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Kolkata: Presidency University has decided to install more CCTV cameras around the periphery of the girls' hostel in Salt Lake following allegations of a miscreant hovering around the campus and making obscene gestures at the hostel inmates.Bidhannagar Police said that they heard about the incident and are checking CCTV cameras on the roads and even visited the hostel. "Cops spoke to the hostel super and inmates and asked for any photos or videos that the students clicked or recorded. The superin
New Delhi: Delhi Police have questioned nearly 100 people, among them 67 guards on the South Asian University (SAU) campus, where an 18-year-old female student has alleged that four men tried to gangrape her. Police have also spoken to the girl to record the exact sequence of events. The student has alleged that one of her attackers was a campus guard.Investigators have matched the locations of the guards at the time of the alleged attack. Staff and students too were questioned. The cops have fou ...Read More >
Pune: Office-bearers and workers of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a protest on Monday evening in front of Perugate police chowky and near Tilak Road. The demonstration followed an incident earlier in the afternoon where members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's student wing (MNSV) allegedly stormed the ABVP office over a dispute concerning posters.Vishrambaug police officials swiftly arrived at the scene to pacify the agitated ABVP workers. Later that night, the police initia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chaitanyanand Saraswati, a self-styled godman accused of sexually harassing 17 female students at a private institute here, was taken to its campus on Monday for pointing out locations where he allegedly used to call his victims, police said. An associate of Saraswati, 38-year-old Hari Singh Kopkoti of Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, was also arrested for allegedly threatening the father of one of the victims on September 14. Saraswati, 62, was arrested early Sunday from a hotel in Agra and brought to the campus where he had earlier served as chairman. "... The accused was taken to the ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): The Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla has suspended two second-year MBBS students for three months and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each for violating hostel rules in an incident linked to ragging, officials said on Sunday. Details The disciplinary action was taken following an alleged incident at the college hostel three days ago, in which two senior students reportedly called junior students to the hostel in violation of established institutional norms. As per IGMC rules, junior students are not permitted to enter or stay in hostels until official hos ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 12 (PTI) A day after the death of a third-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University, the authorities on Friday admitted to serious gaps in campus security and surveillance, attributing the lapses to delays in fund release from the state government. The deceased, Anamika Mondal, a resident of Nimta in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district and a student of English (Honours), was rescued from a pond in unconscious state beside the undergraduate arts building around 9.40 pm on Thursday -- hours after a folk music programme organised by the university's drama club. She was ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, alias Parthasarathy, who is accused of sexually harassing 17 female students as director of a management college in the city, had remote access to CCTV footage from the women's hostel on his phone, it has been found. He also maintained his own accommodation in the hostel, which can house 75 students.Sources said he tampered with the institute's DVR system, resulting in destruction of CCTV evidence.Swami Chaityananda Saraswati not only exploited female students, but also took control of the institute, allegedly subletting management property to private ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police were interrogating three sisters, who were working together at the institution where 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati was the director, in connection with the molestation charges by the 17 students. The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi's posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal case for allegedly targeting female students enrolled in post-graduate management diploma courses under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) scholarship category. According to the complainant, three women associates ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Police have found that the email address used to send explicit and threatening messages to an 18-year-old South Asian University female student who has alleged sexual assault was being accessed by one of her friends, an officer said on Thursday. The first-year BTech student, who lives in the varsity hostel, has accused four people, including a security guard, of sexually assaulting her on the campus premises. She was found injured with her clothes torn on October 13, a day after being reported missing. An FIR was registered on Tuesday on her complaint, in which she al ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Police on Tuesday sought CCTV footage from July 11 covering the entire campus of IIM-Calcutta as part of their investigation into the alleged rape of a woman by a student inside the hostel, an officer said. Discrepancies have allegedly been found in the survivor's account, prompting the police to ascertain the exact locations she had visited during her stay on the campus that day. "We have sought the CCTV footage of July 11 of the entire campus. We need to see which places the survivor had gone inside the campus," the officer said. According to police sources, the woman had spent n ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): South Asian University on Thursday removed the girls' hostel warden and suspended the assistant following student protests over the alleged sexual assault of a student on the university's campus. This development comes after students staged a protest outside the administrative block, demanding the suspension of the warden and assistant over their alleged delayed action in a sexual assault case. Students at the university alleged that the administration tried to suppress the matter. The Delhi Police registered an FIR late on Monday night and launched a pr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Responding to queries on the issue, the ministry of external affairs said that "whether a person is liv ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday questioned Swami Chaitanyanand Saraswati in connection with the alleged molestation of 17 students of a private management institute. Saraswati, who is in a five-day police custody, was taken to the room located on the ground floor where he allegedly lured female students. During the investigation, a victim reported that on September 14, her father received a threatening call from a person who identified himself as Hari Singh Kopkoti from Uttarakhand. He was apprehended from his residence and brought to Delhi. The police said Hari, who works with the local m ...Read More >
