School bullying cases in Japan hit record high

IANS | October 4, 2023 3:19 PM

Tokyo, Oct 4 (IANS) A record high of more than 680,000 bullying cases were registered in Japanese schools in the 2022 academic year, the country's Education Ministry said on Wednesday.

Bengal school job case: ED summons Abhishek Banerjee’s wife next week

IANS | October 4, 2023 12:33 PM

Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now summoned Rujiri Narula Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, for questioning in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal.

2 Indian-origin men plead guilty to multimillion-dollar Covid fraud in US

IANS | October 4, 2023 8:09 AM

New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Two Indian-origin men have pleaded guilty to their role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that the Small Business Administration guaranteed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Gurugram: 8-yr-old girl raped, accused absconding

IANS | October 4, 2023 7:58 AM

Gurugram, Oct 4 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour residing in the same building under the limits of Gurugram's Sector-51 women's police station, police said.

Life paralysed in two Manipur districts as tribal bodies call indefinite shutdown against arrests of Kuki-Zo people

IANS | October 3, 2023 10:11 PM

Imphal, Oct 3 (IANS) Normal life in Manipur's tribal-dominated districts of Churachandpur and Kangpokpi continued to remain paralysed for the second day on Tuesday as the women's wing of Indigenous Tribals’ Leaders Forum (ITLF) and the Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) enforced the indefinite shutdown in their respective districts to protest the arrest of Kuki-Zo tribals by the CBI.