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,…
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…
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…
SRINAGAR: The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), founded by former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad just two years ago, has virtually downed its shutters after Azad stepped back from campaigning for party candidates, citing bad health.Azad formed DPAP in Sept 2022 after resigning from Congress, when the Group of 20 within the party resented Congress’…
NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee, who has weathered several storms in her long political career, finds herself cornered and isolated over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital. While the BJP has been mounting relentless pressure on the West Bengal chief minister, her allies from the opposition INDIA…
NEW DELHI: Over 31 children fell ill on Thursday after consuming filariasis medicine in Bihar‘s Ara. Their condition is now reported to be normal.The medicine, that treats a long-term parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes, was given to the kids as a part of health campaign organised in school.The kids were admitted to Ara Sadar Hospital…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs said that India and China held a discussion over the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Thursday and decided to jointly uphold peace and tranquillity on the ground.MEA said that a ‘frank, constructive and forward-looking exchange of views’ took place at the 31st meeting of…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday drew parallels between West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, saying both of them have one aspect in common —- “Can’t tolerate opposition”. This as the West Bengal chief minister has come under a barrage of attacks from the…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka high court on Wednesday rejected CBI plea to allow probe against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in illegal assets case. The Karnataka high court has rejected petitions submitted by the CBI and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal. The petitions were filed to challenge the decision made by the Karnataka government to…
NEW DELHI: ED on Wednesday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 908 crore on DMK’s Lok Sabha MP Jagathrakshakan in a case of FEMA violations, and his properties worth over Rs 89 crore, which were seized earlier, has been confiscated.The agency has accused Jagathrakshakan, a businessman from Tamil Nadu and an MP, his…
