Gurgaon: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped at knifepoint, drugged and raped by two men in the Taoru area in Nuh on April 4. The accused also recorded the assault and circulated the video to blackmail her, police said.According to the complaint, the incident took place on the afternoon of April 4. The woman was…
A 43-year-old resident of Madhyamgram, Sumitava Mukherjee, submitted a written appeal to the DM on Thursday seeking permission for voluntary death for himself and his family after his name was struck off the electoral roll following the SIR.Mukherjee alleged that his name was arbitrarily deleted from the final electoral roll despite submission of all valid…
Varanasi: Two police inspectors, including Ubhao police station officer in Ballia district police, were suspended after audio clip of a telephonic conversation went viral on social media, in which, one of them was allegedly heard seeking sexual favours from a rape survivor in exchange for filing a chargesheet against the accused. The rape accused, who…
Chandigarh: Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh on Thursday announced that ultrasound machines had been installed and were functional in four major ESI hospitals in the state while deployment of seven handheld X-ray units was currently in the pipeline to further modernise point-of-care diagnostics.To ensure patient safety and uninterrupted care, all hospitals have been equipped…
Pune: The court of additional sessions judge Dilip P Ragit convicted and sentenced a dairy farm owner from Purandar to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeated rape and aggravated sexual assault on his two nieces, aged 13 and 14 years, between Jan and Nov 14, 2020, in a couple of lodges in Uruli Devachi…
Guwahati: Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), an ally in the Congress-led opposition in the state for the assembly elections, said the party does not oppose the delimitation of constituencies but do not support BJP’s conspiracy to strengthen Hindi-speaking states in the parliament.The party said the voice of the indigenous people of states like Assam will be…
Police personnel conduct a route march in the aftermath of workers’ protest in Noida on Wednesday Lucknow: Those employed at private libraries, coaching centres, pharmacies and nursing homes, clubs, brick kilns, domestic workers supplying agencies and petrol pump attendants are among 74 categories of workers who will be covered by UP govt’s recommendations to effect…
BENGALURU: Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) to combine satellite data with ecological field research.“The collaboration will focus on mapping India’s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, which have often remained under-represented in policy and planning. It will…
YouTuber Gavin Barry claimed he interviewed a former visa officer in Punjab whose role was to forge documents for Canada visa. YouTuber Gavin Barry interviewed a Punjabi visa officer whom he introduced as a whistleblower in his latest video on ‘Inside the country destroyed by mass immigration’. The whistleblower, whose face was blurred throughout the…
India and Russia on Thursday held a round table to strengthen cooperation in the steel sector, focusing on supply chains, technology and research collaboration amid global uncertainties.A Russian delegation comprising industry representatives participated in discussions with Indian counterparts, enabling exchange of views on key issues such as raw material sourcing, technological collaboration, equipment manufacturing and…
