Rahul Gandhi becomes first Leader of Opposition in 10 years to attend Independence Day celebrations
Aug 15, 2024, at 07:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday became the first Leader of Opposition in 10 years to attend the celebrations for the 78th Independence Day at Red Fort in New Delhi.
Violence witnessed during 1947 Partition still happening in Pakistan, Bangladesh: Yogi Adityanath
Aug 15, 2024, at 07:09 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has recounted the horrors of 1947 Partition of India claiming the nature of incidents is still prevalent in two neighbouring countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh, media reports said.
Secular civil code is the need of the hour: PM Modi in Independence Day speech
Aug 15, 2024, at 05:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the existing "communal" and "divisive" civil code must be replaced by a "secular civil code" speaking in favour of the Uniform Civil Code in his Independence Day speech.
State govts should take crimes against women seriously: PM Modi amid RG Kar rape-murder uproar
Aug 15, 2024, at 05:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a veiled attack on the Mamata Banerjee government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the state governments should take crimes against women seriously and must be probed in a quick time, amid the huge uproar over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old lady trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the alleged cover-up by the administration.
Aug 15, 2024, at 04:35 pm
Tens and thousands of women and men shouting slogans took over the streets of Kolkata and gathered in different corners of West Bengal on Wednesday late night to demand justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, triggering a nationwide outrage.
Aug 15, 2024, at 06:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive vandalism has been reported from Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital amid a major people's night protest over the rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at the same hospital.
Aug 15, 2024, at 03:40 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive criticism and nationwide protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the state police will assist the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in all manners to ensure the highest punishment for the perpetrators but was quick to slam the opposition parties for 'indulging in vulture politics.'
Affirmative action must be strengthened as instrument of inclusion: President Droupadi Murmu
Aug 15, 2024, at 02:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu Thursday made a push for a more inclusive society and called for affirmative action to be strengthened as an instrument towards this end in her address to the nation on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day.
Mumbai: Police detain class 9 student for allegedly raping three-year-old
Aug 14, 2024, at 11:39 pm
Police have detained a class 9 student in Mumbai for allegedly raping a three-year-old, media reports said on Wednesday.
Aug 14, 2024, at 11:04 pm
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday broke his silence on the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and said the incident created an atmosphere of insecurity among the doctors' community and women.
Aug 14, 2024, at 08:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: I will be there. I am going. Are you? Not in a hush, hush tone, but in a loudspeaker voice breaking the Internet.
Was it a gangrape? CBI looks for answer as call for justice in RG Kar rape-murder case grows louder
Aug 14, 2024, at 07:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation is focussing on whether the 31-year-old lady trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar College and Hospital was raped and murdered by one person or was it a gangrape as the clamour demanding justice in the case is growing louder.
Kashmir: Army captain killed in encounter with terrorists in Doda
Aug 14, 2024, at 06:21 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: An Army captain was killed in an encounter with four terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda on Wednesday, media reports said.
Aug 14, 2024, at 05:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is the primary opposition force in the state, has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the rape and murder of 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
RG Kar rape and murder case accused transferred to CBI custody
Aug 14, 2024, at 05:01 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police on Wednesday handed over arrested civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who is accused of raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Aug 14, 2024, at 04:23 pm
Women in Kolkata and several other Indian cities will walk on the streets at late night (11:55 pm) on Wednesday to protest against the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that has sparked nationwide outrage.
DRDO successfully conducts maiden flight test of Long Range Glide Bomb from Su-30 MK-I
Aug 14, 2024, at 03:15 pm
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out a successful maiden flight test of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV from Su-30 MK-I platform of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
UP govt official arrested for raping 6 year-old-girl at her house in Bulandshahr
Aug 14, 2024, at 06:56 am
Lucknow/IBNS: A 57-year-old government official has been arrested for raping a six-year-old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr and then committing bestiality with a goat, media reports said.
Kolkata rape & murder: Doctor's body calls off strike after demands on safety met by JP Nadda
Aug 14, 2024, at 06:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) Tuesday called off the protest over the rape and murder of a trainee female doctor in Kolkata after meeting Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
Aug 14, 2024, at 02:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has started demolishing a portion of the building adjacent to the seminar hall where a junior doctor was raped and murdered last week raising outcry that evidence of the grisly crime is being wiped out before a court-monitored CBI probe.
Aug 14, 2024, at 12:57 am
Expressing solidarity with the agitating medical students, noted Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen on Tuesday said she felt ashamed over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Aug 13, 2024, at 11:50 pm
India and Australian officials recently exchanged views on various topics of mutual interest, including the maritime security environment in the Indo-Pacific region, during the 6th India-Australia Maritime Security Dialogue in Canberra on Tuesday.
India, Australian officials condemn terrorism in all forms during Joint Working Group meet
Aug 13, 2024, at 11:38 pm
The 14th meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group on Counter- Terrorism was held on August 12 in New Delhi when the officials condemned terrorism in all forms.
Bengaluru Volvo bus driver loses control and hits several vehicles, video goes viral
Aug 13, 2024, at 11:26 pm
At least one person was injured after a Volvo bus driver lost control and hit several bikes and cars in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Rajasthan man punishes wife by dragging her behind bike, video goes viral
Aug 13, 2024, at 10:59 pm
A horrifying video has gone viral where a husband could be seen riding on her motorcycle with her wife tied to the back of the vehicle as she screamed in pain in Rajasthan's Nagaur district.
US official says relationship with India is one of the most consequential in the world
Aug 13, 2024, at 10:35 pm
A top US official said on Monday that the relationship shared with India is one of the most consequential in the world.
RG Kar horror: Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Kolkata doctor's rape and murder case
Aug 13, 2024, at 10:06 pm
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College Hospital, an incident which has sparked massive protest across the nation.
'Why do you protect him? Calcutta HC slams Bengal govt over ex-RG Kar College principal's new post
Aug 13, 2024, at 08:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the state government over the appointment of Dr. Sandip Ghosh to a government college within hours after he resigned as the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week, media reports said.
Aug 13, 2024, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The parents of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at the seminar hall, claimed they were told that their daughter died of suicide by the state authorities, media reports said.
Aug 13, 2024, at 07:37 pm
Women across West Bengal will protest against the rape and murder of a female PG trainee doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday, just a day before the country celebrates its 78th Independence Day.