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Union minister Kiren Rijiju and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photos) NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju, highlighting West Bengal chief ministerMamata Banerjee‘s “victim-blaming” remark on the Durgapur gangrape case, singled out the “illiberal gang” for being conspicuously silent on the matter.While taking the authorities of a private medical college in Durgapur to task for…

GURGAON: A 21-year-old labourer died after being crushed under a pile of iron rods that fell from a trailer at a construction site near Ambience Mall on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred around 4 pm in the DLF 3 area, where a private company is constructing a multi-storey building. Rohit, who was from Parwani…

US President Donald Trump on Sunday once again reiterated his claim that he has played a key role in resolving several long-standing conflicts worldwide, including the dispute between India and Pakistan, as he flew to the Middle East.Trump also referred to the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, alluding that he would resolve the issue…

NEW DELHI: A mix of anticipation and anxiety has gripped Delhi with the Supreme Court hinting that it may allow the sale of green crackers in the city just a week before Diwali. The apex court is likely to deliver its verdict on Monday. While many residents welcomed the prospect of fireworks returning to the…

The Indian wolf, commonly known as gray wolf, is found across India and Pakistan DEHRADUN: In a significant development in animal classification, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has for the first time evaluated the Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) separately, suggesting that it may be classified as a distinct species within the Canis…

Kerala records 3,000 critical snakebite incidents annually Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, second only to West Bengal in venomous snake diversity nationwide, has declared snakebite envenomation a disease of public health importance, requiring mandatory hospital reporting of cases, strengthening anti-venom supply chains and standardising treatment protocols.Kerala HC directed the state govt recently to make snakebite a notifiable disease…

CHANDIGARH: Police on Sunday pressed a more stringent section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case related to the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following strong objections from his wife Amneet Kumar.Amneet had accused police of “diluting” the case by invoking Section 3(1)(r) of the…

Former Union home minister P Chidambaram JALANDHAR: Former Union home minister P Chidambaram has stirred unease within Congress by calling Operation Blue Star a “mistake” and saying ex-PM Indira Gandhi “paid with her life for it”. His remarks mark the first time a senior party functionary outside Punjab has openly condemned the 1984 military operation…

KOLKATA: A 48-year-old YouTuber from Bengal with almost 4.3 million followers and his teenage son were arrested in North 24 Parganas district’s Haroa on Sunday for allegedly raping a 15-year- old girl after luring her with the promise of featuring her in comedy and dance reels. The survivor’s father is a cop attached to Kolkata…

NEW DELHI: For the second time in two days, Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi laid claim to the Afghanistan embassy despite absence of formal recognition of his regime by India. He addressed another press conference in the building, speaking on women’s rights in the country, among other things. Unlike in the media interaction on…