Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police has booked a former driver for alleged sextortion, voyeurism, and criminal intimidation after he allegedly morphed and circulated photographs of his employer’s wife, a resident of Kestopur, to her family members and friends.The accused has been identified as Amit Kumar Ray. After a complaint at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station, lodged by…
Both Thackeray cousins have supported Sonam Wangchuk Mumbai: The Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj announced that the public rally slated for 10 am on Sunday will go ahead as a victory march to congratulate the student movement whose agitation led to the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.They had on Friday announced a Tiranga…
New Delhi: Around 1.30 pm, an hour before Dharmendra Pradhan put out his post on X saying he had put his resignation before the Prime Minister, stone throwing started at Jantar Mantar.The flashpoint was the four-road intersection outside the NDMC building, which by then had become a heavily fortified zone. There were barricades on all…
Chennai: The state information commission has asked applicants not to file pleas in another person’s name without the latter’s consent, under the pretext of maintaining anonymity.“Those expecting the public information officers to remain transparent and furnish the required and correct information under the RTI Act should know the same is expected of them. They too…
Patna: The alleged mastermind behind the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper leak, Bijendra Kumar Gupta, was arrested by Bhiwandi Police from Patna on Friday after he was absconding for nearly a month. Following his arrest, he was taken to Bhiwandi via Pune for further interrogation.According to a police officer, he was arrested from Raja…
The app allows anonymous communication without mandatory user registration, phone number verification or centralised logging of messages NEW DELHI: Digital rights advocacy group Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has termed govt’s order directing GitHub to remove the source code repositories of Bluetooth-based messaging app BitChat “unconstitutional and authoritarian”.In a statement Friday, IFF said the order, issued…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the suspension of five police personnel, including IPS officer Koteswar Rao, for “misusing” powers and “hurting faith” of people in different incidents during the previous govt.The suspended police officers are linked to different incidents including the police firing at Rajbanshi youth Mrityunjay Burman at Kaliaganj, the controversial…
Mumbai: Prabha wants just one thing: a rented home for herself and her 9-year-old daughter. Unable to afford one, the 29-year-old beautician from Ulhasnagar travelled nearly two hours by train and bus to a doctor’s clinic in central Mumbai for 11 consecutive days to take hormone injections to stimulate her ovaries before doctors retrieved her…
New Delhi: Delhi Police Saturday released the names and CCTV images of several people with alleged criminal antecedents who, according to investigators, were involved in the violence that erupted during Sansad March on July 20.Sources said one of the suspects had been identified as Sahil, who was allegedly seen near police vehicles that were vandalised….
Chennai: Madras high court has set aside the conviction and three-year jail term to a duo awarded by the special court for Enforcement Directorate cases, since they were set at liberty in the predicate offence probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).However, the first bench comprising chief justice SA Dharmadhikari and G Arulmurugan said…
