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BJP reprimands Kangana Ranaut over controversial remarks on farmers' protest | 'Bahut kuch hai': CBI on evidences in corruption case against ex-RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh | 'Bihar was Switzerland to him six months ago, now a gutter': Prashant Kishor's dig at Tejashwi Yadav | Rahul Gandhi's 'No Dalit in Miss India' invites BJP jibes, Kiren Rijiju's calls it a 'Bal Buddhi' statement | CBI raids RG Kar Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's home, other locations in corruption case | Hezbollah announces large-scale attack, Israel begins preemptive strikes in response | Nagarjuna's N-Convention Centre in Hyderabad faces bulldozer action over encroachment, actor calls unlawful | Nepal: 27 Indian tourists killed after bus falls into river, 16 injured | Assam minor girl rape: Accused dies in pond escapaing from police custody at crime scene | Amid RG Kar protests, actress Payel Mukherjee 'attacked' by biker in Kolkata

Bengal junior doctors continue ceasework in protest against RG Kar medical student's rape-murder

Aug 13, 2024, at 06:17 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The junior doctors across West Bengal on Tuesday continued with their ceasework bolstering their protest against the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, media reports said.

Students block ex-RG Kar College head Dr. Sandip Ghosh at Calcutta National Medical College, TMC MLAs face ire too

Aug 13, 2024, at 05:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The students of Calcutta National Medical College on Tuesday blocked former RG Kar College principal Dr. Sandip Ghosh from entering into the campus protesting against the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor, media reports said.

Arshad Nadeem's Olympic feat enthused Pakistan but why is the national media slamming the government?

Aug 13, 2024, at 04:49 pm

Pakistan went to the Paris Olympics with a mere contingent of seven athletes and no one even expected that the South Asian nation would return home with a gold medal, thanks to the stellar performance by javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem.

Will work to strengthen crucial partnership: Vinay Mohan Kwatra posts on X after assuming charge as India's ambassador to USA

Aug 13, 2024, at 03:45 pm

Vinay Mohan Kwatra has assumed charge as India's ambassador to the USA at a time when the country is gearing up for the crucial presidential poll.

Amid criticism, Centre to prepare fresh draft of Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill

Aug 13, 2024, at 06:56 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre Monday said it will hold further consultations and release a fresh draft of the Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill after certain provisions of the previous one raised concerns among online content creators.

Victim's spectacles shattered, glass pierced into eyes: Autopsy report of Kolkata junior doctor

Aug 13, 2024, at 06:25 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In more chilling details in the rape and murder of the trainee female doctor in Kolkata, the post-mortem report indicates that the accused had hit her so hard that the glasses of her spectacles shattered with shards piercing her eyes, media reports said.

RG Kar rape-murder case: Accused Sanjoy Roy said 'Hang me if you want' without remorse on being arrested

Aug 13, 2024, at 03:05 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Sanjoy Roy, the accused of raping and murdering a 31-year-old female junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was not a hospital employee, but had frequent access to all buildings on the campus.

'Take immediate and strict action': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Bengal govt on RG Kar rape-murder case

Aug 12, 2024, at 11:08 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has appealed to the West Bengal government for swift action in the alleged rape and murder of 31-year-old medical student at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

India, Maldives ink MoU to train 1,000 civil service officers

Aug 12, 2024, at 11:00 pm

India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, and the Maldives' Foreign Minister, Moosa Zameer, renewed the Memorandum of Understanding MoU for capacity building of 1000 Maldives civil services officers during the period 2024-2029 Malé as part of the development partnership discussions between both the nations on August 9 in Malé, Maldives.

Telangana YouTuber creates video on preparing 'peacock curry', arrested after he faces backlash

Aug 12, 2024, at 10:57 pm

A Telangana YoutTuber has triggered a controversy and landed himself in trouble after he posted a video on the social media platform where he could be seen preparing peacock curry.

RG Kar rape-murder victim watched Olympics, dined with batchmates before entering seminar hall

Aug 12, 2024, at 10:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The 31-year-old medical student watched Neeraj Chopra's silver medal-winning throw at the Paris Olympics, dined with batchmates and rang up parents before entering into the seminar room, where she was allegedly raped and murdered by civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who is now under arrest.

RG Kar rape-murder case: Accused civic volunteer's phone was full of porn materials, told cops 'hang me if you want'

Aug 12, 2024, at 10:29 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who has been accused of raping and murdering 31-year-old medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, admitted his crime to police soon after quizzing started, asked cops to hang him as punishment showing no remorse for what he allegedly did to the trainee doctor.

Hindenburg Report: Fiction masquerading as fact

Aug 12, 2024, at 10:19 pm

The release of the latest Hindenburg Report yesterday has ignited a firestorm of controversy, targeting the Adani Group and raising serious concerns about the integrity of India’s financial markets.

