Bhubaneswar, Oct 13 (IANS) A three-member team of the Odisha State Commission for Women led by Chairperson Sovana Mohanty, on Monday, visited Durgapur in West Bengal to enquire about the health condition of the Odia medical student, who was gangraped by miscreants in the neighbouring state last week.
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) The police have found contradictions in the statement given by the medical student's male friend, with whom she had gone out on October 10, before being gang-raped by five persons in a forest area near her college in West Bengal's Durgapur.
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, speaking about the Durgapur gang-rape case on Monday, said that there isn't any society or nation where such cases do not happen.
Chennai, Oct 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday was carrying out searches at seven locations across Chennai, including the residence of S. Ranganathan, owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals, and offices of senior officials from the Tamil Nadu Drug Control Department, as part of a money laundering probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) The BJP has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of lying about the timing when a second-year medical student left the private medical college premises in Durgapur, West Burdwan district, and later became a victim of gang-rape.
Agartala, Oct 12 (IANS) In a heinous crime that has sparked widespread grief and outrage, a 14-month-old infant was allegedly raped, murdered, and buried allegedly by one of her maternal grandfather in Tripura, police said on Sunday.
Kathmandu, Oct 12 (IANS) Nepal Police have arrested former speaker of the House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, in connection with the smuggling of 730 pieces of gold concealed inside electronic cigarettes (vapes) in December 2022.
Quetta, Oct 12 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has criticised the Pakistani authorities for holding hearing of BYC leaders Mahrang Baloch, Beebow Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, Beebarg Baloch and Sibghatullah Shahjee in prison, terming it a "grave and deliberate attempt to suppress transparency, exclude public scrutiny, and further institutionalise the criminalisation of peaceful political dissent in Balochistan".
Kolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) The police on Sunday arrested three persons in connection with the gang-rape of a second-year medical student of a private medical college and hospital in West Burdwan district's Durgapur.
Srinagar, Oct 11 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) said on Saturday that it has unearthed a large land scam involving the illegal transfer of evacuee property situated on the Gupkar Road in Srinagar city.
