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New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Wednesday suspended the membership of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, amid a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at the Kolkata-based institute earlier this month. The...

Kolkata: Asserting that her government has zero tolerance to incidents of rape, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said an amendment to existing laws will be passed in the state assembly next week to ensure capital punishment to convicted rapists. Banerjee said that she...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday said a penalty of Rs 908 crore has been slapped in a case related to the violation of foreign exchange rules against DMK MP S Jagathratchakan and his family members. The federal agency issued a statement which said that...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday approved three projects of Ministry of Railways with a total estimated cost of Rs 6,456 crore and to be completed by up to 2028-29. The projects will also generate...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday dismissed a plea against the 12-hour 'Bangla Bandh' called by the BJP since the petitioner was debarred perpetually from filing PILs in a previous order. Petitioner Sanjoy Das, who claimed to be a lawyer practising at the high court,...

New Delhi: Two Jharkhand Police sub-inspectors (SI) who were staying in a five-star hotel here for the past few days were questioned by Delhi Police, with sources saying Wednesday they were suspected to have been spying on the state's former chief minister Champai Soren. According...

New Delhi: Declaring that ‘enough is enough’, President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday said it is time for India to wake up to the ‘perversion’ of crimes against women and counter the mindset that sees women as “less powerful, less capable, less intelligent”. “Those who share such...

New Delhi: The Union cabinet Wednesday approved 12 new industrial cities in 10 states to boost domestic manufacturing with an estimated investment of Rs 28,602 crore. Spanning across 10 states and strategically planned along six major corridors, these projects represent a significant leap forward in...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Centre to treat as representation a PIL against exclusion of penal provisions for the offences of unnatural sex and sodomy from the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the Indian Penal Code. A bench of Acting...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital is now tracking the mobile phone calls made by former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh immediately after the body was detected in...