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India: Uttarakhand High Court bans 857 porn sites

Following High Court  orders, Uttarakhand government has directed Internet service providers to block 827 websites that host pornographic content.

According to The Indian Express, “While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.”

Dehradun boarding school gangrape – 9 arrested include Director and Principal

A 16 year old girl at a boarding school in Dehradun was raped by four boys. Girl became pregnant and complained, but instead of informing the police and the family of the girl, the school administration gave her pills to end pregnancy, and pressurised her to keep the incident to herself.

The school officials later took the girl to a nursing home for an abortion.

Govt will not allow slaughterhouses in Uttarakhand: CM

Dehradun, Aug 11 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said today his government will not allow opening of abattoirs in the state and will cancel licences for those issued by the previous regime.

Reiterating his government's commitment to cow conservation, Rawat said Uttarakhand is the first state where special police squads have been raised in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts to stop cow slaughter and cow trafficking.

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