New Delhi: With the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Ambassador Sergio Gore said on Wednesday they were all set to visit India this month and he looked forward to welcoming his “good friends” to the country. Rubio said the United States attaches great importance to its growing partnership with India and is pleased to … Read more
New Delhi: The Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday urged CJI Surya Kant to urgently intervene after the Andhra Pradesh High Court judge decided to send a young lawyer to 24-hour judicial custody despite his repeated pleas for leniency on alleged minor offences.BCI president Manan Kumar Mishra … Read more
New Delhi: Murder cases in India fell by 2.4 per cent in 2024, the latest NCRB data shows. Overall, 5.88 million cases of cognizable crime were registered in the country in 2024, a decrease of 6% compared to 2023 when 6.24 million cases were reported. The number of crimes against women in 2024 was 441,000, … Read more
KOLKATA: The lives of minorities across Kolkata changed overnight after the election results were announced. A feeling of fear and unease gripped the residents as the bike-borne miscreants passed through the Muslim community, chanting “Jai Shri Ram”. In the southern community of Tangla, the situation turned unstable on Tuesday night when a mob chanting “Jai … Read more
Chandigarh/New Delhi: Political tussle breaks out in Punjab amid back-to-back blasts in Jalandhar and Amritsar, with the BJP and Samajwadi Party criticizing the state government over law and order, while CM Bhagwant Mann Accusing the BJP of trying to create unrest “on the Bengal model” to win the 2027 polls. The BJP turned to Solicitor … Read more
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said “I hope such an incident will not happen” when asked whether he was worried about an increase in cases of suspected illegal immigrants being “forcibly deported” from India to Bangladesh after the BJP won polls in the bordering states of Assam and West Bengal. Illegal … Read more
Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath (inset) was shot at a vehicle with damaged side windows in 24 Parganas, northern Bengal. KOLKATA: Assailants on a motorcycle shot dead Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of BJP Bengal MP Suvendu Adhikari, at close range on Madhyamgram lane near Kolkata airport around 10.20 pm on Wednesday and seriously injured another … Read more
Chandranath Rath and Suvendu Adhikari (Photo/Agency) New Delhi: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday called the killing of his close aide Chandranath Rath “heartbreaking” and claimed it was a “premeditated murder” carried out after days of surveillance. Meanwhile, police are continuing to investigate the murder case in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.After the … Read more
CHENNAI: Outgoing CMK Stalin told TOI on Wednesday that the DMK will wait for TVK president C Joseph Vijay to form the government and “observe for six months without interruption”.Stating that the DMK does not want a constitutional crisis or another election soon, Stalin hoped that the new government would continue the programs launched by … Read more
Jammu: Internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits staged a sit-in protest in Jammu on Wednesday against the J&K government’s decision to include their relief rations in the National Food Security Act, calling the move a “conspiracy” to dilute their immigration status and violate their right to rehabilitation.Community members marched to the office of the Relief Commissioner in … Read more