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KOTA: Kota, Rajasthan, the training center for aspiring doctors and engineers that has been in the headlines for student suicides in recent years, saw a 38% decline in these cases in 2024 compared to the previous year, with 16 cases documented this year compared to 26 in 2023.The district administration attributed the drop in student…
SANDESHKHALI: Lies are exposed one day, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in her first speech on Monday. Sandeshkhali rally since the riots there ended gang rape accusations Before this LS survey, I advised women in the area not to trust the “bad guys.”“Stay well, stay together,” she said, specifically reminding women that they don’t…
BENGALURU: The Congress government in Karnataka handed over to the CID on Monday a probe into the suicide of Sachin Panchala, a contractor who died last week after leaving a note alleging threats from a key aide of the minister. Priyank Kharge. Priyank is the son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.The decision came amid intensifying…
Srinagar: Farooq Abdullah, chief of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: The National Conference in J&K has expressed disappointment over the LG’s decision not to include days commemorating the martyrs of 1931 (July 13) and party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (December 5), in the list of holidays for 2025.“Today’s holiday list…
NEW DELHI: Highlighting how more than a third of real estate advertisements examined by the advertising industry’s self-regulatory body were found to be misleading, a pan-India home buyers’ organization has urged the consumer affairs department to issue specific guidelines for Real estate advertising protects the interests of consumers.The Forum of Popular Collective Efforts (FPCE) has…
NEW DELHI: National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Vijaya Rahatkar on Monday said the offender in the alleged sexual assault case of a 19-year-old student at Anna University appears to be the habitual offender and has committed such crimes before but was not dealt with by the police. The horrific incident took place on December…
Image Credit: X Indian Army NEW DELHI: Konchok Stanzin, Ladakh councilor has questioned the relevance of the statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, installed by the Indian Army on the banks of Pangong Lake.Stanzin, a local resident, criticized the lack of local involvement in its construction and called for a shift in focus toward projects…
Parents of NCC cadets attending a camp at KMM College of Arts and Sciences remove their protections after many students suffered food poisoning and were hospitalized, in Thrikkakara on Monday. NEW DELHI: Two people were arrested for assaulting a senior officer at an NCC camp held at KMM College in Thrikkakara, Kerala, following an alleged…
Rahul Gandhi took advantage of Manmohan Singh’s death for his political convenience: BJP NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on the Congress, the BJP on Monday alleged that Rahul Gandhi “exploited” the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his “convenient politics” and flew to Vietnam to ring in the New Year while the…
NEW DELHI: In a veiled dig, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday accused the Jan Suraaj Party led by election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishore to function as ‘B team’ of Nitish Kumar’s ruling NDA alliance. After the police used force to disperse the protesting students, the former deputy CM said the protesting students were “tricked” into…