2 Guards Arrested For Assaulting Doctors, Staff At Kolkata Hospital: Cops

Two security guards were on Saturday arrested for allegedly assaulting doctors and other staff at a hospital in Cossipore area of the metropolis, police said. The guards were likely in an inebriated condition, officials said. "The matter is being probed. We have arrested them after receiving a complaint from the hospital authorities," an officer of Cossipore Police Station said. A senior official of the hospital claimed that the guards had also threatened him with dire consequences. "The two guards were intoxicated and assaulted the doctors and...

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IndiGo Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due To Engine Failure

A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight had to make an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport minutes after take-off on Friday night due to an engine failure, a senior official said. Flight 6E573 from Kolkata to Bangalore, which became airborne at 10.36 pm on Friday, made an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport at 10.53 pm after failure of its left engine, he said. However, no fire or spark was reported, the Airports Authority of India spokesperson said on Saturday. The full emergency declared at 10.39 pm...

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LIC Ordered To Pay Rs 50 Lakh For Covid Policy Premium Payer's Family

A district-level consumer disputes commission in Kerala has ordered Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India's largest insurer, to pay Rs 50 lakh in compensation to the family of a policy premium payer who succumbed to COVID-19, citing the insurer's technical lapse. The commission fined LIC Rs 50 lakh for violating its own guidelines, which require policy issuance within 15 days of receiving premium payment. In this case, LIC received over Rs 20 lakh as premium, but refunded it only after nine months. The Kottayam District Consumer Disputes Redressal...

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Scolded For Harassing Girl, Class 12 Student Hacks Man To Death: Cops

A man was hacked to death by a jilted minor in Raghunath Nagar under the Khandagiri police station area in the state capital, said police on Thursday, adding that the accused had felt insulted after being scolded for harassing a girl. Two minors, including the prime accused, have been detained. The accused is a Class 12 student of a local college in Bhubaneswar. The victim was identified as Jagat Mallik alias Jaga of Suka Vihar in the Raghunath Nagar area of the city. The 30-year-old victim, an auto driver, was returning home after attending a...

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64-Year-Old Man Charged Over Sexually Harassing Daughter In Maharashtra

Police have registered a case against a 64-year-old man for allegedly sexually harassing his daughter in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Thursday. The 18-year-old woman alleged in her complaint that on July 5 this year, when there was nobody else in the house, her father forced her to have sexual relationship with him, the official of Vartak Nagar police station told PTI. When she refused to comply, the accused also touched her inappropriately and beat her up, he said. This happened a few more times after that, the complaint said. The...

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Mumbai Property Dealer Gives Contract To Kill Friend. Then, A Plot Twist

Contract Killing and then a miscalculation leading to a second death - these were what tied an abandoned car found near Mumbai and two missing property dealers, the Maharashtra Police have found. The men in question - property dealers Aamir Khanzada and Sumit Jain - have been missing since August 21. But the police had no clue till the Baleno car was found near Mumbai Pune Expressway two days later. Deepak Sakore, a senior police officer of Navi Mumbai, said the they found bullet marks, two empty cartridges and blood inside the car. The breakthrough...

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We Are Now Focusing On Making UPI, RuPay Truly Global: RBI Chief

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the central bank is focused on making the UPI and RuPay 'truly global' and asked financial institutions and fintech startups to adapt robust frameworks to capitalise on the new opportunities while mitigating connected risks. Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2024, the governor said digital financial inclusion, digital public infrastructure (DPI), consumer protection and cyber security, sustainable finance, and global integration and cooperation are the five priority areas for the Reserve...

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पीएम मोदी से मिला NBDA डेलीगेशन, न्यूज इंडस्ट्री में आ रही चुनौतियों पर हुई चर्चा

न्यूज ब्रॉडकास्टर्स डिजिटल एसोसिएशन (NBDA) के डेलीगेशन ने मंगलवार को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी से मुलाकात की. डेलीगेशन की अगुवाई रजत शर्मा ने की. NBDA डेलीगेशन में मीटिंग के दौरान पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी को न्यूज ब्रॉडकास्ट इंडस्ट्री की स्थिति, समस्याओं और चुनौतियों के बारे में वाकिफ कराया.  NBDA डेलीगेशन ने पीएम को यह भी जानकारी दी कि डिजिटल क्रांति कैसे न्यूज जेनर पर असर डाल रही है. इस मीटिंग में केंद्रीय सूचना और प्रसारण मंत्री अश्विनी वैष्णव भी शामिल थे. एसोसिएशन की महासचिव एनी जोसेफ की ओर से जारी एक प्रेस रिलीज के मुताबिक, डेलीगेशन में  New24...

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2 Boys Rape Girl, 18, After Morphing Her Photos Using AI App

Two teenage boys were detained for allegedly morphing photos of an 18-year-old girl through an AI-powered app and raping her by threatening to release the images in Shahdol city, police said on Tuesday. Kotwali police station in-charge Raghvendra Tiwari said the accused included a minor son of the house owner where the victim was staying as a tenant. The minor boy allegedly clicked photos of the girl and converted them into obscene images using an artificial intelligence-powered app, he said. The accused started blacking the girl and also roped...

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PM Modi-Biden Phone Call Over Ukraine, Safety Of Hindus In Bangladesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today received a phone call from US President Joe Biden and discussed his recent Ukraine visit and the situation in Bangladesh among other things. While discussing Ukraine, PM Modi reiterated India's consistent position in favour of dialogue and diplomacy and expressed full support for the early return of peace and stability. PM Modi, during the first visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister, called for a diplomatic solution to more than two years of war with Russia. "We were not neutral from day one, we have taken...

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Why M Kharge's Family Allocated Land In Hitech Defence Aerospace Park: BJP

Karnataka BJP has questioned the land allotment to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's family in the Hitech Defence Aerospace Park near Bengaluru. "When did the Kharge family become aerospace entrepreneurs to be eligible for Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) land? How did the Large and Medium Industries Minister M.B. Patil consent to this allocation in March 2024? Is this about misuse of power, nepotism, and conflict of interest?" BJP Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh Siroya said. He said that it has come to light that Siddhartha...

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