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New Delhi: At least eight to nine workers are reported missing after a cloudburst struck an under-construction hotel site in the Silai Band area along the Barkot-Yamunotri Marg on Saturday. The sudden deluge caused severe damage to the construction site, and the Yamunotri highway has also been impacted, officials said. According to Uttarkashi District Magistrate Prashant Arya, the cloudburst was triggered by intense rainfall in the region, leading to flash flooding and disruption of road connec ...Read More >
New Delhi: The horrific alleged gang rape of a 24-year-old student at South Calcutta Law College has taken a significant turn with the release of CCTV footage corroborating the victim's claims. Police officials confirmed on Saturday that seven hours of footage, from 3:30 pm to 10:50 pm on June 25th, unequivocally supports the victim's account of being forcibly taken to the guard's room. The footage clearly shows the movements of the three accused, the victim, and the security guard, providing c ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The police have arrested a 55-year-old security guard of South Calcutta Law College in connection with the alleged rape incident on the college premises. Earlier, the guard was detained by the police and, after finding inconsistencies in his statement, he was arrested on Friday night. Three other persons had already been arrested based on the complaint filed by the victim. Three individuals had already been arrested based on the complaint filed by the victim. In her statement, the vict ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and its workers were detained by the police as they were protesting at Lalbazar against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College. Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. The incident that comes 10 months after the RG ...Read More >
DHARMAPURI: For the third time in the past two months, a wild leopard wandered into a private farmland near Valaithottam village near Palacode and hunted chicken raised by a local farmer. Locals are increasingly distressed and urged the forest department to take steps to relocate the leopard. Over the past few months, there have been several reports of leopard sightings in forest areas near Palacode, particularly in Valaithottam village, near the forest's fringe. There have been two instances ...Read More >
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday reiterated her party's zero-tolerance policy on crimes against women and condemned misogynistic remarks made by two senior party colleagues, calling for accountability regardless of political affiliation. Her comments came in the wake of public outrage over the gangrape of a 24-year-old law student from South Calcutta Law College, which led to the arrest of four men, including a former student and current office-bearer of the TMC's ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and its workers were detained by the police as they were protesting at Lalbazar against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College. Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. Also Read | Bhopal's Aishbagh Railway Overbridg ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. The incident that comes 10 months after the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case has triggered a major political row in West Bengal. Also Read | Bhopal's Aishbagh Railway Overbridge Sparks Outrage Over Hazardous Design; MP CM Mohan Yadav Sus ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 20-year-old youth was fatally stabbed in a road rage incident in east Delhi's Geeta Colony on Friday night. The scuffle began when his scooter grazed another two-wheeler and the three men astride allegedly assaulted and stabbed the victim.The deceased, Yash, was the only son of his parents. Police have apprehended the three accused. The cops said that while Mohammed Aman and Lucky were both in their early twenties, the third accused's age was being verified.There was tension in the ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The political slugfest following the gang-rape of a law student inside a college continued Saturday as TMC took pains to distance itself from the "misogynistic remarks" of its own netas, emphasising instead the "quick action taken against the accused". Opposition, however, questioned security for women at workplaces and educational institutes and "promised to stay on the roads"."The remarks by MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra concerning the heinous crime were made in their persona ...Read More >
New Delhi, [India], June 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched an all-out attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over the alleged gangrape incident, with the party demanding the resignation of the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday, June 25. Kolkata police has formed a five-member Special team to investigate the alleged gangrape of a law student in Kolkata. B ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. The incident that comes 10 months after the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case has triggered a major political row in West Bengal. Congress and the BJP earlier in the day held separate protests over the incident. The Communist Party of Ind ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Three persons arrested for the poisoning to death of a tigress and her four cubs have allegedly told forest officials that it was an act of vengeance against the big cats for killing their cattle. The carcasses of the tigress and her cubs were found in the Hoogyam range of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district earlier this week. Those arrested were identified as Konappa, Madaraju and Nagaraj, residents of Koppa in the vicinity of the sanctuary. " ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A security guard of a law college here was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of the institute earlier this week, even as the Kolkata Police formed a SIT to probe the case, amidst intensifying public protests over the incident. The total number of arrests has now reached four in the crime that took place inside the guard's room on the South Calcutta Law College premises on June 25, an officer said. The city police formed a fi ...Read More >
