NASHIK: Police arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl in Chopda taluka of Jalgaon district on Saturday evening.He was arrested based on the description provided by the deceased girl’s younger sister, who witnessed the crime. The man had killed the 13-year-old by hitting her on the head with a stone…
RAIPUR: Four workers were killed and one sustained injuries after a hopper filled with coal collapsed on them at an alumina refinery in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district on Sunday. As per preliminary information, a steep hopper mounted on a steel tower filled with coal fell on the labourers working right under it.The accident occurred at Maa…
KOLKATA: A cautious Trinamool Congress on Sunday tried to rein in discordant voices within the party and said resignation was Jawhar Sircar‘s personal prerogative, to which it had nothing to add.But the party also agreed with Sircar’s “anxieties” and observations”, saying while “course correction” was the need of the hour, foot soldiers would fight the…
DEHRADUN: The Joshimath-Malari-Niti national highway (NH107-B), which connects to the Indo-China border, opened late on Sunday after remaining blocked for vehicular movement since Friday due to recurring landslides near Lata village, about 26 km from Joshimath.As a result of the landslides, traffic on the strategic route was severely impacted, particularly restricting the movement of defence…
MADURAI: Five members of a family were killed and three others injured when their car rammed into the rear of a parked TNSTC govt bus in the early hours of Sunday near Uchipuli in Ramanathapuram district.The deceased were identified as Rajesh, 33, of Thangachimadam in Rameswaram, his two children, Darshana Rani, 8, and Pranavika, 4,…
KOLKATA: Bengal police Sunday lodged FIR against three doctors,, Birupaksha Biswas, Aveek De and Ranjit Saha – all linked to ‘North Bengal lobby‘ and close aides of former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh following physical and email complaints of intimation by 31 junior doctors of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. Police compiled all complaints into…
KOLKATA: Parents of the 31-year-old RG Kar victim joined protesters Sunday on the eve of a scheduled Supreme Court hearing, vowing to stand by them in their joint quest for justice, reports. “We won’t get justice easily. We have to snatch it. This will not be possible without everybody’s help. You all standing beside us…
KOLKATA: Thousands flooded the streets as Kolkata saw a surge in citizen protests Sunday night, praying that next day’s sun would bring with it the much-awaited verdict when the Supreme Court hears the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case.The “Reclaim the Night” movement, marking a month since a 31-year-old postgraduate resident doctor was found raped…
AGRA: A 60-year-old dhaba owner, Mohd Saleem, changed the name of his 20-year-old vegetarian eatery after “repeated threats from a section of the majority community, including a seer”. Saleem, who runs ‘Sangam Shudh Shakahari Bhojnalaya’ on Delhi-Dehradun Road in Rampuri under Civil Lines limits of Muzaffarnagar, said he was forced to take the decision after…
MUMBAI: A 33-year-old man died and another is fighting for life after they fell 22 feet from a scaffolding that was hit by a BMW car at Mulund (east) around 4am Saturday. The two men were among volunteers preparing for Ganeshotsav of Mulundcha RajaMandal in Gavanpada. The driver who had sped away has been arrested….
