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Her remarks came hours after Prabhas Mondal, one of the prime accused in the case, was shot dead NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday criticised the West Bengal Police after one of the main accused in the rape and murder of an 12-year-old girl in Baruipur was killed in a police encounter,…
Eggs thrown at Mamata Banerjee’s rally in West Bengal Eggs were allegedly thrown at a protest march led by Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Wednesday, with slogans of “chor, chor” also raised during the rally.The march, which proceeded from Ballygunge Phari to Hazra More, was organised by the Trinamool Congress to protest the alleged rape…
Representative image (PTI) NEW DELHI: Oil companies are looking to step up LPG purchases from the US from the current level of 2.2 million tonnes a year, as they seek to maintain a diversified sourcing portfolio and consciously reduce dependence on the Gulf.People familiar with the discussions said the contracted amount may be doubled. Oil…
Heavy rains triggered a landslide near the Missing Link tunnel, forcing the closure of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and old highway on Monday. PUNE/MUMBAI: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the old Mumbai-Pune Highway were shut in both directions from around 3.30 am on Monday after a landslide near the Missing Link tunnel combined with incessant rain to…
A shocking incident unfolded in Kanpur where a woman was allegedly attacked with a brick by her boyfriend after an argument KANPUR: A 38-year-old woman was allegedly dragged out of a car and repeatedly struck with a brick by her alleged boyfriend following an argument while they were on their way to Brahmavart Ghat in…
(In photo: Avinash Shukla and Anukalp Mishra) LUCKNOW: As the Ram temple trust prepares for its emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the alleged theft of donations and decide the future of trust general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra, investigators say the probe has uncovered signs of what they believe was an organised…
The protest, which began on June 20, has centred on allegations that repeated paper leaks and examination irregularities have undermined students’ futures NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar entered its 16th day on Sunday. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk also completed the eighth day of his indefinite hunger strike, during…
MP man’s sentence for killing wife reduced over ‘can have 1,000 husbands like you’ remark NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh high court has reduced the life sentence of a man convicted of killing his 7-month-pregnant wife to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment, holding that the assault was not premeditated but was triggered by a “sudden…
Report suggests that Iranian authorities are prepared for almost 3000 deaths as Khamenei’s funeral begins Iranian authorities are putting on a show of strength for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral, but behind the scenes, officials are preparing for up to 3,000 deaths, according to Germany’s WELT.The report, written by an anonymous journalist in Tehran, said…
The Hindu temple project team in Northstowe TOI correspondent from London: British Hindus in Cambridgeshire have lost their bid to have their first place of worship in the county after the local council awarded a piece of faith land to a church and Muslim group in the new town of Northstowe and not to a…
