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…
NEW DELHI: The Centre and the opposition traded war of words over Waqf (Amendment) Bill at the joint committee of Parliament on Friday with the latter staging a brief walkout, PTI reported.Opposition members raised concerns about the removal of the ‘Waqf by user’ provision from the Waqf Act, arguing that this change could destabilize the…
NEW DELHI: A video of social media fame Rajat Dalal hitting a biker with his SUV has gone viral. People on the internet have called out his casual behavior as the video showed him not stopping the vehicle or slowing down after the accident.“Woh gir gaya koi baat nahi, roz ka yahi kaam hai ma’am…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy has proposed holding a summit in India aimed at ending the war with Russia, according to people familiar with the matter.The proposal was put to PM Narendra Modi during his visit to Ukraine last week, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private talks.Zelenskiyy aims to hold a second…
