Day: July 28, 2019

Law & order situation should be improved in Bengal: Tripathi

3:28 pm July 28, 2019

Kolkata: Outgoing Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has described his experience in West Bengal as “sweet and sour”, maintaining that education and law-and-order situation in the state should to be improved to ensure its overall progress. Tripathi, who has had several run-ins with the Trinamool Congress government during his five-year stint, said “somehow” industrialists were not […]

North Korea releases Russian fishing boat: Moscow

3:25 pm July 28, 2019

Seoul: North Korea has released a Russian fishing boat with a crew of 15 Russians and two South Koreans after it was detained for violating entry regulations, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said Sunday. The release comes nearly two weeks after North Korean border guards took control of the ship belonging to the Russian North-Eastern […]

MCOCA accused held from Thane after 3 years on the run

2:42 pm July 28, 2019

Thane: A man wanted in two cases under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was arrested by Thane police on July 26, a senior official said. Thane Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Deepak Deoraj said Abbas Amjad Irani alias Sayyed (21) had several cases of chain-snatching and theft against his name and […]

Karnataka assembly speaker disqualifies 14 more rebel MLAs

2:40 pm July 28, 2019

Bengaluru: Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 more rebel MLAs under the anti-defection act till the end of the current term of the assembly in 2023. The speaker’s ruling came a day ahead of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa moving the confidence motion in the assembly to prove his majority, […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

Minor gang-raped in Alwar

2:37 pm July 28, 2019

Alwar (R’than): A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Rajasthan’s Alwar and her nude photographs were circulated online, police said, the incident coming months after the gang rape of a woman in front of her husband in the district triggered outrage. The incident occurred last week when a woman, Raunak, who lived […]