#NewsInTweets: Upper Caste Grocer Hacks Dalit Couple To Death For Alleged ₹15 Debt
Posted on July 29, 2016 in NewsBy YKA Staff:
What’s the latest around the world today? Curated for you from the interwebz, here’s a quick morning fix to keep you updated. In 140 characters at that! Presenting, #NewsInTweets:
1. An upper caste shopkeeper kills a Dalit couple for failing to clear an alleged debt of Rs. 15 in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.
In UP’s Mainpuri, Dalit couple hacked to death with an axe over Rs 15 https://t.co/hrGmFyPWya pic.twitter.com/3L26DZCNp7
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) July 29, 2016
2. Rajya Sabha clears the Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016. This will allow the distribution of Rs. 42,000 crore for expanding India’s forest cover.
Compensatory afforestation fund bill gets Rajya Sabha nod https://t.co/tpMKd0bD9a
— Livemint (@livemint) July 28, 2016
3. DM of Gopalganj, Bihar says the flood situation is merely water logging.
Bihar: Gopalganj DM denies flood crisis, calls it water logging instead @rohit_manas https://t.co/MiX3Kfp4e1 pic.twitter.com/ITykvLiWUS
— India Today (@IndiaToday) July 29, 2016
4. The Modi government has carried out a major reshuffle of the bureaucracy.
Modi administration carries out reshuffle in top bureaucracy – The Hindu https://t.co/5UT1cjV4cY @abaruah64 @nistula @the_hindu
— Mahesh Langa (@LangaMahesh) July 28, 2016
5. Due to traffic jams caused by water logging, Gurgaon police asks people to avoid taking the road.
Gurgaon @gurgaonpolice asks Delhi to stay away as traffic nightmare continues https://t.co/8E1mxxZFsx pic.twitter.com/ggkBH7wfRZ
— NDTV (@ndtv) July 29, 2016
6. The Indian delegation at Mother Teresa’s canonization will be led by Sushma Swaraj.
Sushma Swaraj to lead Indian delegation at Mother Teresa’s canonisation in Vatican – https://t.co/2ZjaXZRFFU pic.twitter.com/DOBbAuZfHF
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) July 29, 2016
7. Amid condemnation, Indonesia executes 4 people by firing squad for drug crimes, including three foreigners.
Indonesia executes some of the 14 people on death row for drugs crimes, local media report https://t.co/Oi90riRDr6
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 28, 2016
8. WHO is considering declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder.
The World Health Organization is moving toward declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder https://t.co/Gfz2sZihoC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 27, 2016
9. Hillary Clinton officially accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2016 Presidential elections.
"We are not afraid." Hillary Clinton slams Donald Trump in historic DNC speech https://t.co/oFq2q6PaNd pic.twitter.com/jEjHA1knWf
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 29, 2016
Great speech. She's tested. She's ready. She never quits. That's why Hillary should be our next @POTUS. (She'll get the Twitter handle, too)
— President Obama (@POTUS) July 29, 2016
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