Maharashtra man kills daughter to contest panchayat elections
This Get Real India report focusses on a horrific crime in Maharashtra's Nanded district, where a seven-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her father to contest panchayat elections.
Urban Naxals, PFI and a section of Congress behind attack on Assam secretariat: Himanta Biswa Sarma
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 18, 2019 23:49 IST
The attack on the Assam secretariat in Dispur was orchestrated by urban naxals, Popular Front of India (PFI) and some sections of the Congress party, senior Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
He said the plan was to burn down the secretariat and completely destroy it and it was being monitored by an academician working with a central institute.
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