RG Kar medical student rape-murder: 'Will hand over case to CBI if police fail to crack it by Sunday,' says Mamata Banerjee

Aug 12, 2024, at 09:56 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her administration will handover the case pertaining to the alleged rape and murder of a medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar College and Hospital to the Central Bureau of Investigation if her police fail to solve it within a week.

Congress wants Indian stock market to crash: BJP on latest Hindenburg onslaught

Aug 12, 2024, at 07:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Days after fresh controversy over the Hindenburg Research report targeting the SEBI chief linking her to Adani Group, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said the opposition Congress in its pathological hatred towards PM Modi is backing a group led by anti-India George Soros so that the Indian stock market crashes.

RG Kar incident: Principal Sandip Ghosh resigns as protests against medical student's rape-murder swell

Aug 12, 2024, at 04:52 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh on Monday resigned from his post after the protests by the medical students against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor intensified.

'Would have been a disgrace for us if we did not help her': Shashi Tharoor on India's decision to shelter ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

Aug 12, 2024, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor backed the Indian government's decision to give refuge to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled her country after resigning facing violent anti-quota protests in her backyard, media reports said.

Bihar: Stampede leaves seven people dead in Baba Siddhnath Temple  

Aug 12, 2024, at 03:33 pm

A stampede incident in Bihar's Baba Siddhnath Temple in Makhdumpur town on Monday left at least seven people dead and nine others injured.

Hindenburg report: SEBI asks investors to remain calm and exercise due diligence

Aug 12, 2024, at 04:39 am

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Sunday asked investors to remain calm and exercise due diligence before reacting to the report released by New York-headquartered Hindenburg Research.

Indian President Droupadi Murmu conferred with Timor Leste's highest civilian honour

Aug 12, 2024, at 01:27 am

Indian President Droupadi Murmu was recently conferred with the  Grand-Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste.

Narendra Modi releases 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient, biofortified varieties of crops

Aug 12, 2024, at 12:53 am

Narendra Modi released 109 high-yielding, climate resilient and biofortified varieties of crops at India Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi earlier on Sunday.

BSF jawan prevents Bangladeshi nationals from entering India illegally with his passionate appeal

Aug 12, 2024, at 12:31 am

An Indian Border Security Force jawan maintained his calm and composure in dealing with a large number of Bangladeshi citizens who were trying to take refuge in the neighbouring nation amid ongoing turmoil in the country which even forced former PM Sheikh Hasina to escape from Dhaka.

Manish Sisodia to lead AAP's assembly poll campaign in Delhi and Haryana

Aug 12, 2024, at 12:19 am

New Delhi: Former deputy Delhi CM Manish Sisodia has taken the reins of AAP’s campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi and Haryana as Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is still in jail, according to media reports.

Karnataka: Four districts on alert after Tungabhadra Dam gate collapse

Aug 11, 2024, at 11:06 pm

Koppal (Karnataka): The Karnataka government has issued extreme caution alert to four districts of the state after the 19th shutter of the Tungabhadra Dam in Koppal district was damaged late Saturday night, media reports said.

Delhi: Boy electrocuted after touching iron pole carrying live wire while playing cricket

Aug 11, 2024, at 09:00 pm

New Delhi: A 13-year-old boy died from electrocution after coming into contact with a live wire while playing cricket in Delhi on Saturday afternoon, media reports said.

As Maldives courts India again, Jaishankar meets Prez Muizzu, hands over USD 110 million water and sanitation projects

Aug 11, 2024, at 08:00 pm

Male/IBNS: Amid improving relations between the two countries once after a diplomatic standoff last year, India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu at the Presidential office here and virtually handed over multi-million-USD water and sanitation projects that benefit upto 32 islands of the archipelagic nation.

Bengaluru cafe employee arrested for hiding phone in women's washroom dustbin to record videos

Aug 11, 2024, at 07:17 pm

An employee of a famous coffee shop in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly hiding a mobile phone, in the dustbin of the women's washroom, which he kept in flight mode to record videos, media reports said.

RG Kar Hospital: TMC pushes for new law, BJP corners Mamata govt over PGT doctor's suspected rape and murder

Aug 11, 2024, at 06:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Even as massive outrage continues over the "rape and murder" of a second-year female medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital, politics, like another incident, crept in this one too with the ruling Trinamool Congress now putting the ball in the Bharatiya Janata Party's court, demanding a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases.

Brother strangles sister on road over relationship with Hindu man in UP's Meerut

Aug 11, 2024, at 07:25 am

Meerut (UP): A 16-year-old girl was killed by her brother in Meerut's Nagla Shekhu area over her relationship with a Hindu man, media reports said.

35 college students detained after police busts alleged rave party in Noida highrise

Aug 11, 2024, at 05:55 am

Noida (UP): The Uttar Pradesh Police detained 35 college students after breaking up a rave party at Noida's Supertech Supernova, following complaints from residents about drug use and disorder at the event, media reports said.