This action has been taken on the recommendation of the disciplinary committee formed after the complaint of "ragging" by hostel warden. The college administration suspended both senior students for three months and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 each. Confirming the development, Dr Jagjeet Singh Chahal, nodal officer of the anti-ragging committee, IGMC Shimla, said, "The two second-year students were found involved in ragging of three junior students. Action has been taken and the two accused have ...Read More >
Pilibhit (UP), Jul 15 (PTI) A day after a farmer was killed by a tiger in Fulhar village of Pilibhit district, forest officials said on Tuesday that their team was tracking the animal and it would be captured as soon as the conditions are favourable. Dayaram, 39, was mauled to death by the tiger in his field in Bari Phulhar village, the sixth tiger attack in two months in the region. According to the forest team engaged in tracking the tiger, the animal also attempted to attack its personnel, though fortunately no serious injuries occurred. The tiger was last spotted near Auraiya village, l ...Read More >
Bengaluru, February 17: A 16-year-old Class 10 student, identified as Kotresh, died early Monday morning, February 16, after allegedly jumping from the third floor of his school hostel in Bharamasagara, Karnataka. The incident occurred at approximately 7:14 AM at the DVS Residential School. CCTV video from the premises reportedly captured the teenager walking along the corridor several times and appearing to be under significant stress before climbing over the railing and jumping. Though he was immediately rushed to a local hospital, he was declared dead on arrival. The tragedy has sparked im ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Brihaspathi Technologies, an AI surveillance and security solutions provider, on Thursday said it has raised $10 million in funding from foreign institutional investors and others. Brihaspathi will use the capital to establish a new 72,000 sq. ft. CCTV manufacturing facility in Hyderabad, which is expected to be operational by the end of the current financial year, the company said in a statement. It also plans to hire over 400 new employees. The company has been awarded a surveillance project by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to implement ...Read More >
Kolkata: One year after the RG Kar rape incident, the body of a third-year student of Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata, was found in mysterious conditions from a pond inside the campus on Thursday night, once again raising questions about student safety and security inside the campuses in West Bengal. The third-year student's body has been sent for a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, the police said. The exact circumstances leading to her death remain unclear, sources said. A purpo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Chaitanyananda Saraswati, against whom a case of alleged sexual harassment has been registered, has shown "no remorse" for his actions and is not cooperating with the police during questioning, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday. According to the Delhi Police, the accused has been giving "evasive answers" during questioning in connection with the alleged sexual harassment case registered at Vasant Kunj North Police Station. Police officials further stated that he only responds when confronted with evidence and questioned strictly. Two of Chaitanyananda Sa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): A 25-year-old vegetable seller from Bihar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Wednesday for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl in the Nihal Vihar area. According to police, the incident occurred on April 3, 2026, in front of the victim's residence. The girl's uncle contacted the police station the following day and informed them that an unknown man had molested his niece before fleeing from the spot. Also Read | Delhi Water Cut: Parts of National Capital Face Major Supply Disruption on April 8-9; Check Affected Areas. Acting swiftly, officers at PS Nih ...Read More >
Kolkata: A third-year English honours student at Jadavpur University, who was rescued from a campus pond in an unconscious state around 10.15 pm on Thursday, was declared dead when taken to a hospital near the university.Anamika Mondal, 22, a resident of Nimta, was seen chatting with classmates earlier in the evening. Later, she was spotted in the waterbody near gate no. 4 next to the union room. She had come to the campus to attend 'Ruhaniyat' organised by Jadavpur University Drama Club. The event was supposed to conclude at 8 pm but had continued till around 10 pm. Following the death, the d ...Read More >
A 20-year-old cadet at Tolani Maritime Institute (TMI) in Pune died on Sunday morning after the rim of a basketball hoop collapsed on his head while he was hanging from it. The deceased, Vishal Verma, a native of Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh, was a national-level athlete and one of the most decorated cadets on campus. According to cadets on campus, prior complaints had been made about the basketball pole that killed him. Also the ambulance did not respond for nearly 30 minutes, raising the question of whether his death could have been prevented. The Induri police station's investigating ...Read More >
Independence Day 2025: 5 Creative And Meaningful Ways To Celebrate The Spirit Of Freedom With Joy And Patriotism In a shocking incident, a woman engineer was allegedly threatened with a knife, sexually harassed, and robbed at her paying guest (PG) accommodation in Bengaluru's Yelahanka police station limits on Wednesday. Following her complaint, police have launched a search operation to trace and arrest the accused. Officials said the victim, an assistant engineer with the Bangalore Electrici ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It stated Credit to Deposit Ratio Remains Below 80 per cent as Credit Offtake Lags. The report data pointed ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a tense 48 hours for the special investigation team (SIT) that tracked down Benjamin, a 35-year-old truck driver from Madurai, accused of attempting to assault a young IT professional inside her hostel room in Kazhakkoottam. It was a long, tiring search where they verified close to 200 CCTVs in and around the IT city and collected evidence from many before finally zeroing in on him. The breakthrough came after police spotted his suspicious movements on CCTV footage, in which the accused was seen grabbing an umbrella to hide from cameras. That image set off a massive ...Read More >
Shimla, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Braving darkness, fast currents and unstable terrain, the Indian Army on Thursday said its swift response averted a potential tragedy when a sudden flash flood struck Hojis Lungpa Nala in Himachal Pradesh's mountainous Kinnaur district. The incident happened at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Triggered by a cloudburst in the higher reaches of the Rishi Dogri Valley, the deluge engulfed the bridge across the Sutlej River and injured one individual. The site was an active road construction zone under the CPWD towards Gangthang Bralam, it said. On receiving an urgen ...Read More >