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New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives to attend the first day of the Parliament session, in New Delhi, Monday, July 22, 2024. (Photo: PTI)
The judicial custody of Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa, his associate Pavithra Gowda, and 15 additional suspects in the Renukaswamy homicide investigation was extended by a Bengaluru court on Wednesday. Their custody will now continue until August 28.
A Dalit teenage girl's mutilated corpse was discovered near a pond in a Muzaffarpur district village in Bihar on Tuesday morning. Her parents are day laborers. Police have filed charges against six individuals for gang rape and murder. The case has sparked political controversy, with opposition parties calling for swift arrests of the accused.
On Thursday morning, unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a woman doctor was found dead last week, police said. The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by women in various parts of the state against the alleged rape and murder of the doctor in the seminar hall of the hospital. "The goons entered the campus and beat up agitating doctors. This was an attempt to break our morale so that we back out from the protest. But such incidents have only strengthened our resolve to fight till the end," said one of the protesting doctors. According to the police, nearly 40 people, masquerading as protestors, entered the hospital premises, vandalized property, and pelted the police personnel present with stones, prompting the force to burst tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. After visiting the area following the incident, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal said, "We are looking into the matter." He also claimed that a "malicious media campaign" aggravated the situation.
A Dalit teenage girl's mutilated corpse was discovered near a pond in a Muzaffarpur district village in Bihar on Tuesday morning. Her parents are day laborers. Police have filed charges against six individuals for gang rape and murder. The case has sparked political controversy, with opposition parties calling for swift arrests of the accused.
On Thursday morning, unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a woman doctor was found dead last week, police said. The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by women in various parts of the state against the alleged rape and murder of the doctor in the seminar hall of the hospital. "The goons entered the campus and beat up agitating doctors. This was an attempt to break our morale so that we back out from the protest. But such incidents have only strengthened our resolve to fight till the end," said one of the protesting doctors. According to the police, nearly 40 people, masquerading as protestors, entered the hospital premises, vandalized property, and pelted the police personnel present with stones, prompting the force to burst tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. After visiting the area following the incident, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal said, "We are looking into the matter." He also claimed that a "malicious media campaign" aggravated the situation.
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Want to work closely, Hasina’s statements don’t help, says Bangladesh's Foreign Advisor
Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain stated on Wednesday that the interim government of Bangladesh wants to work closely with India to promote bilateral relations, but added that Sheikh Hasina’s public statements from India are “not conducive” towards that.
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Chhattisgarh govt working on war footing to set up new security camps in Naxalite-hit areas: CM Deo Sai
In his Independence Day address to the state at the Police Parade grounds in state capital Raipur, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai stated that the Chhattisgarh government was working on a war footing to set up new security camps in the Naxalite-hit areas of the state with an aim to end the menace and ensure basic facilities to people living there.
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We need to live and move forward for the survival of the state: CM Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that while everyone in the country was sad regarding the Wayanad landslides that claimed over 200 lives, it was time to live and move forward for the survival of the state. Vijayan, speaking after hoisting the national flag at the Central Stadium here on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day of the country, also said that even as India excelled in various sectors since its independence in 1947, the scientific awareness in the country was being damaged and superstitions, harmful customs, and outdated rituals were making a comeback.
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West Bengal Governor meets protesting doctors at RG Kar medical college hospital
West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose arrived at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to meet with protesting doctors. A day after unidentified miscreants damaged portions of the hospital during the night, nurses at the state-run facility have initiated a protest. They are calling for adequate security measures on the hospital grounds.
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'Sad national flag couldn't be hoisted at Delhi CM's residence,' says Sunita Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita on Thursday said she was sad because the national flag could not be hoisted at the CM residence because of his imprisonment. In a post on X, Sunita Kejriwal said that the "dictatorship" can put an elected chief minister in the jail but it cannot stop "patriotism" in his heart.
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BJP's Partition Day an attempt to spread hatred: Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday attacked the BJP-led Centre, saying the rulers of today are encouraging divisive thinking and marking the 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' with the intention of spreading hatred. In his address at the AICC headquarters here on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day, Kharge slammed the RSS, saying that the Sangh Parivar promoted Britishers' divide-and-rule policy for its own benefit.
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Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Autopsy reveals multiple penetrations
The autopsy report of the doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital indicated multiple penetrations, according to media reports.
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'CM's pharmacy stores' on anvil to make generic medicines available: Stalin
In his Independence Day address, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin stated that over 75,000 openings in the government sector will be filled by January 2026. The Chief Minister's pharmacy scheme will be launched next year, on the day of Pongal, the harvest festival, (January 14, 2025) and as many as 1,000 pharmacy outlets will be opened in the first phase.
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Kolkata rape-murder case: Mob vandalises RG Kar hospital, pelt stones at cops
Unidentified miscreants entered the premises of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata shortly after midnight on Thursday and vandalised portions of the medical facility, where the body of a woman trainee doctor was found last week, cops stated.
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Assam's future at risk as Hindu-Muslim population balance eroding, claims CM Himanta
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the future of the state is "not secure" as the population balance between Hindus and Muslims is declining fast.
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Court extends judicial custody of actor Darshan, 16 others in murder case until Aug 28
The judicial custody of Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa, his associate Pavithra Gowda, and 15 additional suspects in the Renukaswamy homicide investigation was extended by a Bengaluru court on Wednesday. Their custody will now continue until August 28.
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First Published: Aug 15 2024 | 12:07 PM IST
