Tension in K'taka district, two arrested for provocative statements (Ld)

IANS | September 16, 2024 2:55 PM

Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka), Sep 16 (IANS) Two persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly provoking Hindus in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district ahead of the Eid Milad festival, said officials here adding that a case has also been filed against a VHP leader in the Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotic (CEN) Mangaluru police station.

RG Kar case: CBI to interrogate Sandeep Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal on crucial points

IANS | September 16, 2024 10:52 AM

Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now decided to interrogate Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital and ex-station house officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal together to clarify some suspicious actions on part of both on the morning of August 9 when the body a junior doctor and victim of ghastly rape and murder was recovered from within the hospital premises.

Biden condemns all violence after Trump assassination bid

Yashwant Raj | September 16, 2024 7:27 AM

Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has said "there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country" and praised law enforcement for helping keep former President Trump safe during a shooting incident that investigators said "appears to be an attempted assassination" of the Republican presidential nominee on Sunday.

RG Kar case: Indira Jaising to represent junior doctors at SC on Tuesday

IANS | September 16, 2024 12:32 AM

Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Acclaimed lawyer and social activist Indira Jaising will be representing West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum (WBJDF), the umbrella organisation of junior doctors in the state protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata last month, during the hearing in the matter at the Supreme Court on September 17.

Amit Malviya’s post on Kolkata cop's arrest hints at police commissioner's fate

IANS | September 15, 2024 12:58 PM

Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) A post by BJP’s information technology chief and the party’s special observer for West Bengal Amit Malviya in connection with the arrest of Kolkata Police inspector Abhijit Mondal has sparked speculation in political circles about the fate of the city police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal.

RG Kar probe: Flaws in case diary made CBI doubt Kolkata cop

IANS | September 15, 2024 12:10 PM

Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Some serious flaws in the case diary of Kolkata Police, which handled the initial investigation into the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, made the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) doubtful of the role of former officer-in-charge of Tala Police station Abhijit Mondal, sources have said.