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Villagers killed a jackal on Tuesday after it entered a house and attacked more than half a dozen people. The incident took place at the Bilpur village in the Jalalpur police station area when a jackal entered and attacked six persons, including a woman, officials said. Later, the villagers surrounded the animal and beat it with sticks, leading to its death, they said. The injured have been admitted to the hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable. Divisional Forest officer Anil Srivastav said a jackal had wandered into the village, it might have attacked the villagers out of fear or in self-defense. A forest department team has been sent to the spot to… Read More »Villagers Kill Jackal After It Kills More Than A Dozen People In UP

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – whose government is under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital – launched a fierce defence of her administration and the city’s police force Tuesday, pointing to equally horrific instances of assault on women in other states. She referred to the rape of a 20-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras in 2020 and the rape and barbaric slaughter of a college student in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in 2013, as well as the rape of a child last week at a government-run hospital in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. “In the Kamduni case (the North 24 Parganas rape) we demanded capital punishment… but… Read More »Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape

<p>The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the state anti-rape law ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024’, with full support from the Opposition. The new Bill seeks capital punishment for persons convicted of rape if their actions result in the victim’s death or leave her in a vegetative state.&nbsp;</p> <h3>What Are The Provisions Of Aparajita Bill</h3> <p>The Mamata government summoned a two-day special Assembly session, in the wake of the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month, to pass the Bill. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee speaking in the State Assembly said the Bill aims at “quick investigation,… Read More »Aparajita Bill: Can States Amend BNS, BNSS? Legal Hurdles To Bengal’s Anti-Rape Law

A 25-year-old Mumbai entrepreneur has opened up about a recent health scare that landed him in the hospital. Kritarth Mittal, founder of the Soshals app, attributed his condition to poor lifestyle choices driven by the pressures of “hustle culture”, which he now warns others against. The techie shared his experience on X, revealing his relentless work schedule, marked by sleepless nights, inadequate sleep, and an unhealthy diet, which led to a severe headache and frequent vomiting spells that ultimately required him to be hospitalised. “Hustle culture comes with a cost—some you incur right away and some over decades,” he warned his followers. “Choice is yours, I’m just here to show you the ugly side of… Read More »‘All-Nighters, No Diet Plan’: Mumbai Techie Blames Hustle Culture For Health Scare

Elections in Haryana are just a month away and preparations by political parties are in full swing. Amid the poll countdown, a big question is doing the rounds in political circles — will the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continue their alliance from the Lok Sabha polls? In an interview to NDTV a week back, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said there have been no talks on an alliance between the two parties. “The alliance we had was at the national level. We have not spoken to them. Here the fight is between BJP and Congress,” he said. In the Lok Sabha election earlier this year, the Congress managed to win five… Read More »Rahul Gandhi Urges Party To Consider Alliance In Haryana. What AAP Says