Teacher molests six schoolgirls in Maha's Akola, arrested

IANS | August 21, 2024 10:58 AM

Akola (Maharashtra), Aug 21 (IANS) Amid the raging controversy over the sexual abuse of two girls in Badlapur’s reputed school, a 42-year-old schoolteacher was arrested in Maharashtra's Akola district for repeatedly molesting six Class 8 girl students for the last four months and forcing them to watch adult films.

SC urges protesting medical community to resume work at earliest

IANS | August 20, 2024 1:58 PM

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday urged the doctors and medical professionals across the country, who are abstaining from work in protest of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, to resume work at the earliest.

Badlapur sexual abuse case to be tried in fast track court, says CM Shinde

IANS | August 20, 2024 1:47 PM

Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday directed the case, involving the abuse of two schoolgirls in Thane district's Badlapur, to be tried in the fast track court and warned that action would be taken against the school management if such incident occurred again.