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CBI searches RG Kar ex-principal's premises over financial irregularities

CBI searches RG Kar ex-principal's premises over financial irregularities

Rediff.com25 Aug 2024

The anti-corruption unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation also searched the residences and offices of those engaged in supplying materials for the management and care of patients.

VIPs get sexual favours inside Tihar, says ex-official

VIPs get sexual favours inside Tihar, says ex-official

Rediff.com24 Nov 2022

'During my tenure, I have even seen influential people asking for sexual favour and availing it. Sodomy is common inside Tihar and the powerful people get such favours from inmates either mutually or with the help of jail officials'

'Yeshu Yeshu prophet' Bajinder Singh gets life term in 2018 rape case

'Yeshu Yeshu prophet' Bajinder Singh gets life term in 2018 rape case

Rediff.com1 Apr 2025

A court in Punjab's Mohali has sentenced self-styled pastor Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment in a 2018 rape case. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Vikrant Kumar pronounced the verdict on Tuesday. Bajinder was found guilty under sections 376 (rape), 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. The case was registered on a complaint filed by a woman at the Zirakpur police station in Mohali in 2018.

'There Has to Be Exemplary Punishments'

'There Has to Be Exemplary Punishments'

Rediff.com27 Aug 2024

'These allegations need to be treated with utmost seriousness.'

FIR against TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh after over 70 complaints

FIR against TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh after over 70 complaints

Rediff.com26 Feb 2024

Most of the complainants claimed that Shajahan was actively involved in the forcible acquisition of their land and torturing of local women, the police officer said.

No objection even if...: RG Kar murder convict's mother on punishment

No objection even if...: RG Kar murder convict's mother on punishment

Rediff.com19 Jan 2025

The mother of Sanjoy Roy, convicted for the rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, has said she accepts the verdict and believes her son should be punished, even if it means hanging. The court will announce the sentence on Monday.

Modi knew about Prajwal Revanna's 'crime', yet asked votes for him: Cong

Modi knew about Prajwal Revanna's 'crime', yet asked votes for him: Cong

Rediff.com1 May 2024

"Is being part of Modi's 'political family' a 'guarantee of protection' for criminals?" Rahul Gandhi asked.

Was sexually abused when I was 13: TMC MP Derek O'Brien

Was sexually abused when I was 13: TMC MP Derek O'Brien

Rediff.com25 Jul 2019

The senior TMC member recalled that he did not speak about the incident for several years, and brought it up with his parents much later in the life.

Rahul asks if police visits to home linked to his stand on Adani issue

Rahul asks if police visits to home linked to his stand on Adani issue

Rediff.com19 Mar 2023

The Congress leader gave the 10-point reply hours after a Delhi police team knocked on his doors for the third time in five days.

Woman jumps from moving train to escape from rape bid

Woman jumps from moving train to escape from rape bid

Rediff.com24 Mar 2025

The woman said after two female passengers who were travelling in same coach de-boarded the train at Alwal railway station, one unidentified man, aged around 25, came near her and demanded sexual favor and when she refused he tried to force upon her then she jumped from the moving train.

Kolkata rape: IMA shuts medical services across India for 24 hrs

Kolkata rape: IMA shuts medical services across India for 24 hrs

Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

The Indian Medical Association has announced a 24-hour nationwide withdrawal of non-emergency services from 6 am on August 17 to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the subsequent vandalism at the facility.

We are not shielding anyone: Kolkata CP on doctor's murder probe

We are not shielding anyone: Kolkata CP on doctor's murder probe

Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

The CP said that the Kolkata police handed over all evidence, including videographed post-mortem to the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the case upon orders of the Calcutta high court.

Bengal BJP chief packed off in boat from Sandeshkhali sit-in

Bengal BJP chief packed off in boat from Sandeshkhali sit-in

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

After meeting party leaders in the area, Majumdar went straight to Sandeshkhali police station and later started a sit-in outside it.

TMC's Sandeshkhali sting: BJP leader moves HC

TMC's Sandeshkhali sting: BJP leader moves HC

Rediff.com10 May 2024

Bharatiya Janata Party's Sandeshkhali leader Gangadhar Koyal on Friday moved the Calcutta high court, claiming that technology-aided videos mimicking his voice were being circulated in a bid to defame him, and prayed for security be provided to him by central agencies.

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