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BHOPAL: Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya caused outrage with his remarks on Friday that on seeing a beautiful woman “one can get distracted and rape may follow”. The MLA had then continued in the same appalling manner, saying that women from the SC, ST and OBC communities are “not beautiful” but were raped because of…
BATHINDA/LUCKNOW: Five tourists from Banaskantha in Gujarat, including a policewoman, died in Punjab, while three labourers were killed in UP in road accidents caused due to dense fog on Saturday morning.The tourists, all in their late 20s and early 30s, were on their way back to Banaskantha when their SUV slammed into a road divider…
One of the arrested men, Neelakandan, who fractured his right leg while trying to escape from police CHENNAI: Two men were killed and another was critically injured in an attack outside a hotel in Tamil Nadu‘s Tiruvallur Friday night following a road-rage incident. Police have arrested four suspects, including office-bearers of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam and…
JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday made a fervent appeal to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant to safeguard democracy and ensure that investigative agencies do not defame citizens.“Our safety, security, history, geography, and boundaries must all be protected. The media should not conduct trials before cases are finalised… We are under…
Abhishek Banerjee (File photo) KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Saturday blamed BJP politicians and a “new gaddar (traitor)” for stoking violence in Beldanga, a town in Murshidabad district bordering Bangladesh, and urged residents to deny the opposition party political space.“Stop providing oxygen to BJP,” Banerjee told a public rally in Behrampore. He…
NEW DELHI: On the 10th death anniversary of Dalit student Rohith Vemula on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stressed the need for an anti-discrimination law, saying Dalit youth continue to face discrimination and other challenges on campuses. Vemula, a 26-year-old student of University of Hyderabad, died by suicide on Jan 17, 2016, following alleged harassment.In…
A two-judge bench of Supreme Court on Jan 9 pointed to the repeated misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act – introduced in 2012 to shield minors from sexual abuse – saying it was increasingly being used to criminalise consensual teenage relationships or to settle personal scores.Hearing a matter related to…
The country’s Gen Z believes in BJP, PM Modi said in poll-bound Bengal Saturday, pointing to the party’s recent civic poll wins. “You have seen the results of civic polls in Maharashtra yesterday. It was a historical win… A few days back BJP had its first mayor in Thiruvananthapuram. It shows how Gen Z trusts…
Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher NEW DELHI: This time, 150 years of Vande Mataram will be the theme of the Republic Day parade on Jan 26. A series of paintings created by Tejendra Kumar Mitra in 1923, illustrating the verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ and published in the ‘Bande Mataram Album’ (1923), will be displayed as view-cutters…
NEW DELHI: Congress’ brass met party seniors from Tamil Nadu on Saturday to chalk out a strategy for the upcoming assembly polls and deliberate on the cadres’ demand for an understanding with DMK.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the meeting attended by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal, TN…
