Police say prime accused arrested in alleged rape of teenage girl as violent protests rock Bengal’s Kaliaganj

Police say prime accused arrested in alleged rape of teenage girl as violent protests rock Bengal’s Kaliaganj

Security personnel try to control the situation after violent protests by locals over the death of a minor girl, in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. | Photo Credit: PTI A 20-year-old man was arrested on April 22 in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a teenage girl in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur … Read more

TDP-YSRCP spat over alleged sand mining issue sparks tension in Amaravati town

TDP-YSRCP spat over alleged sand mining issue sparks tension in Amaravati town

A spat between the TDP and YSR Congress Party functionaries over the alleged sand mining issue sparked tension at Amaravati town in Pedakurapadu constituency on April 9. The TDP former MLA Kommalapati Sridhar and ruling party MLA Nambur Shankar Rao engaged in a war of words over the alleged illegal sand mining. They challenged each … Read more

Congress flags Vinod Adani’s alleged shell companies

Congress flags Vinod Adani’s alleged shell companies

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh the Adani Group has repeatedly brushed aside questions about Vinod Adani, elder brother of the Group’s chairperson Gautam Adani, by claiming that he is uninvolved with decision-making but fresh disclosures show this to be a “laughable deception”. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Under the Hum Adani Ke Hain Kaun (HAHK) … Read more

DCC to intensify stir against alleged government apathy to Wayanad medical college

DCC to intensify stir against alleged government apathy to Wayanad medical college

The Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) is preparing to launch its second phase of agitation against the alleged apathy of the government towards the Wayanad Government Medical College, Mananthavady. Congress workers will take out a protest march and stage a fast in front of the medical college on Monday, DCC president N.D. Appachan said. Mr. … Read more

Madras HC seeks response on petition filed by ‘Savukku’ Shankar on alleged solitary confinement in Cuddalore jail

Madras HC seeks response on petition filed by ‘Savukku’ Shankar on alleged solitary confinement in Cuddalore jail

A view of the Cuddalore Central Prison | Photo Credit: File The Madras High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and Director General of Prisons to a writ petition filed by YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar alleging that as many as nine inmates of the Cuddalore Central Prison … Read more

PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed

PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed

The outfit’s alleged links with extremist elements abroad being looked into, says an official The outfit’s alleged links with extremist elements abroad being looked into, says an official The enforcement agencies are probing the alleged links of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) with the extremist elements in Turkey, and the others who extended … Read more

Muckamore Abbey Hospital: Inquiry into alleged patient abuse to begin

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The core objectives are defined as “to examine the issue of abuse of patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital (MAH), to determine why the abuse happened and the range of circumstances that allowed it to happen and ensure that such abuse does not occur again at MAH or any other institution providing similar services in Northern … Read more