Bettiah: A special Pocso court in West Champaran on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor. The court also imposed a fine of Rs66,000 on the convict, with an additional jail term of nine months and 20 days in case of non-payment. It further directed that the victim…
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Friday rejected a petition seeking FIR registration against Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over an alleged controversial “fighting the Indian state” remark.Justice Vikram D Chauhan passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Simran Gupta, who had challenged a Sambhal court’s earlier decision rejecting her…
Kolkata: Trinamool candidate Bratya Basu watch Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’ on Thursday while BJP’s Agnimitra Paul watched ‘Assi’ on an OTT platform on Wednesday, right after polling for Bengal’s two-phase elections got over. With the hectic poll schedule over, many candidates from Tollywood have found time to catch a film or two before the…
MUMBAI: The Worli police in Central Mumbai recently arrested an assistant commissioner of police rank officer in a case for allegedly flashing his private part in front of a nine-year-old girl at a garden in Worli. The accused has been sent to judicial custody.A police source said that they arrested the accused soon after getting…
You can see people moving from one gallery to another in groups, and then the groups become bigger by the end of the hopping trail as people build connections While art spills across the capital’s flyovers and hidden alleyways, there’s a distinct magic in stepping off the pavement and into a gallery. These aren’t the…
Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu forest department to expedite steps to reunite an abandoned elephant calf in Sirumugai forest range of Coimbatore district with its herd to ensure the safety of the animal.“How long will it take to reunite it with its herd? You (forest department) have to expedite the…
Patna: B D Public School emerged as the champion of the ‘3rd Fr Gordon Murphy SJ Memorial Inter-School Basketball Tournament 2026 (U-19 Boys)’, defeating host team St Michael’s High School by 31-20 in a thrilling final round held on Thursday. Gaurav Kumar of the winning team was adjudged the Best Scorer of the Tournament as…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over rising inflation, flagging a steep surge in commercial LPG cylinder prices, including a Rs 993 jump in a single day.The Congress leader said he had earlier warned that inflationary pressures would rise after the…
Kolkata: The frenetic pace of campaigning may have concluded on polling day, but for candidates, the day after offered little scope for pause. Ac-ross constituencies, MLA-hopefuls slipped into a different rhythm on Thursday, marked by review meetings, damage assessment and anticipation.Senior functionary Aroop Biswas, who contested from Tollygunge, headed to the party office at Bijoygarh…
File photo used for representational purpose. MUMBAI: Given poor public response, Mhada has announced a price reduction of 7.5% for the sale of 1,221 flats in Vikhroli for its upcoming lottery June 5.The rate effectively drops by Rs 10 lakh. The price of each flat in Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli, was Rs 1.45-1.48 crore which now…