Srinagar: Ahead of the annual Amaranth Yatra, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with various stakeholders here on Saturday to discuss arrangements for the smooth pilgrimage. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was present at the interaction at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) here in which members of the civil society, religious leaders, DDC chairpersons, members of business and trade associations, and MLAs also participated. The LG said the administration has made ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang-raped, a senior officer said. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College, where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including an alumnus of the institute, o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) CCTV camera footage obtained from South Calcutta Law College has corroborated the gangrape allegations made by a first-year student in her written complaint to police, an investigating officer said on Saturday. The footage, spanning over seven hours -- from 3.30 PM to 10.50 PM on June 25 -- captured movements around the college premises, including the victim being forced into the guard's room. "The CCTV footage confirms the girl's allegations. It shows the movements of th ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) Kolkata Police on Saturday arrested a security guard of a law college here in connection with the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of the institute earlier this week, an officer said. The total number of arrests has now reached four in the crime that took place inside the guard's room on the college premises on June 25. The city police also formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) led by an assistant commissioner rank officer, to probe the case, even ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kolkata Police, on Saturday, announced the formation of a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), with an Assistant Commissioner-level officer leading it, to probe the case of the rape of a law student within the college premises at Kasba in Kolkata, officials said. The head of the SIT is Pradip Kumar Ghosal, an Assistant Commissioner posted with the south suburban division of the city police. The city police have already appealed to record the confi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): BJP MP Sambit Patra slammed the West Bengal government on Saturday, over the alleged Kolkata gang-rape case and said Why is there so much 'insensitivity and cruelty towards women' despite the state having a female Chief Minister. Addressing a press conference, Patra claimed that the entire 'vicious cycle of gang-rape is state-sponsored.' 'In a state where there is a woman Chief Minister, there should be sensitivity towards women, but why is there so much insen ...Read More >
Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], June 28 (ANI): The West Bengal unit of the Congress party staged a protest in Durgapur on Saturday over the alleged gangrape of a law student in Kolkata. Carrying party flags, protesters also held a sit-in demonstration. Police intervened to disperse the crowd in order to ease traffic congestion. A protester told ANI, 'Mamata Banerjee is the first lady Chief Minister of West Bengal. A common citizen of Bengal had trusted her with the responsibility of safeguardi ...Read More >
Kolkata: Widening the net of its probe into the student's gangrape at South Calcutta Law College, the Kolkata Police arrested the security guard of the academic institution and also recovered a video clip of the horrific crime from the cellphone of one of the accused. It has also set up a special investigation team for an extensive probe. The security guard, Pinaki Banerjee (55), who belongs to a private agency hired by the college for security, was taken into custody by the cops on Friday nigh ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Saturday formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the alleged gang rape of a student by her seniors in a law college here. The five-member SIT would be led by an assistant commissioner rank officer. "An SIT has been formed to probe into the alleged crime. It will start its investigation immediately," an officer said. A 24-year-old student of the South Calcutta Law College was allegedly raped by three persons, including an alumnus of th ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], June 28 (ANI): CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby on Saturday has strongly criticised recent remarks by RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who called for the removal of the words "secularism" and "socialism" from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Speaking to ANI, Baby said that the CPI(M) Polit Bureau had already issued a statement condemning the RSS's position. Also Read | Kolkata Rape Case: BJP Forms Fact-Finding Team To Probe Gang-Rape Case of Law St ...Read More >
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India] June 28 (ANI): In a major breakthrough in the ongoing anti-Naxal operations, Gadchiroli Police, in collaboration with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), arrested a most-wanted Maoist commander during a joint operation on 27 June 2025, said an official statement. The arrested individual, Ankal alias Mannu Sulge Pallo, was carrying a bounty of Rs 6 lakh announced by the Maharashtra government. Also Read | Kolkata Rape Case: BJP Forms Fact-Finding Team To Pr ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang raped. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang raped by her two seniors and an alumnus of the institution on June 25. "The rally was stopped at ...Read More >
Kolkata: The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang raped. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang raped by her two seniors and an alumnus of the institution on June 25. "The rally was stopped at ...Read More >
Kolkata: Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was detained on Saturday while protesting against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata. The protest was organised by the party at Gariahat Crossing in Kolkata. Waiving the BJP flags, they attempted to climb over the barricades guarded by police personnel. "This is the face of democracy in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee has ruined democracy in the state...The police have arrested me and other ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Saturday formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged gang rape of a student by her seniors inside a law college in the city, an officer said. The five-member SIT would be led by an assistant commissioner rank officer, he said. "An SIT has been formed to probe into the alleged crime. It will start its investigation immediately," the officer said. A 24-year-old student of the South Calcutta Law College was allegedly raped by thr ...Read More >
Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], June 28 (ANI): The West Bengal unit of the Congress party staged a protest in Durgapur on Saturday over the alleged gangrape of a law student in Kolkata. Carrying party flags, protesters also held a sit-in demonstration. Police intervened to disperse the crowd in order to ease traffic congestion. Also Read | Bengaluru Horror: Woman Kills Pet Dog for Tantrik Ritual, Hides Rotting Body in Apartment for Days; Case Registered. A protester told ANI, "Mamata Banerjee ...Read More >
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