Junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have unveiled a statue to honor the memory of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at the hospital on August 9. The sculpture, titled Cry of the Hour, was created by renowned artist Asit Sain and symbolizes the pain and trauma experienced by the victim. It has been placed near the PGB Gardens in front of the building housing the principal’s office, as reported by The Indian Express.

New Delhi: If sexual acts by a man with his own wife is made punishable as "rape", it may severely impact the conjugal relationship and lead to serious disturbances in the institution of marriage, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.

Mumbai: BJP leader Pragya Thakur, a prime accused in the September 2008 bomb blast in Malegaon in Maharashtra alleged to have been carried out by Hindu extremists, on Thursday sought to shift the blame by claiming the explosion could have been set off by the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

Mysuru: The Ministry of Railways has turned down the local MP’s request to shift the Mysore Maharaja Saloon Coach, which is currently placed at the National Rail Museum in New Delhi, to the Mysuru Rail Museum.

In a concerning development, the Karnataka Food Safety and Quality Department has identified carcinogenic ingredients in 12 out of 235 cake samples tested across the state.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed disappointment over the lack of special assistance from the central government following the devastating landslides in Wayanad. He stated that despite requesting an emergency relief fund of Rs 291 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund, only Rs 145.6 crore, which was previously sanctioned, has been provided. "This is a routine procedure and not specific disaster-related aid," Vijayan emphasised.

Fifty-six years after his death in an Indian Air Force plane crash, the body of soldier Narayan Singh will be returned to his ancestral village in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, on Thursday, where it will be received by his extended family.

In a setback to the BJP, its senior leader and former MP Ashok Tanwar joined the Congress at a rally of Rahul Gandhi in Mahendragarh district in Haryana on Thursday, two days before the state goes to polls.