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Kolkata college gang rape: Police reconstruct crime scene with arrested men
Kolkata: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene,…
- India
Kolkata college rape: Police custody of 3 accused extended till July 8
Kolkata: The police custody of the three accused in connection with the alleged gangrape of a first-year student at a law college in Kolkata’s Kasba area on Tuesday were extended by eight…
- Kolkata
DNA samples collected from 3 accused in Kolkata law college rape case
Kolkata: The DNA samples of the three accused in the gang rape of a student of a law college in Kolkata were collected on Monday as a part of the investigation of…
- India
Security guard arrested in Kolkata college rape case; 4 held so far
Kolkata: The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer…
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Trial court to take call on RG Kar rape victim’s parents’ plea to visit crime scene
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday left it to the trial court to decide on a plea by the parents of the murdered RG Kar Hospital doctor seeking permission to visit…
- India
Row over tulsi plant leads to communal violence near Kolkata, 40 arrested
Five officers of the West Bengal police were injured and 40 persons arrested in a communal violence that occurred on June 11 in the Rabindranagar region of South 24 Parganas district. The…
- India
NEET aspirant alleges harassment over hijab at Kolkata exam centre
Hyderabad: A Muslim woman was allegedly not allowed to sit for her NEET UG entrance exam after officials demanded she take off her hijab as per National Testing Agency (NTA) policy. The…
- India
Coal India to light up iconic Howrah bridge with Solar Power
Kolkata: Coal India Ltd on Tuesday signed an MoU with the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) to support the “dynamic illumination” of the iconic Howrah Bridge in the metropolis. The project…
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Sara Aziz, student from Kolkata, wins top British Press Award
Kolkata freelance journalist and student Sarah Aziz won the second prize for “Young Journalist of the Year” at the UK’s annual Press Awards on May 22, according to a press release issued…
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Andhra Pradesh leads solar manufacturing push
Amravati: Jupiter Renewables will invest Rs 2,700 crore to set up a solar cell manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh, becoming the third company to establish operations in the state, which is rapidly…
- India
GST fraud: ED raids in Jharkhand, West Bengal
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches in Jharkhand and West Bengal as part of a money laundering investigation linked to generation of “fraudulent” GST invoices, official sources said. At…
- India
RG Kar: Calcutta HC seeks further clarifications from CBI on probe
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought additional clarifications from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on its probe so far in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman…
- Kolkata
Kolkata doctor denies discrimination over religion, calls audio ‘fake’
A complaint has been filed against a Kolkata-based doctor who refused to treat a seven-month-old pregnant woman over religious identity. The pregnant woman filed a police complaint against Dr Champakali Sarkar, who…
- Kolkata
15 dead in Kolkata hotel fire; Police form special team to probe incident
Kolkata: Fifteen people, including a woman and two children, were killed in a devastating fire at a hotel in the Mechuapatti area of central Kolkata, police said on Wednesday, April 30. Thirteen…
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‘Should be killed like those in Pahalgam’: Kolkata doc refuses to treat pregnant woman
An alarming report came out of Kolkata recently, where a seven-month pregnant Muslim woman was reportedly insulted and refused medical attention by her longtime doctor due toher religion. The attitude of the…