KOLKATA: Life in minority pockets across Kolkata has changed overnight after the election results. With bikeborne miscreants riding through Muslim neighbourhoods chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, a sense of fear and unease has gripped residents. In the south Tangra neighbourhood, the situation turned volatile on Tuesday night when a mob chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ attacked a…
KOLKATA: Post-election flareups across Bengal triggered clashes, firing and vandalism from Kolkata to its northern fringes, prompting BJP brass to call for restraint and direct its cadre to restore calm on the ground. The most serious confrontation came from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, roughly 75km northeast of Kolkata, where a clash between Trinamool…
NEW DELHI: At least 32,602 cases were lodged for crimes against senior citizens (aged above 60) in 2024, showing a rise of 16.9% in registration over 2023 (27,886 cases), according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data Overall, 27,049 cases of murder were registered during 2024 against 27,721 cases lodged in 2023. Personal…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Wednesday cited caseload to ask if it is prudent for the court to spend enormous time to resolve religious right disputes. The poser came during the course of hearings on the challenge to the Supreme Court’s verdict allowing women of menstruating age…
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: A political battle has erupted in Punjab over back-to-back blasts in Jalandhar and Amritsar, with BJP and SAD criticising state govt over law and order, and CM Bhagwant Mann accusing BJP of trying to create unrest “on the pattern of Bengal” to win 2027 polls. BJP turned to DGP Gaurav Yadav’s suggestion of…
NEW DELHI: Nearly two in five NEET (UG) aspirants this year came from just four states, highlighting the concentration of India’s medical education aspirants, even as the overall exam base continues to expand. Data from National Testing Agency (NTA)’s state-wise report for NEET (UG) 2026 shows that Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Bihar together accounted…
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against a Hyderabad-based doctor who allegedly converted his residence into a clandestine laboratory to prepare ricin from castor seeds as part of an ISIS-linked bioterror conspiracy to poison people in public places.According to the NIA chargesheet filed before a special court in Ahmedabad, apart from…
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: “I hope no such incident will happen,” said Bangladesh home minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday when asked if he feared a rise in cases of suspected illegal immigrants being “pushed back” — forcibly expelled — from India into Bangladesh after BJP’s poll victories in bordering Assam and West Bengal. Illegal migration and ‘pushbacks’…
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against a Hyderabad-based doctor who allegedly converted his residence into a clandestine laboratory to prepare ricin from castor seeds as part of an ISIS-linked bioterror conspiracy to poison people in public places.According to the NIA chargesheet filed before a special court in Ahmedabad, apart from…
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Congress snapped on Wednesday its 11-year alliance with the DMK and threw its weight behind TVK, deepening fissures in INDIA bloc after DMK’s rout in Tamil Nadu. AICC in-charge Girish Chodankar met TVK chief C Joseph Vijay and pledged support of Congress’s five MLAs. “Congress-TVK alliance will continue for local body polls and…