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It also said 26 per cent accused are somehow known person to the victim, three per cent were either employer or co-workers and just two per cent unknown or stranger to the victim.

Addressing a public meeting at Baduria in North 24 Parganas district, he said the TMC, instead of taking concrete steps to improve the economic condition of Muslims and other minorities, is shedding crocodile tears for them since 2011.

Metropolitan Magistrate Vasundhra Chhaunkar dismissed the bail application who had sought release on the grounds that police did not file the charge sheet within the mandatory 60 days. The court, however, dismissed the application saying that since the ca...

There are also constitutional provisions to ensure marriage and punish coercion, experts say, reminding that Article 21 of the Constitution gives 'protection of life and personal liberty'.

Chinas government on Wednesday defended anticoronavirus controls that have disrupted imports of beef, poultry and fish from the United States, New Zealand and other trading partners.

The petitioner-lawyer, Saurabh Sharma, has claimed in his plea that on September 9 while driving to work he was stopped by Delhi Police officials and was challaned for not wearing a mask even though he was alone in the car.

Noted environmentalists, leaders, and celebrities will take the Jal Pratigya pledge at the virtual event. Among the top attendees are former US vice-president and environmentalist Al Gore, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh...

The mercury is also predicted to dip to single digits by Saturday. On Wednesday morning, it was 10.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department.

The Bangladesh Home Ministry has taken a strong note of the incident in which a man has threatened to kill Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan for ‘inaugurating’ a Kali Puja pandal last week in Kolkata.

Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Medical Officer Deepak Ohri said teams of health officials are present at the borders at Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) flyway and at Chilla the two key entry points to Noida from the national capital. We are conducting rapid antigen-ba...

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident and instructed officials to do needful.

The Harpic-News18 Mission Paani campaign was launched last year and has championed the cause of water conservation by raising actionable awareness and lending support to water conservationists across the country.

The state home department on November 1 had issued an order saying that educational institutions would remain closed till November 16.

The decision for random sampling came during an online meeting of senior administration and health department officials with District Magistrate Suhas L Y on Tuesday amid a spike in COVID19 cases in Delhi.

A Siberian ski resort is aiming to replace the Alps as Russians' preferred winter holiday destination this season as travel to many countries remains forbidden because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The high court also asked AWBI and the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to find out what happened to the missing animals.