KOLKATA: Allowing a girl student to step out of a campus “located in a forested area” past midnight is “shocking”, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Sunday while taking the authorities of a private medical college in Durgapur to task for the circumstances leading to her alleged gang rape late Friday.“How did they (the girl and…
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MUMBAI: In a move to arrest netting of juvenile fish that has been adversely affecting their reproduction and eventually depleting the state’s annual catch, Maharashtra government, with the help of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, has officially decided on length as a criterion for fish to be caught or netted for selling in market yards….
ROHTAK: Four cousins died after their car crashed into a road-roller parked on the roadside near Gohana, along Delhi-Jammu NH-44, in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Saturday. Among the deceased was Somveer, son of Congress Rohtak (rural) president Balwan Ranga. The others were his cousins, Ankit, Lokesh and Deepankar. Police said the car spiralled out of…
‘Wife killer’ steals jail chequebook, and Rs 30 lakh VARANASI: A man accused of killing his wife pulled off a perfect Shawshank Redemption’s Andy Dufresne-type con on prison authorities, siphoning off Rs 30 lakh from the back account of UP’s Azamgarh district jail after walking out on bail with a prison cheque book on May…
KOLKATA: A 48-year-old YouTuber from Bengal with almost 4.3 million followers and his teenage son were arrested in North 24 Parganas district’s Haroa on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year- old girl after luring her with the promise of featuring her in comedy and dance reels. The survivor’s father is a cop attached to Kolkata…
23 deaths reported in Kerala so far, says state health minister NEW DELHI: Kerala has so far reported 104 cases of amoebic encephalitis (brain fever), resulting in 23 deaths, state health minister Veena George said on Sunday. The state is currently battling the rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleria…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has made it clear that it has no plan to raise the income ceiling for ‘creamy layer’ for OBC reservations, though the last revision took place eight years ago and is now twice overdue. There is at present an annual income bar of Rs 8 lakh for the purpose. An OBC…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi was among the leaders of more than 20 countries who received an invitation from US President Donald Trump and Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for the Gaza peace summit that both leaders will co-chair on Monday in the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. According to official sources,MoS (MEA) Kirti V…
Pakistan fumes as Taliban back India’s sovereignty over J&K NEW DELHI: Taliban have backed India’s sovereignty over J&K, drawing a blistering response from Pakistan amid its already-tense relationship with Afghanistan that has been exacerbated by heavy border clashes in the past few days. Despite outrage in Pakistan, Taliban officials pointed to the fact that India…
