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soldier from Jammu allegedly kills wife, daughter inside army camp in assam

A defence official said that what drove the soldier to kill his wife and daughter is not known yet but added that apparently there was a feud in his family

a soldier from Jammu allegedly killed his wife and minor daughter inside an army camp of the Assam Rifles at Srikona on Saturday over a family feud, said officials.

The accused soldier, identified as Havildar Ravinder Kumar of 39 Assam Rifles, was arrested.

“Havildar (general duty) Ravinder Kumar of 39 AR killed his wife Monika Dogra, 32, and his daughter Riddhi,10, at around 0415 hours (4.15am) on Saturday. The individual belongs to Jammu’s Jourian in Akhnoor and wife hailed from Samba,” said a Defence official.

The accused shifted his family into the family quarters of 39AR at Srikona on March 10 this year.

“He was detained and shifted to quarter guard before police formally arrested him,” said the official.

The official added that the accused had used a machete to slit throats of his wife and minor daughter.

“What drove him to such an extreme step is not known yet but apparently there was a feud in the family,” he said.

The bodies were seen lying on the floor of his family quarter in a pool of blood, he added. After the ghastly crime, the accused fled and hid himself inside a temple in the army camp from where he was arrested.

The incident has sent shock waves to the residents in the army camp.

‘hatred rising… 2 industrialists benefitting’: Rahul Gandhi at halla Bol rally

EaRlIER, Rahul Gandhi said the “king” is only in ensuring profit to his friends while the public today has to think ten times before buying even the essential things.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to the Centre, hatred and anger have been increasing in the country. Rahul Gandhi was addressing the Congress's Halla Bol rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday.

“Hatred is rising in India. Fear of inflation and unemployment increasing in India, and due to this, hatred is rising. The BJP and RSS are dividing the country and creating fear in the country. Only two industrialists in the country are benefitting from

this fear and hatred, ” Gandhi at the rally. Gandhi said the country's situation is such that even if it wants, it cannot give jobs to its youth. “People are facing lots of hardships, and when the Opposition tries to raise their voice in Parliament, the Narendra Modi government does not allow it… The pressure on institutions such as media, judiciary, election commission as the government is attacking all of them,” the Congress MP said. "Three black farm laws were brought in not to help farmers, but to benefit twothree industrialists," Gandhi added. Gandhi also said the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' is important as the opposition parties have to go directly 42 — THE BRISBANE INDIAN TIMES, September, 2022

‘Economy weakened as result of...’: rahul Gandhi targets BJP at Congress rally

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that the BJP government is ‘taking India backward, spreading hatred and fear’ that would benefit India’s enemies such as China and Pakistan

aCCUSING the Narendra Modi government of weakening India in the last eight years, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the grand old party along with other parties will defeat the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Addressing the ‘Mehengai par Hall Bol’ rally in New Delhi, the Congress leader claimed that the ruling dispensation is “taking India backward, spreading hatred and fear” that would benefit India’s enemies such as China and Pakistan.

“(Prime Minister) Modi has weakened India in the last eight years. Our economic strength has weakened as a result of price rise, unemployment, hate and fear,” he said.

“It is an ideological war. Our party along with other parties will defeat the BJP and RSS’ ideology,” Gandhi added.

Addressing thousands of party workers at Delhi’s iconic Ramlila Maidan, Gandhi called upon the party workers to say that “Only Congress workers can save India”. He also tried to explain why the Congress has chosen to do a Bharat Jodo Yatra. “The government has closed roads to Parliament. when we try to speak in House, our mikes are turned off. So, we have to go to the people and tell them the current situation and hear what others have to say.”

“We have to go directly to people,” Gandhi added, “Media belongs to them. we can’t speak in Parliament. whoever speaks against PM Modi, ED, CBI are unleashed on them.”

Drawing a parallel between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the current dispensation, the Congress leader tried to argue that while the UPA waived off farm loans worth ₹70,000 crore, the Modi government tried to bring 3 black laws. He said, the UPA brought MGNREGA but Prime Minister criticised it. “It is because of our MGNREGA that millions of people could get jobs during the Covid,” Gandhi said.

Gandhi also hailed the UPA’s land law and said while it stopped land grab, one of the initial decisions of the Modi government was to scrap the law, referring to the ordinance the government brought in 2014 to amend the land law. “The UPA saw economic progress. We brought 27 crore people out of poverty. In last 8 years, Modi pushed back 23 crore people back to poverty. Modi talks about New India, Make in India but Modi is taking India backward, spreading hatred and fear. This will benefit our enemies, China and Pakistan.”

During the rally, Congress Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urged Gandhi to return as the Congress president. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel claimed that the BJP in power is not fighting against price rise but only fighting against Rahul Gandhi. “Now, there is a debate on ‘revdi’ (freebies). When the Congress fights for poor people, they call it ‘revdi’. When Modi gives to chosen people, it is ‘rabdi’ (a popular Indian sweet), not revdi,” he said.

Jharkhand: CM Soren says Oppn to fall in its own trap, Mlas return to ranchi for trust vote

JhaRKhaND CM Hemant Soren will seek a vote of trust during a special session of the Assembly to be held on Monday.

Legislators of the ruling coalition in Jharkhand are on their way back to Ranchi from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur where they had holed up for the past few days amid a lingering political crisis in their state.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, whose fate as an MLA hangs in balance amid a mining lease row, said the Opposition will be trapped in the net they have laid for the ruling camp.

Soren will seek a vote of trust during a special session of the Assembly to be held on Monday.

According to a letter sent to the MLAs by the Assembly secretariat, the chief minister has expressed his willingness to move a motion of confidence to prove his majority.

The Opposition BJP has also reportedly convened its legislature party’s meeting on Sunday to chalk out its strategy in the House.

The latest crisis in the eastern state arose after the Election Commission (EC) sent its decision to governor Ramesh Bais on August 25 on a petition filed by the BJP seeking Soren’s disqualification from the Assembly in an office of profit case.

Though the EC’s decision has not yet been made official, there are rumours that the poll panel has recommended the chief minister’s disqualification as an MLA.

The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has said disqualification of the CM as an MLA will not affect the government, as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-CongressRJD coalition enjoys an absolute majority in the 81-member House.

The governor paid a visit to Delhi on Friday after a number of UPA MLAs met him on September 1 on the issue, triggering further speculation.

to people and tell them “the truth”.

Constitution is the soul of the country, every Indian has to work towards saving it otherwise country cannot be saved, Gandhi said.

The rally comes ahead of the opposition party's 3,500km 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, starting September 7, highlighting the issues of the price rise and unemployment, and promoting communal harmony.

“Anyone against Modi is attacked; I was made to sit for 55 hours at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office but want to tell the PM- I am not scared of your ED,” Gandhi said.

Massive slogans of ‘Rahul Gandhi Zindabad’

Slogans of “Rahul Gandhi Zindabad” and “Sonia Gandhi Zindabad” reverberated through the air as thousands of Congress supporters reached the Ramlila Maidan to raise their voice against price rise and unemployment.

Many Congress workers, who came to attend the 'Mehngai Par Halla Bol' rally, put up banners demanding Gandhi to once again lead the party.

Gandhi had resigned from the top post following the party's debacle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Sonia Gandhi has been leading the party as interim president since August 2019.

Earlier, Gandhi said the “king” is only in ensuring profit to his friends while the public today has to think ten times before buying even the essential things. Blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the price rise, Gandhi said he and his party will continue raising voices against inflation. "The king will have to listen," he tweeted.