PM Modi hoists Tricolour at Red Fort, pays tribute to freedom fighters
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag at the iconic Red Fort on Thursday on the occasion of India’s 78th Independence Day and paid tributes to the freedom fighters. “Today is the day to pay tributes to the uncountable ‘Azaadi ke deewane’ who made sacrifices for the nation. This […]
Nalin Prabhat set to become new Director General of J&K Police
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) Nalin Prabhat, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 1992 batch of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is set to become the new DGP of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) while the present DGP, R.R. Swain will get a special assignment after his retirement on September 30 this year. Top sources told IANS that […]
Blinken congratulates India on 78th Independence Day, hails ties between India-US
Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, extended warm greetings to India on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day on Thursday and hailed the ties between the two nations. Blinken said that the US celebrates the ‘rich and diverse history’ of the Indian people on the country’s Independence Day, which […]
India gears up for 78th Independence Day amid high security
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the nation on Thursday in celebrating India’s 78th Independence Day from the historic Red Fort in Delhi. The Prime Minister will unfurl the national flag and deliver the customary address to the nation from the Red Fort’s ramparts, marking the 11th consecutive year of […]
Rajasthan: IIT professor duped of Rs 12L held under ‘digital arrest’ by cyber fraudsters
Jaipur, Aug 15 (IANS) Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under ‘digit arrest’ for 12 days. The cyber criminals, posing as Mumbai Crime Branch officials, told the victim that she was a suspect in a money laundering case. A parcel belonging to the woman professor […]
Negative media campaign led to R.G Kar hospital ransacking: Kolkata Police chief
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) After the emergency department of the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata was ransacked by a violent mob few minutes after Wednesday midnight, the Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal said that “continuous negative media propaganda over the brutal rape and murder of a woman junior doctor last […]
Questions raised over late police action after midnight vandalism at RG Kar
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) The entire area surrounding the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a junior doctor was brutally raped and murder last week, turned into a virtual battlefield after midnight after a mob ransacked the emergency department of the hospital. The incident was reported soon after scores of people […]
Midnight tension at R.G Kar after mob ransacks emergency department
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Fresh tension broke out at the R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a junior doctor was brutally raped and murder last week, minutes after midnight after a group of miscreants barged into the hospital premises and ransacked the emergency department. The incident was reported soon after scores of […]
‘Address atrocities against Hindus in B’desh’, K’taka Cong MLA appeals to PM Modi
Bengaluru, Aug 15 (IANS) Karnataka Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appealing him to address the political turmoil and reported atrocities on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. The letter by the MLA said, “I write to you as a concerned citizen of India deeply distressed by the recent […]
Poor upbringing of boys to be blamed for incidents like rape: Kiran Bedi (IANS Interview)
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi on Wednesday underlined “poor upbringing of boys” as one of the reasons behind incidents like the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata last week, which again put the subject of women’s safety in the country under scanner while serving another blow to […]
