NEW DELHI: In a disturbing detail that has emerged from the gangrape case at South Calcutta Law College, police said CCTV footage confirmed that one of the accused, Zaib Ahmed, left the crime scene briefly to buy an inhaler for the victim. He went to a medical store to buy inhaler after she pleaded for…
TIRUPATI: Tamil Nadu anti terrorism squad (ATS) sleuths arrested two absconding terror suspects at Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh. Acting on specific intelligence, a special team from the Tamil Nadu ATS apprehended Abubacker Siddique and his close aide Mohammed Ali alias Yunus/Mansoor at their hideout at Annamayya district. Both Abubacker Siddique and Mohammed Ali carry…
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held a phone conversation with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, during which both leaders reviewed ongoing and upcoming initiatives to enhance defence cooperation between India and the United States, officials said. In their first conversation since the May 7–10 military conflict between India and Pakistan, Singh thanked…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday embarked on a three-day visit to Gujarat following the party’s bypoll victory in the Visavadar Assembly constituency, amid efforts by AAP to expand its organisational footprint in the western state. According to a statement from AAP, Kejriwal will be in Ahmedabad from July…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday lashed out at Trinamool Congress (TMC) following a remark by state irrigation minister Manas Bhuniya, in which he appeared to play down the alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old law student in Kolkata’s Kasba area.In a video shared by BJP’s Amit Malviya on X, Bhuniya is…
NEW DELHI: A wave of sudden cardiac deaths in Karnataka, especially among young people, has jolted the state government into action, with chief minister Siddaramaiah announcing a 10-day deadline for an expert panel to submit its findings. In the past month alone, at least 20 people in Hassan district have reportedly died of heart attacks,…
A screengrab of the video (courtesy: DD Malayalam) NEW DELHI: Chaos broke out at a press conference of Kerala’s new Director General of Police (DGP) Ravada A Chandrasekhar on Tuesday, after a man identifying himself as a press reporter disrupted the event, demanding justice for the “harassment” he allegedly faced during his police service.The man,…
NEW DELHI: The death of Ajith Kumar, a temple guard who allegedly died in police custody in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga, has sparked concerns across the city. Relatives of Ajith Kumar, employed as a security guard at the Madapuram Kaliamman temple in Tirupuvanam, have alleged that the 28-year-old man died after being beaten and tortured during…
Missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed (File photo) Fatima Nafis, the mother of missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, on Tuesday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Delhi Police of “negligence” after a Delhi court allowed the CBI to close the case of her son, who has been missing since October 2016.In…
Congress leader Nana Patole (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Nana Patole was suspended on Tuesday from the Maharashtra assembly for a day after he climbed the speaker’s podium, reported news agency PTI. “BJP MLAs and ministers claim that PM Modi is the messiah of farmers. PM Modi cannot be the messiah of farmers… The…
