In the last decade or so, the financial capital has witnessed multiple hostage-taking scenarios.
The students alleged that they were forced to stand naked and were subjected to brutal acts using dumbbells meant for weightlifting.
Amid widespread outrage over the brutal ragging incident at the Government Nursing College in Kottayam, the Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council (KNMC) on Saturday decided to bar all five accused students from continuing their studies.
"We demand a judicial inquiry into my brother Rahul's killing by a sitting judge of the high court or Supreme court, after the post mortem report pointed out that he was shot from close range" Priyanka Raj said in Patna on Thursday.
Rahul Raj, the youth who was killed by the Mumbai police in a shootout aboard a BEST bus, was not shot from close range but from at least four metres away, the forensic report has said."The report was submitted to the city police on Friday. Its findings state that the bullets were fired at Raj from beyond four metres," sources quoting the report said.The bullets were not fired at from point blank range and could be classified as a long distance firing, the sources said.
A vacation bench of justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy refused to entertain the petition of Pratyusha's mother Soma Bannerjee saying there was no strong and compelling ground to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Singh.
According to the minister, his son Vikas Kishore lives at his Lucknow residence but he was in Delhi when Vinay Srivastava, described as his friend, was murdered at the house.
The minister's son, Vikas Kishore, who lives in the house, was in Delhi at the time, when his friend Vinay Srivastava was shot in the head by his other friends.
Star wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat's request to train in Kyrgyzstan and Poland respectively was approved by TOPS.
Television actor Tunisha Sharma was founding hanging on the sets of a serial in Mumbai on December 24, one more instance of a showbiz aspirant allegedly taking the extreme step.
But Rahul Raj Singh insists the couple was 'happy'.
PRatyusha Banerjee committed on April 1, 2016.
Rahul Raj Singh says he will talk when the truth is out.
The Balika Vadhu fame actress was to meet designer Rohit Varma over her wedding outfit on the day she committed suicide.
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He has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections related to abetment of suicide, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation, among others, a police official said.
In their letter to the CM, they have alleged that Pratyusha's boyfriend and actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh was "solely responsible for her death".
Pratyusha's parents slam their daughter's boyfriend after a prayer meet in their daughter's memory.
Andrea Jeremiah will play the leading lady in the film.
A sequel to 1995 hit Malaylam film Mannar Mathai Speaking is in the making.
Everyone has his/her own views on TV actor Prayusha's suicide but none as ridiculous as Rakhi Sawant.
Ankita Bhargava, Rishina Kandhari and many others celebrate the Ganpati festival with much fanfare.
The film is a sequel to 1995 film Mannar Mathai Speaking.
The Bombay HC on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest till April 18 to actor-producer Rahul Raj Singh, who has been booked for abetting the suicide of Pratyusha Banerjee.
The boyfriend of television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who allegedly committed suicide at her flat in suburban Goregaon last week, will be questioned again
Rahul Raj, was killed in a shootout with the police at suburban Kurla after he fired indiscriminately and threatened passengers in the bus. Rahul reportedly claimed that he had come to the city to kill Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray.
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The bodies of 5 more persons were fished out of the Ganga river while a search was on to trace the 7 others who had gone missing after a boat capsized in the river near Shooltankeshwar area.
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The two-page letter, written in Hindi, has requested the minister to hand over the probe into Banerjee's death to the "most premier investigating agency" as the probe carried out by police so far looks "suspicious".
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"Near one of the bullet wounds found in the head, we found marks of gunpowder which indicate he(Rahul Raj) may have been shot from a close distance but it cannot be said how close," Dr B G Chikalkar, associate professor of forensic medicine at the J J Hospital, said in a finding that could potentially stoke further tension after Bihar leaders and the youth's parents cried foul after the police action.
'Bollywood and the entertainment industry are becoming destructive zones for young girls,' Ajaz Khan, who featured with Pratyusha Banerjee on Bigg Boss 7, tells Subhash K Jha.
Actress Pratyusha Banerjee, known for her portrayal of Anandi in the television show Balika Vadhu, committed suicide on Friday.
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On Sunday, cops began examining if Banerjee was pregnant and the actress's uterus has been sent for a forensic examination.
However, Rahul has been asked to appear before the Bangur Nagar police thrice a week for two weeks.
After the complainant said it could be a pre-planned murder.
Varanasi, the high-profile election battleground that goes to polls on Monday has virtually turned into a fortress.
Driving a Tata Nano covered with banners about his son's killing by the Mumbai Police, Kundan Prasad Singh is fighting his first election to get justice for a dead son.
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