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South Calcutta Law College has decided to suspend classes for all students for an indefinite period following the gangrape of a law student on its college campus last week.
A video of two cars performing dangerous stunts while speeding recklessly outside a college in Greater Noida has gone viral on social media, resulting in a hefty fine.
The Kolkata Police on Monday said a Special Investigation Team is monitoring the case related to the gangrape of a law student on a college campus in south Kolkata last week.
General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Indian Army, departed for Bhutan on Monday on a four-day official visit aimed at further enhancing the enduring defence cooperation between the two countries.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday showcased their "unity" holding hands amid the Congress' reported bid to remove factionalism in the unit, media reports said.
Hyderabad/IBNS: A blast at a chemical factory in Telangana killed six people and injured 20 others in Hyderabad on Monday, media reports said.
Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra government has cancelled the three-language policy resolution facing the Opposition protests and charge of Hindi-imposition in the western state of India, media reports said.
Puri/IBNS: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has sought an apology from the devotees of Lord Jagannath for the deadly stampede that occurred near a temple in Puri and suspended two officials for "negligence".
Shimla/IBNS: In what could have been a major accident, a five-storey building collapsed amid heavy rains at Mathu Colony in Shimla's Bhattakufer area on Monday, media reports said.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the USA on Monday to participate in the next edition of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting (QFMM).
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended seven engineers, including two chief engineers from the Public Works Department (PWD), over the controversial design of the newly constructed Rail Over Bridge (ROB) in the Aishbagh area of Bhopal, which features an unusually sharp 90-degree turn, media reports said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Sunday participated in a torch rally in South Kolkata to protest against the gangrape of a law student on a college campus last week.
The Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Sunday participated in a torch rally in South Kolkata to protest against the gangrape of a law student on a college campus last week.
National Commission for Women (NCW) member Archana Majumdar on Sunday visited the South Kolkata Law College in the eastern Indian city, the institute where a student was gangraped last week.
Pune: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is investigating all possible causes, including sabotage, behind last month’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 274 people on board and on the ground, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol has said.
The rape incident of a female law student in Kolkata has once again created a rift between two Trinamool Congress leaders with party MP Kalyan Banerjee now responding to colleague Mahua Moitra's 'misogyny' barb at him.
A 24-year-old Indian woman who arrived in the United States for an arranged marriage has gone missing, media reports quoting authorities said.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday said the probe in the rape incident of a female law student in Kolkata is going on "war footing" and assured that her party condemns misogynistic comments no matter who makes them, referring to the remarks by TMC leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Madan Mitra.
At least three people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a stampede-like situation outside the Gundicha Temple in Odisha's Puri early on Sunday morning.
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Sunday strongly rejected the Pakistani Army's claim that it was behind the Waziristan suicide bomb attack, which killed 13 soldiers a day before.
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday disassociated itself from the victim-blaming remarks made by its MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a first-year law student at South Calcutta Law College.
New Delhi: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a live interaction that he had carried traditional Indian dishes like gajar ka halwa and aamras to space and shared them with fellow astronauts.
Mumbai: An Air India flight en route from Mumbai to Chennai was forced to return shortly after takeoff late Friday night due to a burning smell detected inside the cabin, according to a report by news agency ANI.
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Parag Jain, known for his pivotal role in intelligence gathering during Operation Sindoor, has been appointed as the next chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency, NDTV reported.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is currently present in the International Space Station, via video conference. The astronaut said India looks grand and bigger from space than it is on the map.
In a significant diplomatic development, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declined to endorse a joint declaration on terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting on Tuesday, objecting to the omission of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) will celebrate the 90th birth anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama.
PM Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Ghana from July 2-3, 2025, his first bilateral trip to the nation, officials said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for allegedly trying to enforce National Register of Citizens (NRC) through a voter verification drive in poll-bound Bihar and West Bengal.
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee has passed a bizarre remark while responding to the alleged rape of a 24-year-old law student by a ruling party functionary on the campus of a law college in Kolkata.
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