'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aug 11, 2024, at 05:20 am
New Delhi: The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has suspended three engineers—Pradeep Kumar Parmar, Abhishek Raj, and Ashok Kumar Rajdev—over their alleged involvement in illegal activities related to the renovation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence, media reports said.
Centre appoints TV Somanathan as new Cabinet Secretary
Aug 11, 2024, at 03:58 am
New Delhi: The Central government appointed senior IAS officer T.V. Somanathan as the new Cabinet Secretary on Saturday.
2 soldiers martyred in action in Jammu Kashmir's Anantnag dist
Aug 11, 2024, at 03:06 am
Srinagar: Two soldiers were martyred during a fierce gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday.
Vice President Dhankhar slams Congress leader's 'Bangladesh can happen here' remark
Aug 11, 2024, at 02:17 am
New Delhi: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed shock and concern over senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s remark that a Bangladesh-like situation could also arise in India and advised Congress leaders to guard against promoting such narratives, media reports said.
Indian Air Force team returns after participation in Exercise Udara Shakti 2024 in Malaysia
Aug 10, 2024, at 11:51 pm
After successful participation in Exercise Udara Shakti 2024 in Malaysia, the Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent returned to India, on Saturday.
The global journey of Patiala gharana: Fading echoes in Punjab
Aug 10, 2024, at 11:43 pm
In the heart of Delhi’s cultural landscape, the India International Centre recently reverberated with the soulful strains of a rare musical tradition.
RG Kar medical student rape-murder: Mamata Banerjee says 'inhuman crime, no objection to CBI probe'
Aug 10, 2024, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata "inhuman and deplorable crime" and said she has no objection to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incident that led the state government face the heat.