DURGAPURA: A second-year MBBS student (23) of a private medical college in Bengal’s Durgapur was allegedly gang-raped by four to five unidentified men Friday, shortly after she stepped out for dinner with a classmate, reports Mohammad Asif. Police have detained the classmate after the survivor’s parents, from Odisha’s Balasore, alleged he and his associates were…
DEHRADUN: In what is being termed an unprecedented series of recusals, another judge has decided to withdraw from a case involving Uttarakhand-cadre Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi. Justice Alok Verma of the Uttarakhand high court became the 16th judge to recuse from Chaturvedi’s case, and the second one within a fortnight. Verma’s recusal order,…
PM Modi Saturday launched two mega central schemes, with a total Rs 35,440 crore outlay, to transform 100 low-performing agricultural districts and increase production of pulses to reduce imports. Addressing a gathering of farmers and farm policymakers at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, the PM urged farmers to focus on self-reliance and exports. “We have to…
Lucknow: In the aftermath of the brutal mob lynching of Dalit youth Hariom Valmiki in Rae Bareli’s Unchahar area, Uttar Pradesh ministers Rakesh Sachan and Asim Arun on Saturday met the bereaved family, offering financial support and assurances of justice on behalf of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The ministers handed over cheques of Rs 6.92…
shehbaz sharif (left), Amir Muttaqi and S Jaishankar (File – agencies) Pakistan has lodged formal objections with Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Islamabad over several ‘elements of the India‑Afghanistan joint statement’, particularly the reference to Jammu and Kashmir as ‘part of India’. It also rejected remarks by Afghan foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi that “terrorism is…
Aizawl: Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group Suhas Chakma on Friday appealed to CMs of the northeastern states, including Mizoram CM Lalduhoma, to raise the issue of sharing the burden of the migrants from their states with Arunachal Pradesh CMPema Khandu after Khandu raised the issue of relocation of the Chakmas and Hajongs…
UAE will face Qatar on October 14, 2025, needing only a draw to secure direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup/ Image: X With a dramatic win over Oman, the UAE take a vital step toward a long-awaited return to the FIFA World Cup. The result not only cements their position at the top of…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath once again reiterated that the word ‘secular’ was “inserted stealthily” into Babasaheb BR Ambedkar’s Constitution. The CM made this observation while speaking at the Prabuddha Jan Samvad Sangam programme organised at Bhurkura Siddh Peeth in Ghazipur on Saturday.Elaborating on the traditions of Sanatan Dharma, the CM said that it was…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai on Saturday said despite constitutional guarantees, many girls continue to be tragically denied their fundamental rights and even basic necessities for survival and face harmful practices like female genital mutilation (FGM). Interestingly, a PIL challenging the validity of FGM, practised among certain Muslims, is pending before a ninejudge…
Lucknow: Former chairman of UP Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation and MLC Lalji Prasad Nirmal on Saturday attacked Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and termed his tenure as UP CM a symbol of Dalit humiliation, corruption, and nepotism.Nirmal said while the country was honouring institutions named after late Kanshi Ram, Akhilesh Yadav attempted to…
