Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, while speaking on the disengagement efforts along the India-China border, said that the situation across the LAC is “sensitive but stable.” The army chief further said that patrolling and grazing in traditional areas has started in Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh is taking place as per routine. General Dwivedi … Read more
An 18-year-old athlete in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, who alleged that over 60 people raped her over the last six years, was subject to multiple gangrapes and was also blackmailed by one of the arrested accused who had recorded a video of her, police officers said. Kerala Police arrested 14 more accused on Sunday, taking the … Read more
A third-year BTech student at IIT-Kharagpur was found hanging in his hostel room on Sunday morning. Shaon Malik (21) was a third-year student of electrical engineering and hailed from Kasba in Kolkata. Malik’s death came to light after his parents came to meet him at the hostel on Sunday morning. After finding his room locked … Read more
As Delhi woke up to a thick layer of dense fog Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an ‘orange’ warning for dense to very dense fog conditions impacting travel across the national capital region. The IMD warning also said that routes to the Delhi airport, railway stations and several highways may be affected. Slower … Read more
Senior advocate and one of India’s leading lawyers Iqbal M Chagla, who passed away Sunday in Mumbai at the age of 85, was known as much for his legal acumen as for his tenure as President of Bombay Bar Association, where he advocated against corruption in the judiciary in the 1990s, with resolutions passed against … Read more
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday issued a challenge to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he would not contest the Delhi elections if the central government withdraws all cases related to slum demolitions and give an undertaking in court that all displaced people would be rehabilitated on land they have been evicted from. While … Read more
A day after Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane on Friday stoked controversy by saying that the full form of EVM is “every vote against mullahs,” Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned it saying Rane’s statement was “quite shocking” Speaking to news agency ANI, Tharoor said, “This kind of thing is quite shocking. In our country, we really … Read more
An investigation by the Mumbai police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has found that the two suspected Ukrainian masterminds of the Torres investment fraud case escaped the country in December 2024 after telling staffers and agents they were going on Christmas leave.Director of Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd, which runs the Torres jewellery brand, Victoriia Kovalenko, and … Read more
Kerala Police registered two FIRs and arrested six people after an 18-year-old Dalit girl in Pathanamthitta district alleged that around 62 people had sexually abused her over the last five years. According to Pathanamthitta Superintendent of Police V G Vinod Kumar, the cases have been registered in two police stations. “In one case we arrested … Read more
An eight-year-old girl collapsed and died within minutes due to suspected cardiac arrest on Friday morning at a private school in Ahmedabad. Police are probing the incident to ascertain the exact cause of death. Gargi Tushar Ranpara, a Class 3 student, arrived at Zebar School for Children in Thaltej as usual and climbed stairs to … Read more