Minor discrepancies in eyewitness accounts should not make the evidence unreliable as it cannot be expected of him to narrate a blow-by-blow account of a crime like in a screenplay, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while reiterating that greater importance be given to evidence of eyewitness over the opinion of the medical expert...
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that depositing rent with the rent controller does not grant tenancy rights. The court made this observation while hearing a case where a woman had transferred her tenancy to her adopted daughter. The daughter claimed that the tenancy had passed to her after her mother’s death, but the...
Jadavpur University in Kolkata has implemented strict rules and regulations at its hostels following the death of a first-year student who fell from a balcony. The notice issued by the dean of students office includes instructions for boarders to not remain outside after 10 pm and to obtain permission for absence from the hostel....
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An 18-year-old girl in Kolkata allegedly died by suicide due to loneliness. Ipsita Ghosh, who was preparing for the MBBS entrance exam, blamed her loneliness in a suicide note. She was found hanging in her rented accommodation and was declared dead at the hospital. Police are investigating the incident and will speak to her...
On the workfront, Kareena Kapoor is currently gearing up for the release of her debut OTT film ‘Jaane Jaan’. On the eve of the release of the thriller film, Kareena took to her Instagram account and penned down a heartfelt note. In the collage video, Bebo dropped some BTS moments of the film…
A Pocso court on Wednesday awarded 20 years’ jail term to the then coach of Himachal Pradesh’s Under-16 football team for raping a player in August 2019, when the squad was in Ajmer to play a tournament. The survivor, who was studying at a boarding school in Himachal, reported the matter after a webinar...