Kolkata B-school rape probe hits wall as ‘survivor’, her advocate father won’t speak KOLKATA: A forensic team collected Sunday soft drink and water bottles, two types of hair strands, and other samples from a sealed hostel room in a premier Kolkata management institute, where a 24-year-old psychologist accused a student of drugging and raping her…
File photo: Sadanandan Master, who lost both legs in political violence, got nominated to Rajya Sabha NEW DELHI: It was May 2016. Speaking at a rally in Kasaragod, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held up the hand of C Sadanandan Master as he lamented the silence imposed on the story of the victim of barbaric poll…
The general officer commanding-in-chief of Northern Command, lieutenant general Pratik Sharma, visited the Army’s Bhimber Gali Brigade in Jammu and Kashmir. (Picture credit: IANS) RAJOURI: Commander of the Indian Army’s northern command, Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, visited Bimber Gali Brigade to review operational dynamics and preparedness along the Pir Panjal region that encompasses Poonch and…
NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan halted his convoy on Sunday to assist a youth injured in a road accident in Bhopal, ensuring the victim was taken to hospital without delay.According to an official statement, the incident occurred near Chetak Bridge while Chouhan was on his way to attend a Jain community event…
NEW DELHI: Prominent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam was among four distinguished individuals nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday, filling vacancies that had lingered for nearly a year. Nikam had made an unsuccessful bid for the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central in the 2024 elections as a BJP candidate, and his…
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla at International Space Station NEW DELHI: “India still looks saare jahan se achcha from space,” astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla said, echoing Rakesh Sharma’s iconic 1984 remark, as he prepared to wrap up his historic mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Shukla, trained by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), became the first Indian…
DEHRADUN: Swami Yatindranand Giri, a prominent spiritual leader from the Juna Akhara, has strongly endorsed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s recently launched Operation Kalanemi, calling it a courageous move aimed at protecting Sanatan Dharma from impostors and criminal elements misusing religious garb.Speaking to ANI, he called it a “courageous” step and suggested that it…
NEW DELHI: Sneha Debnath, a 19-year-old student from Sabroom in South Tripura, has gone missing in New Delhi under mysterious circumstances, prompting swift intervention from the Tripura chief minister’s office and a multi-agency search operation led by Delhi Police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).Final call at 5:56 am, plan to meet friend falls…
Odisha education minister, Suryabanshi Suraj NEW DELHI: After a college student in Odisha burned herself when the sexual harassment complaints went unheard, the state education minister, Suryabanshi Suraj, on Sunday said that the government will cover all the medical expenses. During his visit to AIIMS, the minister assured that a high-level committee would be formed…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is all set to examine a petition on July 15 that contests the Uttar Pradesh administration’s order requiring QR code displays at establishments along the ‘kanwar’ path, which disclose proprietors’ identities.Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh will consider the public interest litigation submitted by academic Apoorvanand Jha and fellow…
