‘Very strong laws necessary but strong actions more imp’ NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal assembly unanimously passed the Aparajita anti-rape Bill, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of politicising the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata and expressed his disappointment over the state government’s […]
WASHINGTON: The United States Justice Department has announced criminal charges against top leaders of Hamas over their roles in the October 7 attacks in southern Israel in what some see as a largely symbolic move against the Palestinian organisation. Six defendants, three of whom are deceased, were named in the complaint unsealed on Tuesday. The […]
RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said their first-ever 2-0 Test series win against Pakistan in Rawalpindi is one of the most celebrated feats in the country’s cricketing history. Bangladesh faced political turmoil and severe flooding when the Najmul-led Test team travelled to Pakistan for the two-Test series, worsening conditions for those affected. “I think […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to India’s medal winners at the ongoing Paralympics in Paris, saying the country is proud of the athletes. “After the day’s programmes in Brunei Darussalam, called our Paralympic champions and congratulated them. India is proud of our athletes,” PM Modi, who landed in Brunei on Tuesday to mark […]
Jammu: Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana on Tuesday claimed that National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah offered unconditional support to the BJP for government formation in 2014 and even agreed for full term BJP chief minister in Jammu and Kashmir. Rana, who was once a close confidant of Omar before joining the BJP in […]
NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, a class 12 student was shot dead in Haryana’s Faridabad by so called ‘cow vigilantes’ on suspicion of cow smuggling. The tragic incident occurred on August 23 when the victim, Aryan Mishra, went out for midnight snacks with four friends, including two women. The police have registered a case […]
MUMBAI: With a court cancelling the bail granted to three men arrested for allegedly assaulting an elderly man in an express train on the suspicion of carrying beef in Maharashtra’s Nashik, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has launched an operation to trace the trio to re-arrest them in the case, officials said. The court cancelled […]
Mamata, BJP spar over RG Kar, Kamduni, Hathras, Unnao KOLKATA: The Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s new anti-rape legislation unanimously, but not without drama. The Assembly session witnessed a ruckus when the government tabled the Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024. Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari raised the […]
DANTEWADA: Nine Naxalites were killed in a gun battle against personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out around 10.30 am in the forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector […]
BENGALURU: Bengaluru-headquartered Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace (FWDA) on Tuesday announced the successful maiden flight of an indigenous unmanned bomber aircraft, the FWD 200B. Classified as a Medium Altitude (15,000 feet) Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the FWD 200B is equipped with optical payloads for surveillance and missile-like weapons for air strikes and […]