Kolkata,   People of Kolkata were shocked on Friday after reports on social media that a rape victim was allegedly offered a bribe of Rs 1,000 for not filing a police complaint. The incident was even more shocking as the bribe was offered by certain officers of a women police station under Kolkata Police.
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Thiruvananthapuram,  While the leaders of the ruling CPI-M in Kerala, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, didn't seem to find anything wrong in the statement made by senior party legislator M.M. Mani on the floor of the Assembly against a woman legislator, the Congress-led opposition staged a protest during

New Delhi, In continuation of its efforts at bringing "ease of doing business", the Centre on Friday brought changes to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification that provides for exemption of environmental clearance to several projects, including defence related/border areas projects, those up to 25 MW ther

New Delhi, The India-EU Human Rights Dialogue was held here on Friday and had both sides reiterate their commitment to protecting and promoting all human rights and emphasising their universality, indivisibility, interdependence, and interrelatedness, an official statement said.

India and the EU exchanged vie

Jammu,  Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of late former J&K Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, on Friday identified Yasin Malik as her abductor in 1989.

Rubaiya Sayeed, listed as the witness for the prosecution, appeared before the CBI court here and identified Yasin Malik and three other accused as her

New Delhi,  In a latest development in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) involving Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Friday that it has seized cash amounting to Rs 11.88 crore lying in 37 bank accounts belonging to Pankaj Mishra, Dahoo Yadav and their

Hyderabad,  Bonalu, which symbolises the unique culture of Telangana, began Friday amid fanfare at Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad.

Telangana Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Labour Minister Chamakura Malla Reddy joined the colourful celebrations by dancing along with 'P

New Delhi, Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the Indian economy currently is the fastest-growing among major economies of the world.

Referring to the sliding rupee, Rahul Gandhi had tweeted: "Rupee @40 : 'Refreshing'; 50 : 'India in c

Patna, Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manavjeet Singh Dhillon who found himself in hot soup on Thursday for comparing the PFI with the RSS, on Friday said his statement was wrongly interpreted.

"There is no question of comparing an organisation with another. The meaning of my statement was w

Chandigarh,  The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday requested Governor Banwarilal Purohit to direct Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to withdraw his statement on surrendering the state's rights over Chandigarh, besides apprising the Union Home Minister that Punjabis will not tolerate transfer of even one inch o