[ad_1] LONDON: UK shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel has called on the British government to intervene in the “increase in violence” in Bangladesh that has involved murders of Hindus and use its influence to bring about stability in the country. The British Indian Opposition Conservative MP posted her letter to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on…
[ad_1] DHAKA: A total of 32 prominent citizens and rights activists on Saturday condemned the planned killings, especially the killing of minorities, serial violence and the burning of houses in the country, stressing that the Prof Yunus-led interim govt is failing to prosecute the perpetrators of violence against the minorities. They demanded that those responsible…
[ad_1] MOYNA: NIA arrested TMC worker Swapan Bhowmik in connection with the 2023 murder of a BJP booth president in the run-up to panchayat elections. Bhowmik, absconding for over a year and a half, was arrested from his daughter’s residence in Sabang in East Midnapore on Friday. The family of Bijoy Krishna Bhunia had approached…
[ad_1] RAIPUR: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five men, including a driver attached to the state police’s Dial-112 emergency response system, in Korba district of central Chhattisgarh. The driver and another accused have been arrested, police said Saturday, adding teams were searching for the remaining suspects. The alleged assault occurred late Jan 8…
[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: Gujarat HC ruled that terms and conditions agreed during the divorce are fully enforceable and executable by a family court, which earlier refused to direct a divorced woman to relinquish her rights in a joint property with her ex-husband. The couple involved in this case married in 2008 in Ahmedabad. They had a…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Observing that preventive detention can’t be used just to prolong the custody of stubborn offenders, the SC has said it cannot be invoked because there is apprehension that an accused may not mend ways and commit another crime after getting bail. SC said if an accused commits fresh offence while on bail,…
[ad_1] HOSHIAPUR: Four people from Himachal Pradesh were killed in a collision between a car and a Punjab Roadways bus in dense fog near Hoshiarpur Saturday morning when they were on their way to Amritsar airport. Police said Sukhwinder Singh of Chalet village in Himachal’s Daulatpur town had set off for Amritsar with three friends…
[ad_1] JAMMU: A drone from Pakistan dropped a consignment of arms and ammunition in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday, police said on Saturday.“Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of BSF and special operations group of police launched a search operation in Paloora village of Rajpura area on Friday…
[ad_1] The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday staged protests across Punjab, accusing the BJP, Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal of hurting religious sentiments by circulating a “doctored” video of senior party leader and former Delhi chief minister Atishi.The AAP alleged that the “edited” video, which amounted to “beadbi” (sacrilege) of the Guru Sahib, was…
[ad_1] Uttarakhand Tourism launches pan-India roadshow to promote year-round travel Uttarakhand Tourism on Saturday launched its first nationwide integrated roadshow campaign, beginning from New Delhi, with the aim of promoting the state as a year-round tourism destination. The multi-city outreach programme is being held under the guidance of Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and…