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…
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…
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…
Chennai: When metro trains start operating on OMR, the stations will also serve as mini malls, housing eateries, apparel outlets, and other commercial establishments catering to both commuters and residents of the neighbourhood.CMRL has awarded the contract for the design and civil construction of entry/exit points to provide commercial amenities at nine elevated stations on…
NEW DELHI: The ED late on Friday arrested Reliance Power’s chief financial officer Ashok Pal after questioning him at its headquarters here in a case of fake bank guarantee. He was produced before a court here on Saturday and remanded in two days of ED custody. Pal, the CFO of Reliance Power Limited (RPL), an…
Sergio Gor presented an autographed photo of PM Modi and Trump NEW DELHI: In a rare gesture, amidst efforts to repair India-US ties, PM Modi Saturday received US ambassador-designate Sergio Gor, who delivered a message to him from President Donald Trump in the form of a framed photograph of their White House press conference earlier…
The scam cost over Rs 1.2 crore to the victim who was lured with the promise of high returns MUMBAI: In a strong message against cybercrime, a sessions court rejected the bail plea of a 21-year-old Chembur man accused in an online share market fraud that cost a victim over Rs 1.2 crore. The judge…
