Woman dies by suicide over new mobile phone in UP's Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Feb 14 (PTI): A 27-year-old woman allegedly hanged herself to death in her residence over not being given a new mobile phone by her husband here, police said on Saturday.
Prima facie, this seems to be a case of suicide, they said.
The incident occurred on Friday in Khedi Sarai village under Mirapur police station area, and the deceased has been identified as Radhika (27), wife of Ashish Sharma, they said.
SHO of Mirapur Rajiv Sharma told reporters that on getting information, police rushed to the spot and sent the body of the deceased for post-mortem examination.
The deceased had demanded a new mobile from her husband, who had gone to Odisha for work. Her husband Ashish has sent only Rs 2,000, while she was demanding Rs 10,000, Ashish's mother, Premo, said.
The deceased is survived by a three-year-old son.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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BJD accuses BJP govt of not making effort for special category status to Odisha
Bhubaneswar (PTI): The BJD on Saturday accused the BJP government in Odisha of not making any effort to fulfil the 2014 poll promise of a special category status for the state, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to clarify on the long-standing issue.
Addressing a press conference here, BJD MP Sasmit Patra claimed that Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary had on February 10 said in the Rajya Sabha that there was "no proposal under consideration" of the Centre for granting the special category status to Odisha.
“We need clarification from the chief minister. The BJP, in its 2014 election manifesto, had specified that if it came to power, the party would work towards special category status for Odisha. But the BJP government has not moved an inch to fulfil the poll promise," Patra alleged.
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He challenged the chief minister to get a nod from the state cabinet during its meeting this evening so that the state can place a demand for the special category status before the Centre.
The special category status for Odisha is a long-standing demand.
"The issue was raised for the first time in the National Development Council (NDC) in 1979. Thereafter, the assembly passed several resolutions for the special category status for Odisha, as the state often faces natural calamities and therefore requires special financial assistance to boost development. Resolutions to this effect were passed in the 10th and 11th assembly," an official said.
The previous BJD government had also undertaken a massive signature campaign, involving nearly one crore people, which was submitted to the then President.
