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Thane: The management of a school at Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district has suspended its principal and two staffers in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of two girls, while angry parents of the school children have been staging a blockade since Tuesday morning at...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers investigating the rape and murder of a woman doctor of state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, are now tracking the details of the past antecedents of crime against women of the sole arrested accused...

Kolkata: Lawyers for TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, whose social media post seeking interrogation of Kolkata police commissioner by the CBI in the Kar medical college and hospital alleged rape and murder case, and the state Tuesday told the Calcutta High Court that they have...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday urged the doctors and medical professionals across the country, who are abstaining from work in protest of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, to resume work...

New Delhi: India and Malaysia Tuesday elevated their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim held extensive talks focusing on expanding cooperation in several sectors, including trade, investment and defence. A pact on promoting recruitment...

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) The Centre Tuesday asked the UPSC to cancel the latest lateral entry recruitment, amid a row over reservation in the advertised posts. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh wrote to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Chairman Preeti Sudan...

New Delhi: Observing that the safety and well-being of doctors is a matter of national interest, the Supreme Court Tuesday constituted a 10-member National Task Force (NTF) to formulate a protocol for ensuring their safety and security in the wake of the rape and murder...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court in which it acquitted an accused in a sexual assault case and made ‘objectionable’ observations advising adolescent girls to ‘control sexual urges’. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and...

New Delhi: Terming the rape and murder case of a medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as horrific, the Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the delay in filing FIR in the matter. Taking suo motu...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this month, started hearing the matter Tuesday. A 3-judge bench led by Chief...