KOLKATA: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly forced into a car by a friend, molested, assaulted, and then kicked out of the moving vehicle on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala on Saturday night.The 18-year-old friend initially fled the spot after throwing the woman out but was intercepted by a team of cops who chased the car…
Mumbai: A major narcotics haul of charas worth around Rs 14 crore was detected at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus after an unclaimed bag was found aboard the Awadh Express early Sunday morning, officials said. The train arrived at the platform at 4.20 am, and a heavy black bag was found by officials in one of the…
JNU VC Pandit says Dalit remarks misrepresented politically (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Sunday defended her recent remarks concerning Dalits and Blacks, saying her comments were taken out of context and misrepresented for “political purposes” by certain groups, ANI reported. Her clarification comes amid protests by…
Chennai: Nearly a third of the wet waste will soon stop being sent to the dumpyard, as Greater Chennai Corporation plans three windrow composting centres in the city. The first one, a 1,000-tonne plant, will be set up in a 20-acre reclaimed space at Perungudi dumpyard on the biomined land. The funds for this will…
Bhagalpur: District police have initiated action after a video went viral showing a youth dancing on stage while brandishing a country-made firearm during a cultural event under Nathnagar police station area.The incident reportedly took place at Bairia village, during the Maha Shivratri festival, police sources said. The footage surfaced on social media on Saturday, prompting…
Ranchi: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested a man with 14 kg of marijuana valued at Rs 7 lakh during an inspection at Hatia railway station in Ranchi city on Saturday, police said on Sunday.The RPF said that the accused was identified as Sandip Kumar (18), a native of Kaimur district in Bihar.Following a…
Dalit Man Lynched in Palamu DALTONGANJ: A 25-year-old Dalit man was lynched allegedly by a mob on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at Telyahi village in Palamu district, police said. According to the law enforcers, the lynching could be related to a love angle, but the accused charged him with theft. “We are…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday launched a broadside against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of blocking development and failing to ensure women’s safety in the state.Addressing a gathering, Gupta questioned the use of central funds, saying, “I was thinking, Didi is in Bengal, and…
Bengal’s trial courts are now grappling with adjudicating 45 lakh disputed SIR cases (File Photo) KOLKATA: It is now the turn of the state’s trial courts to face the challenges that Bengal’s schools have navigated over the past three months.Across the state on Sunday, judges in district courts held a series of meetings with district…
A college dropout from Bihar, Anand Chaudhary, was arrested from IIT-Bombay’s hostel premises for allegedly planting five live bullets in his childhood friend’s bag MUMBAI: Police arrested a college dropout from Bihar, Anand Chaudhary (23), from IIT-Bombay’s hostel premises on Feb 19 for possession of five live 7.65mm bullets that were found in a bag…
