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Top Court Gives "Last Chance" To Centre To Decide On Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
- Jan 20, 2025 21:06 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take a decision by March 18 on the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.
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Mamata Banerjee Seeks Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict, To Go To High Court
- Jan 20, 2025 20:56 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Expressing her disappointment that the RG Kar rape-murder convict did not get the death penalty, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her government will move the High Court.
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Late By 5 Minutes, 13-Year-Old Made To Do 50 Squats In Maharashtra School
- Jan 20, 2025 20:55 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 13-year-old girl of a reputed school in Palghar has been hospitalised after the principal allegedly punished her for being late to class by five minutes, her kin claimed on Monday.
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Curfew In Meghalaya Village As Mob Clashes With Cops
- Jan 20, 2025 19:52 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Curfew was clamped in Mawkynrew village in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district on Monday after a mob clashed with police personnel while allegedly attempting to vandalise the property of under-construction Ramakrishna Mission School, officials said
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Video: 2 Madhya Pradesh Cops Party With Criminal, Suspended
- Jan 20, 2025 19:44 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
Two Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASI) of the Madhya Pradesh Police have been suspended for taking part in a birthday celebration with a person holding a criminal record.
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Pink Bus With Mammography Facility To Detect Breast Cancer At Maha Kumbh
- Jan 20, 2025 18:08 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Math of Kerala at the Maha Kumbh is running a pink bus facilitating breast cancer detection in women, under the guidance of spiritual leader Maa Amritnanadamayi.
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"Easy To Win Elections Sitting In Jail": Ex AAP Leader's Poll Plea Deferred
- Jan 20, 2025 17:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
All such persons should be barred from contesting elections, the Supreme Court on Monday remarked as it deferred to January 21 the hearing on a plea filed by former councillor and Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain.
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From Saddam To Shivshankar: Muslim Man Converts To Hinduism To Marry Lover In UP
- Jan 20, 2025 17:15 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 34-year-old Muslim man here converted to Hinduism to marry his girlfriend with whom he had an affair for the past 10 years, changing his name from Saddam to Shivshankar, police said on Monday.
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"To Acquire Wisdom, One Must Experience Life," Says Gautam Adani
- Jan 20, 2025 17:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Billionaire Gautam Adani, a college dropout who built a multi-billion dollar infrastructure empire spanning ports to energy, on Monday revealed that he made a commission of Rs 10,000 from his first trade at the age of 19.
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Dip At Sangam, Attending To Pilgrims: Day Inside 'Akhadas' At Maha Kumbh
- Jan 20, 2025 17:01 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Their barely-clad bodies smeared in ash and long hair in deadlocks, seers at the Maha Kumbh begin each day at 4 am with a dip at the holy Sangam and a litany of rituals before proceeding to receive the pilgrims visiting them.
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Soldier Dies In Action During Overnight Encounter With Terrorists In J&K
- Jan 20, 2025 16:41 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
An Indian Army soldier was killed following an overnight encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, officials said on Monday.
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Curious Case Of Chandratara: Elephant With Cross-Border Ownership Claims
- Jan 20, 2025 16:24 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
A domesticated elephant is at the centre of a cross-border ownership claim.
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"Hundreds Of Patients On Footpath": Rahul Gandhi Writes To Centre, Atishi
- Jan 20, 2025 16:21 pm IST
- NDTV Newsdesk
Rahul Gandhi has written to Health Minister JP Nadda and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, flagging the plight of hundreds of patients and their family members huddled on the footpath outside AIIMS and sought concrete steps to resolve the crisis.
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"Indeed Rarest Of Rare": Mamata Banerjee "Shocked" About RG Kar Case Order
- Jan 20, 2025 16:03 pm IST
- Reported by: Saurabh Gupta
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
Kolkata Police would have ensured death penalty for the convict in RG Kar rape and murder case, but the probe was taken away and handed over to the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today
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Techie Atul Subhash's Son To Stay With His Mother, Supreme Court Decides
- Jan 20, 2025 15:52 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon directed the son of Atul Subhash - the Bengaluru techie who died by suicide - and Nikita Singhania - his estranged wife, whom he had accused of harassment leading to his death - be produced before it.
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Court Orders Rs 17 Lakh Assistance To RG Kar Victim's Parents, They Say 'No'
- Jan 20, 2025 15:31 pm IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
The parents of the 34-year-old doctor raped and killed at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata last year said they do not want any financial assistance.
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Video: Man's Dream Proposal At Coldplay Concert Interrupted By Chris Martin
- Jan 20, 2025 15:03 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
A man's heartfelt proposal to his girlfriend during the concert had all the makings of a fairytale moment.
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RG Kar Case Convict Gets Life Term, Judge Says Case "Not Rarest Of Rare"
- Jan 20, 2025 14:50 pm IST
- Reported by: Saurabh Gupta
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
RG Kar Hospital Rape-Murder Convict Sanjay Roy Gets Life Sentence
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Opinion | Trump's Second Coming: When American Anxiety Met The Fist
- Jan 20, 2025 14:46 pm IST
- Nishtha Gautam
A casual chat with a healthcare aide working for one of the largest health service conglomerates in Pennsylvania reveals several of the anxieties that explain Trumps stellar comeback as the POTUS.