Dehradun, Nov. 9 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 6 Nov: Workers of the Uttarakhand Mahila Congress today staged a protest against the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Dehradun under the leadership of state Mahila Congress president Jyoti Rautela. The protesters also released black balloons and burnt an effigy of the Union Home Minister to express their anger over rising crimes against women, concerns regarding women's safety and the demand for justice in the Ankita Bhandari murder case.

Speaking on the occasion, Jyoti Rautela claimed that women's safety has emerged as a serious and worrying issue across the country. She alleged that incidents of crime against women and girls during the BJP government's tenure have exposed the ...