News roundup: UP Bar Council chief cremated; 4 Policemen booked, AIIMS doctors symbolic protest

UP Bar Council chief cremated; CM promises security in courts Etah/Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav, who was shot dead by a lawyer on the Agra court premises, was cremated at her native village of Chaandpur in Etah district on Thursday.

4 railway policemen booked for thrashing scribe in UP Muzaffarnagar

Four railway policemen, including a station house officer, were booked for allegedly beating up a journalist in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, an official said Thursday. DES11 JK-HURRIYAT Hurriyat Conference asks PMs of India and Pakistan to resume talks Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference Thursday asked the prime ministers of India and Pakistan to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek to break the ice and resume engagement between the two countries.

AIIMS resident docs to boycott work on Friday New Delhi

Several resident doctors at the AIIMS here worked with bandages on their heads in a symbolic protest and have decided to boycott work on Friday in solidarity with the doctors protesting against an attack on their colleagues in West Bengal. DES12 HP-SEWERMEN 801 workers died cleaning sewers in the country since 1993: Central panel chief Shimla: As many as 801 sanitation workers have died while cleaning sewers in the country since 1993, said Manhar Valjibhai Zala, chairperson, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), here Thursday.