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City of Joy, City of Safety: NCRB Names Kolkata India’s Safest Again

Kolkata has once again topped the NCRB report as India’s safest city, recording the lowest crime rate among metros. The city also saw a decline in crimes against women. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee praised the achievement, highlighting Kolkata’s efficient policing and Bengal’s improved law and order situation.

As Kolkata Mourned RG Kar Doctor, Bhopal’s 5-Year-Old Victim Left Forgotten: The Unequal Justice in India’s Outrage

A 5-year-old girl’s brutal rape and murder in Bhopal triggers local protests, yet fails to spark national outrage akin to Kolkata’s RG Kar case. Despite a sharp rise in crimes against women and children in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, the state's response remains muted

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Women Activists and Doctors Reject BJP’s ‘Justice’ in RG Kar Rape and Murder Outcry

Kolkata: Advocate Noor Mahvish, Editor Mahasweta Samajdar, and Professor Nousheen Baba Khan have one thing in common: along...

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Justice For Bilkis Bano: Protests spread out from Indian metros to towns

Kolkata: After the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case on the...

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The Split Verdict on Marital Rape

The Delhi High Court's divisional Bench on May 11, 2022 delivered a split verdict in the marital rape...

Four get 20 years imprisonment in Nepalese woman gang-rape case

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ScribeShah - February 21, 2019

Kolkata: Almost three years back, a 24-year-old Nepalese girl, who has moved in to Kolkata in search of a better livelihood was abducted from...

Bihar Police claims brutal murder of girl is honour killing, arrests father

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Roshan Kumar - January 13, 2019

Patna: The horrific incident of a minor girl being allegedly gang-raped and brutally murdered in Buniyadganj in Gaya district in Bihar, is getting murkier....

BJP’s MP and MLA face sexual harassment allegations, but case not yet registered

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ScribeShah - November 27, 2018

Dhanbad/Ranchi: There seems to be many M J Akbars in Jharkhand's Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for within a time span of a week, two...

BJP MLA makes his rape accused nephew surrender before police

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ScribeShah - November 10, 2018

Ranchi: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)’s Jamua MLA Kedra Hazra, who has been accused of threatening a rape survivour and protecting his rape accused nephew...

BJP MLA threatens rape survivor’s family to set ablaze their house, send them on exile

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ScribeShah - November 6, 2018

Ranchi: Kedar Hazra, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Jamua (Giridih district) assembly segment has been accused of protecting a rape accused. The...

How I was sexually harassed by TOI editor and my fight against it

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ScribeShah - October 8, 2018

I faced repeated sexual harassment from my former boss Satadru Ojha at Calcutta Times. And after all his failed attempts to make me fall...

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Sundarbans Faces Climate Emergency as Study Finds Mangrove Loss and Long-Ignored Community Radio Need

Shabina Akhtar - November 27, 2025

Worst Loss in 93 Years: 408-Run Hammering Amplifies Demands for Gambhir and Agarkar’s Resignations

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The Taj Story: Why Myth-Led Cinema Is Harming Public Understanding of History

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Dharmendra Remembered: How Bollywood’s Most Human Superstar Became India’s Favourite Hero

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‘Most Dangerous Phase’: Bengal’s SIR Stage Two May Remove Millions of Voters, Says Yogendra Yadav

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Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound: A Stark, Unfiltered Look at Muslim Marginalisation and Caste Reality

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Sundarbans Faces Climate Emergency as Study Finds Mangrove Loss and Long-Ignored Community Radio Need

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A multidisciplinary study tour by Aliah University highlighted microplastic damage to mangroves, the urgent need for community radio, cultural insights including Arabic linguistic influence, and climate-driven challenges like species shift and soil loss. Researchers stressed mangrove restoration, resilient embankments and rainwater harvesting as essential adaptation measures.

Worst Loss in 93 Years: 408-Run Hammering Amplifies Demands for Gambhir and Agarkar’s Resignations

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India’s 408-run loss to South Africa marks the heaviest Test defeat in its history, exposing deep flaws in selection and coaching. Constant chopping, favoritism, and neglect of proven performers have pushed the team into crisis. The humiliating whitewash has intensified calls for major leadership and structural changes.

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As Kolkata Mourned RG Kar Doctor, Bhopal’s 5-Year-Old Victim Left Forgotten: The Unequal Justice in India’s Outrage

Women Activists and Doctors Reject BJP’s ‘Justice’ in RG Kar Rape and Murder Outcry

Justice For Bilkis Bano: Protests spread out from Indian metros to towns

The Split Verdict on Marital Rape

Worst Loss in 93 Years: 408-Run Hammering Amplifies Demands for Gambhir and Agarkar’s Resignations

The Taj Story: Why Myth-Led Cinema Is Harming Public Understanding of History

Dharmendra Remembered: How Bollywood’s Most Human Superstar Became India’s Favourite Hero

‘Most Dangerous Phase’: Bengal’s SIR Stage Two May Remove Millions of Voters, Says Yogendra Yadav

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound: A Stark, Unfiltered Look at Muslim Marginalisation and Caste Reality

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