Month: May 2025

[ad_1] KOLKATA: Pet owners must ensure their animals do not harm others, Calcutta high court has said in a recent order, turning down a man's plea to quash a criminal case pertaining to a dog attack on a neighbour."The potential gravity of a dog attack on a human, capable of causing serious injury or even posing a threat to life, cannot be overstated. Therefore, a pet owner is undeniably duty-bound to exercise a certain degree of care and take sufficient steps to prevent their pet from causing harm," Justice Uday Kumar said in his order on May 23.The pet owner from Sonarpur, on Kolkata's outskirts, was charged under Section 289 of IPC, pertaining to "negligent conduct with respect to animals". This followed a complaint from the neighbour alleging he was attacked by 10-12 of the man's pet dogs on the […]

[ad_1] CUTTACK: Orissa high court has granted a 26-year-old rape accused one-month bail to marry a 22-year-old woman he is accused of raping when she was 16, observing that their relationship was consensual, not forced or exploitative."The allegations, though serious in their statutory framing, arise out of a consensual relationship between two individuals who are very close in age and shared a personal bond prior to the filing of the present case," Justice S K Panigrahi said in the bail order uploaded on Monday. The man was jailed under Pocso Act in 2023 on the woman's complaint that he had maintained physical relationship with her since 2019 on the promise of marriage. She complained that she had become pregnant twice in 2020 and 2022, and both times he forced her to terminate the pregnancy.The man had recently moved court for […]

[ad_1] KOLKATA: Three senior resident (SR) doctors who were the prominent faces of the RG Kar movement have allegedly been given 'punishment' postings in Bengal, sparking a row.A large section of the medical community has accused the Mamata Banerjee government of 'witch-hunting' by flouting the counselling process, while TMC said it can't allow the protesters to cash in on the movement.On Tuesday, junior doctors went to seek clarification from officials in Kolkata. Denied the audience, they said they will protest against the 'injustice'. Senior doctors' bodies like Association of Health Service Doctors, Service Doctors Forum and Medical Service Centre have come forward to support them. Health officials refused to comment.According to norms, all PG medical students must serve a bond posting for three years after completing the course. The final year PG results were published on Feb 28 and the […]

[ad_1] A man drives his motorbike through a waterlogged street during a heavy rain in Mumbai, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Updating its monsoon forecast, the IMD on Tuesday stuck to its previous prediction of 'above normal' rainfall in the country during the four-month (June-Sept) rainy season but upgraded the quantitative rainfall figure. It also said the average rainfall in India during June is most likely to be 'above normal', making the month less hot with 'below normal' heat wave days.Quantitatively, the country is likely to get 106% of the long period average (LPA) rainfall. Earlier in April, IMD had predicted this figure to be 105% of LPA. The LPA (1971-2020 period) of seasonal rainfall over the country as a whole is 87 cm.Making a region-wise forecast for spatial distribution of rainfall, the Met department for the […]

[ad_1] Nagpur's Sunita Jamgade at a police station in Attari. NAGPUR/AMRITSAR: A Nagpur-based woman who had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) at Kargil earlier this month and was repatriated later, is being escorted back to the city by a four-member police team, including two women constables. However, her reunion with family may be delayed as authorities plan to investigate her potential involvement in espionage and may even arrest her.Sunita Bholeshwar Jamgade (43) had gone missing from Hunderman village near LoC in Kargil on May 14, leaving her 14-year-old son in a hotel. She was arrested in Pakistan and was handed over to BSF during a flag meeting at the Attari-Wagah border crossing point on May 23.On Tuesday, she was handed over to the Nagpur police team. Prior to that, Amritsar rural police registered a zero FIR against her under […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Centre has drafted a bill which proposes to introduce online registration of property, and mandates registration of documents such as 'agreement to sell', power of attorney, sale certificates and equitable mortgage arrangements, among others. It will replace the 117-year-old Registration Act.The department of land resources under rural development ministry has released the draft for public comment after several states decided to amend the law to allow for online registration. While Registration Act applies across the country, states can amend it in consultation with the Centre.The government is also seeking to allow for electronic registration certificates and digital maintenance of records. Apart from electronic presentation and admission of documents for registration, govt has proposed Aadhaar-based authentication with ‘informed consent’, along with other verification methods for those who do not wish to share their unique ID, as part […]