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New Delhi: Union Minister Annapurna Devi Friday asserted that existing laws were stringent enough to tackle violence and crimes against women and urged the West Bengal government to implement the same in "letter and spirit". In a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,...

Paris: The incredible Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic gold medal with her victory in the women's 10m air rifle (SH1) event Friday as compatriot Mona Agarwal claimed a bronze. Winner of the Tokyo Paralympics gold three years back, Avani,...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday asserted that she did not threaten junior doctors at state-run hospitals, who have been continuing ceasework for 21 days now to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic. Banerjee said that some people...

Srinagar: Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate anti-infiltration operations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, the army said Thursday. Operations in the Machhal and Tangdhar areas were launched Wednesday following intelligence inputs, it said....

Kolkata: Amid ongoing unrest over the rape-murder of a woman doctor at state-run R G Kar Hospital here on August 9, both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition BJP have announced street protests with the shared demand for justice for the victim. At the...

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...

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...

Kolkata: Daily life was partially affected in West Bengal on Wednesday due to a 12-hour shutdown called by the BJP, protesting the police action against demonstrators during a march to the state secretariat. Rail and road blockades at several places in the state since the...

Kolkata: Clashes broke out between police and protesters at different parts of Kolkata and its neighbouring Howrah on Tuesday, as the agitators tried to make their way through barricades to march towards the West Bengal secretariat ‘Nabanna'. The protesters were attempting to reach ‘Nabanna' to...

Kolkata: Clashes broke out between police and protesters at different parts of Kolkata and its neighbouring Howrah Tuesday, as the agitators tried to make their way through barricades to march towards the West Bengal secretariat. The protesters were attempting to reach ‘Nabanna' to demand the...