Bengal school job case: Partha Chatterjee’s son-in-law turns 'approver’ (Ld)

IANS | March 14, 2025 2:03 PM

Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) A special court in Kolkata has approved the application from Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya, the son-in-law of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee, to turn into an “approver” in the multi-crore school job case in West Bengal.

Karachi turns into Pakistan's crime capital with rising incidents of killings and loot

IANS | March 13, 2025 6:38 PM

Karachi, March 13 (IANS) Pakistan's financial capital Karachi continues to witness a surge in crime rate as armed robbers looted Rs 1.15 million in cash from the staff of the Peoples' Bus Service in Gulshan-e-Hadeed late Wednesday night. They later escaped with the cash, weapons and mobile phones. According to the driver, the robbery took place at the last stop of the bus service, where the staff was resting.

B'desh: 8-year-old girl dies a week after brutal rape

IANS | March 13, 2025 2:33 PM

Dhaka, March 13 (IANS) The 8-year-old rape victim passed away on Thursday at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka, after fighting for her life for a week, according to local media reports.

UK woman raped in Delhi by Instagram 'friend'

IANS | March 13, 2025 1:21 PM

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A woman from the UK, who came to Delhi to meet a man she befriended on Instagram, was raped by him at a hotel in Mahipalpur in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj area.