Hema Committee report: Vijayan govt left reeling as actor-turned-CPI-M MLA faces allegations, opposition steps up attack

IANS | August 26, 2024 5:30 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (IANS) Amid the storm caused by the Justice Hema Committee report's sordid revelations of mistreatment and sexual exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry and its handling of the issue, the Pinarayi Vijayan government on Monday came under further pressure as actor-turned-CPI-M legislator Mukesh was accused of misbehaviour by a former woman actor, and opposition parties demanded his resignation.

CCTV recording of last 15 days missing in Badlapur school, says Maha Minister

IANS | August 26, 2024 3:44 PM

Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) An inquiry into the sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls in a school in Badlapur has revealed that the CCTV recordings of the last 15 days were missing and the school authorities did not take action despite being aware of it, said Minister Deepak Kesarkar here on Monday.

March to Secretariat: SC hasn’t restricted police from enforcing legal provisions, says Bengal ADGP

IANS | August 26, 2024 3:33 PM

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) In the wake of the March to Secretariat ('Nabanna Abhijan') call given by the students of West Bengal on Tuesday in protest against the rape and murder of the junior doctor at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, a senior official of the state police, on Monday, claimed that the Supreme Court has not barred the police authorities from enforcing legal provisions.

Massive police deployment ahead of students protest march in Kolkata

IANS | August 26, 2024 1:15 PM

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) A total of 4,000 police personnel will be stationed in different pockets of Kolkata, especially the connecting points with the adjacent Howrah district, in view of Tuesday's 'Nabanna Abhijan' (March to Secretariat) call given by students to protest against the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital rape-murder case.

RG Kar fiasco: CBI grills Sandip Ghosh, forensic experts of hospital

IANS | August 26, 2024 11:45 AM

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Two teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started interrogating separately the former principal of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Sandip Ghosh, and the demonstrator of the hospital's forensic medicine department, Debasish Som, since Monday morning.