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Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, who has shredded the Mamata Banerjee government repeatedly over the young doctor’s rape and murder, spoke to her parents today, assuring them that he would make every effort to get them justice. In response to the parents’ complaint that they did not even receive a copy of the First Information Report, he said he would look into the matter. He also requested for a meeting, saying he would visit them at their convenience on his return from Delhi. There was also a message for Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, posted on X by his office…
Amid the ongoing investigations and protests following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the accused Sanjoy Roy’s mother-in-law suggested that there could be more people involved in the crime and further added that Roy could not have done it alone. Recounting her daughter’s experience with Roy while speaking to ANI on Monday, she described the relationship as tense adding that Roy thrashed her daughter against which a police complaint was filed. “My relations with him were very tense,” she said, adding, “Initially, everything was good for 6 months. When she was 3 months pregnant, he caused a…
A woman claims she was sent home from a job interview for wearing shorts, which the recruiter deemed unprofessional. However, the job-seeker, named Tyreshia, defended her outfit choice. In a TikTok video, Tyreshia insisted she did nothing wrong by wearing black shorts to the interview and provided a full view of her outfit, stating she was “dress-coded.” “The recruiter rejected me because of this!” she wrote in the text overlay, showing the outfit that led to her being sent home. Although she was given the option to change and return, Tyreshia refused on principle. “So, I just got dress-coded during…
A superyacht which belonged to the family of UK businessman Mike Lynch sank off Italian island Sicily yesterday. Six people including Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter, Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo, and their wives, have been missing since the yacht sank. Mike Lynch was hosting his friends and family on the 56-metre luxury yacht called “Bayesian” to celebrate his win in a big US fraud case when the tragedy happened, according to news agency AFP. A total of 22 people were aboard the boat. Mike Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares is among the fifteen people…
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday indicated that his government may consider India’s request to extradite controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik if it provides evidence against him. At an interactive session at the Indian Council of World Affairs, Mr Ibrahim also said that the issue shouldn’t deter the two countries from enhancing bilateral relations. To a specific question, he said the issue was not raised by the Indian side during Tuesday’s talks. Zakir Naik is wanted by the Indian authorities for alleged money laundering and inciting extremism through hate speeches. He left India in 2016. The Islamic preacher was…
The India-Japan partnership is set against a larger context of a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and it will continue to grow, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday as the two sides held a fresh edition of “2+2” dialogue amid China’s increasing military muscle-flexing in the region. The Japanese delegation at the talks in Delhi was headed by Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defence Minister Kihara Minoru. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh headed the Indian team. “In the last decade, our relationship has assumed the form of a special strategic and global partnership. The logic of this…
A Tata Harrier SUV was seen ramming a Toyota Fortuner in a road rage incident in Maharashtra’s Thane today. The video shows a child sitting in the backseat of the Fortuner. The boy screamed as the black Harrier, after hitting the white SUV from behind, took a U-turn and rammed their SUV again from the front. A man who was standing on the road was also hit by the Harrier and dragged for several metres. The police in response to a post on X, which alerted them about the incident, said they are looking into the matter. The incident happened…
The accused in the rape and murder case of a 31-year-old junior doctor in Kolkata had gone to two brothels in the city the night he committed the crime, the Kolkata Police have said. Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, went to the red light area Sonagachi on August 8 night, police sources said. There, he drank alcohol and visited two brothels one after another, sources said. He then went to the hospital after midnight. He was arrested based on CCTV footage in which he was seen entering and leaving the seminar hall, where…
He played a key role in major terrorism-related cases in the country. He helped in convicting Ravinder Singh for the Kalyan bomb blast in 1991. He went on to become the public prosecutor for the Mumbai serial blasts case in 1993. Ujjwal Nikam’s legal career also saw him take up several high-profile assignments such as the murder case of Bollywood producer and T series founder Gulshan Kumar in 1997. He was also the prosecutor in the murder case of Pramod Mahajan, who was shot dead by his brother Pravin in April 2006 following a dispute. He was the public prosecutor…
The Taliban’s morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials said on Tuesday. The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said in its annual operations update that around half of those detained had been let go after 24 hours. It did not break down the type of the alleged offences or gender of the detainees. Mohibullah Mokhlis, Director of Planning and Legislation at the ministry, told a press conference…