Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) Several students of the prestigious Jadavpur University here were hospitalised after police allegedly beat them up early Wednesday for laying siege to the vice chancellor’s office seeking a fresh inquiry into the purported sexual harassment of a female student. With the authorities drawing all-round flak for the police crackdown in one of […]
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Many of the accused in India are acquitted due to witnesses turning hostile, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai of the Supreme Court said Wednesday. Inaugurating the vulnerable witness deposition complex at the Saket district court here, Justice Desai said it has been seen that in many cases, the accused are acquitted as […]
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the national capital Wednesday night after a grand welcome in Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The aircraft carrying Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan touched down at the Air Force Station in Palam after 10 pm. China’s first couple were received by Human Resource Development Minister Smriti […]
Ahmedabad, Sep 18 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping got a taste of Gujarati culture and cuisine on the Sabarmati riverfont as he was given a grand welcome on his arrival here Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking the last mile to be the perfect host ahead of their substantive talks in the national capital on […]
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi Wednesday said the dream of inclusive growth can be achieved only through skill development. “The dream of inclusive growth can only be achieved by skill development. There is no shortcut to success. We develop people and together we develop our country,” she said at the launch of […]
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) A court here Wednesday sent Purushottam Lal Totlani, the alleged middleman in the Syndicate Bank bribery case who was on the run, to two days’ police custody after he surrendered. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Swarna Kanta Sharma allowed the investigating agency to quiz Totlani till Sep 19. The […]
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) The BJP Wednesday strongly condemned the police assault on students of Jadavpur University, and sought West Bengal governor and university chancellor K.N. Tripathi’s intervention for the removal of the vice chancellor. Many students had to be hospitalised and a few girl students were allegedly molested when police beat them up early Wednesday […]
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The decomposed body of a woman was recovered from her rented accommodation here, police said Wednesday. Police suspect the woman was murdered by her live-in partner. The body of Seema, aged around 30, was recovered at south Delhi’s Neb Sarai area after her landlord informed police about some foul smell emanating […]
Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) The Roman Catholic Church in Goa Wednesday expressed “joy” at Pope Francis’s approval of the first step towards canonization of India’s first Catholic saint Fr. Joseph Vaz, a priest of Goan origin. In a statement issued here Archbishop of Goa and Daman Fr. Filipe Neri Ferrao said: “The Archdiocese of Goa and […]
Jammu, Sep 17 (IANS) The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Tuesday started despatching petroleum products to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir following the reopening of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. “As part of its efforts to restore normalcy in petroleum supplies in the flood-affected areas of Kashmir Division, IOC has loaded and dispatched about 400 kilo-litres (kl) […]