the long-pending Dadri Akhlaq lynching case, asserting that the application was neither legally sustainable nor in the interest of justice.The fast-track court at Surajpur, which is hearing the case related to the 2015 mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Bisahra village of Dadri, dismissed the prosecu…