AGRA: A surgeon, who works at a nursing home in Muzaffarnagar, was charged under sections of BNS for “assaulting or using criminal force against a woman” and the Pocso Act after a 14-year-old girl admitted to the facility for removal of gallbladder stones alleged that she was molested by him. SHO (Nai Mandi), Babloo Kumar,…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee spoke out Thursday against “attempts to twist” her statements, saying she supported the protests by junior doctors demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim.“Let me most emphatically clarify that I have not uttered a single word against the (medical, etc) students or their movements. I totally support their movement.Their…
NEW DELHI: With the run of good rains continuing for over two months, the monsoon in July and Aug this year is set to be among the two wettest the country has seen in 30 years, bringing good news for kharif-crop sowing and for soil moisture in subsequent months.Rain recorded across India in July-Aug currently…
KOLKATA: Purported recordings of three phone conversations over eight minutes between a representative of Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital and the family of the junior doctor found raped and murdered on Aug 9 went viral on Thursday, matching what CBI says the official told interrogators that she was “under instructions” to lie on each occasion.Sucharita Sarkar,…
LUCKNOW: A 24-year-old tea vendor‘s elation at winning Rs3.55 lakh in an online lottery soon ended in despair leading to his suicide late on Wednesday in Amethi after three locals seized his documents and threatened to fix him in a loan fraud case unless he paid them Rs 1 lakh.Shanti Devi, mother of the deceased…
In her first interview after being nominated as the presidential candidate which would be telecast live later tonight on CNN, Kamala Harris said her values have not changed. Her time as vice president provided new perspective on some of the issues, Kamala Harris said explaining her change of stance on immigration and fracking, She said…
VADODRA: India cricketer Radha Yadav faced a terrifying 48 hours as she found herself stranded in her home, surrounded by floodwaters in Vadodara. With dwindling supplies of food and drinking water, Yadav, a member of T20 World Cup squad, was eventually rescued by Vadodara Municipal Corporation and the fire brigade from her residence at Aranya…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all ministers and top officials to “inform” people about decisions taken by govt to counter “false narratives”, while urging them to expedite decision making at all levels.“The PM said while the govt has taken several important decisions to transform the lives of common man and people from…
VIJAYAWADA: Two of YSRCP‘s 11 RS MPs – Mopidevi Venkata Ramana and Bida Mastan Rao – resigned from the House Thursday, fuelling speculation about a further erosion of the party’s position in RS within months of losing Andhra Pradesh.MPs Golla Baburao, R Krishnaiah, Parimal Natwani, Alla Ayodhyarami Reddy, and Meda Raghunath Reddy might be next,…
NEW DELHI: India plans to commission its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) in another six months to further bolster its sea-based leg of the nuclear weapons triad, after the second such boat was formally inducted into the Strategic Forces Command as INS Arighaat at Visakhapatnam on Thursday.The third SSBN, undergoing trials ahead of her…
