NEW DELHI: The decision to when and how to commence Russia-Ukraine peace talks is the prerogative of the two parties to the conflict and India, as a friend and partner, would support any feasible and mutually acceptable solution or format that could restore peace, said the Indian govt.India will look to facilitate “forward-looking” talks for…
NEW DELHI: Amid the prevailing uncertainty over ties with Bangladesh, foreign minister S Jaishankar said Friday it’s natural for India to deal with govt of the day, and that it’s important to recognise the political changes, which might be disruptive, and look for “mutuality of interest”.India also slammed reports suggesting Indian govt was responsible for…
TRICHY: The NIT-Trichy campus erupted Friday over a hostel warden blaming a girl student’s attire for a contractual worker allegedly flashing her when she was alone in her room the previous day, leading to his arrest.Hundreds of students protested the warden’s remark and demanded better security on campus, forcing the Tamil Nadu institute to get…
VIJAYAWADA: Students of a private engineering college near Gudlavalleru, in Gudivada mandal of Andhra Pradesh‘s Krishna district, staged a midnight protest late on Thursday after allegedly discovering hidden cameras in the washrooms of the girls’ hostel.The protest was triggered by allegations that a final year BTech student had been selling videos captured by the hidden…
KOLKATA: The stringent anti-rape bill to be tabled by West Bengal’s govt in the assembly on Monday proposes to treat all rape crimes – even if the victim survives – as a murder to be punished with life imprisonment or death, irrespective of the victim’s age. It will also call for a time-bound trial and…
NEW DELHI: The joint committee of Parliament scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 has sought views and suggestions from stakeholders, experts and institutions within 15 days on the proposed changes to the law. Meanwhile, just as the first meeting of the 31-member committee led by BJP’s Jagdambika Pal last week, the second one Friday too…
KOLKATA:In yet another ragging complaint at Jadavpur University (JU), a second-year engineering student has alleged that he was ragged inside the union room earlier this month by a group of seniors who had passed out in 2024.The complainant has written to the UGC and university authorities. JU’s anti-ragging squad is investigating the case. “The anti-ragging…
LUCKNOW: Diwali might be a couple of months away still, but villagers in UP’s Bahraich are stocking up on lights and firecrackers for weeks. As the sun goes down and the forests on the edge of panic-stricken villages – where a pack of three “killer wolves” have been on the prowl and taken the lives…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee‘s second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister of women and child development, Annapurna Devi, outlined the Centre’s stance on the handling of heinous crimes like rape and murder. In her letter, she said that stringent laws already exist under the…
Forty years after the bloody anti-Sikh riots, Delhi court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to frame charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the case that resulted in death of three persons in the 1984 massacre. Special CBI judge Rakesh Siyal said there was sufficient evidence against Tytler, a former union…
