MADURAI: Repeated sexual intimacy does not mean a is consensual between an accused person and the victim, Madras high court has said. “The surrounding circumstances in which the acts occurred, the absence of free and informed choice, and the existence of coercion, deception, or intimidation must all be carefully evaluated before concluding that there was…
KOLKATA: Montu Mondal, a 33-year-old driver from Banikantha Nagar in Barasat, was travelling in the SUV with Suvedu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath and driver Buddhadeb Bera when the killers attacked.Mondal is the only one who escaped unhurt.Over 48 hours after the incident, his brother Jhantu, a lawyer, said Mondal is still in trauma. Watch…
PUNE: More than 100 passengers of SpiceJet’s Pune-Delhi morning flight (SG937) languished at the city airport almost the entire Friday after it was delayed by almost 13 hours.The flight was scheduled to depart Pune at 5.55am and arrive in Delhi at 8.30am. The flight was eventually airborne around 6.45pm and was expected to land in…
Shah Rukh Khan has received legal relief in the long-running dispute over the renovation of his Mumbai home, ‘Mannat’. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition challenging the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance granted for the project, clearing the way for the actor to proceed with plans that include adding two more floors to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended birthday greetings to President Droupadi Murmu, praising her dedication to public service, before joining her in Odisha for a series of engagements, including visits to her native region and the inauguration of development projects worth more than Rs 47,600 crore.In a post on X, the Prime…
SRINAGAR: Gulmarg’s glittering slopes, once blanketed for months, now flicker between white and bare. Seasons shrink. Thaws bite. People ask: Where are the snows of yesteryear? Future of India’s premier ski resort looks increasingly like it’s skating on thin ice — and govt is racing to keep it from sliding off course.Plans are moving fast….
At Lahore’s ‘Eton’, Pakistani alum pays tribute to Indian dost NEW DELHI: Nearly eight decades after Partition, a classroom at Lahore’s Aitchison College has become an unlikely bridge between India and Pakistan. On June 10, ‘Classroom No. 108’ at the 140-year-old institution was dedicated to Harcharan Singh Brar, a pre-Partition student who later became CM…
Rakesh Tikait, Kejriwal meet Sonam Wangchuk at ‘packed’ Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: Climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk’s protest gathered fresh momentum on Thursday as farmer leader Rakesh Tikait reached New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar with around 500 farmers, strengthening the ongoing agitation against the Centre and adding to the demand for Union education minister Dharmendra…
Russia successfully launches Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon to space Nasa on Tuesday launched astronaut Anil Menon, an Indian-American to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mission marks Menon’s first journey into space and he is expected to spend around eight months aboard the…
Moving across the ocean to another country is a dream many harbour in India. From a calmer life to lesser work pressure, there are too many perks that make the idea more enticing than any other offer could. However, what happens when you have had a taste of that freedom and have to move back…