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READ MORE The family also claimed that the police had put pressure on them to change their statement. (Representational) A 23-year-old, six-month pregnant woman was allegedly raped by a group of six armed men who barged into her home in Nadia district of West Bengal around 2 am on Sunday. Doctors said her condition is stable. The woman is a relative of a BJP candidate fighting the panchayat polls, the party said and blamed the attack on “goons” affiliated to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has denied involvement of its workers. Click here to read this story in Bengali The family also claimed that the police had put pressure on them to change their statement. The police denied this and said the family had initially lodged an assault and loot complaint. The rape charge was added later. “An FIR has been lodged under sections of rape and others on the basis of a complaint. Investigation is on,” Nadia SP Santosh Pandey said. At the time, the c...

READ MORE Bhopal: If we have to open paan outlets, pakoda shops and poultry farms, what is the use of getting educational degrees spending money and time, said government job aspirants, reacting sharply on Tripura chief minister Biplab Dev’s remark. Addressing a programme, Deb had said “The youth here run after political parties for several years to get a government job and waste the vital time of their life, had the same youth instead of running after parties set up a paan shop he would have by now had a bank balance of Rs 5 lakhs.” Talking to free Press, student and aspirants preparing for competitive examinations for government jobs said such remarks by political leaders demoralise them. Excerpts: Avinash Kumar, Govt job aspirant The government should start skill development centres that impart training in making pakodas and animal husbandry as students preparing for govt jobs are not skilled in these fields. MPs And MLAs should distribute karahis (frying pan) and...

READ MORE Bhopal: Despite conviction, Asaram Bapu’s name still sells. Around 15 general stores named after him are continuing with the business as always. However, the sale of his Ashram products has dipped after the tainted saint was jailed for life for teen rape. The main general store on the premises of jailed Asaram’s Gandhinagar Ashram offers a wide variety of ayurvedic and non-ayurvedic products including. Ojaswi tea, Sant Kripa Churna, Sant Chavanyaprash, Balrakshak pills, massage oil, herbal sewa shampoo, sant sewa Agarbatti (incense sticks), liver tonic, herbal shampoo, toothpaste cough syrup, toffee are among the products stocked at the store. Besides it notebooks, pen drive, memory card with his collection of bhajan and kirtan are also up for sale at the store. The self-proclaimed sant’s monthly magazine ‘Rishi Prasad’ and other literary items are also being sold here. The cost of the products, most of which are manufactured in Ahmedabad and Him...

READ MORE FRIDAY, April 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — If she’s fit, a woman is less likely to develop diabetes during pregnancy , a new study contends. Researchers who followed 1,300 U.S. women found that high levels of fitness before pregnancy were tied to a 21 percent lower risk of gestational diabetes . These findings show that women should think about getting into shape before conceiving, according to the University of Iowa researchers. “Women are very careful during pregnancy with what they eat and the exercise they get. But the study shows women should engage in these healthy behaviors before they get pregnant as well,” study corresponding author Kara Whitaker said in a university news release. Women who have never had diabetes can develop high blood sugar in the second half of pregnancy. This is called gestational diabetes . It affects up to 14 percent of pregnant women in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

READ MORE Karnataka assembly elections: Empty words without a message As the election season nears, with the assembly elections in key northern states set to follow the Karnataka poll early…

READ MORE Jacqueline Fernandez, Salman Khan, Race 3 Actress Jacqueline Fernandez is currently in Jammu and Kashmir for her upcoming film Race 3 along with Salman Khan and the entire cast. The lady has been sharing many pics from the shoot that indicated that she is smitten by the beauty of the valley and the team is having fun while shooting for the film. In the latest one, the gorgeous actress can be seen enjoying the bonfire with the superstar. After looking at the actress’ Instagram stories, you will definitely want to visit the picturesque location. Race 3 Race 3 Race 3 Earlier, the lady shared a picture in which she was shivering but Salman looked unfazed by the chilly winds. She captioned the image as, “Too hot to handle @beingsalmankhan #race3 #kashmir@remodsouza @skfilmsofficial @tips.” Race 3 Race 3 Race 3 Race 3 The pictures are making us curious for the movie. Salman and Jacqueline share a great bond. Both of them have earlier worked together in K...

READ MORE Apple MacBook Air 2018’s production could be pushed to the second half of the year, which indicates a further delay in launch. Apple will push the production of its new MacBook Air, which is expected to have a more budget pricing, to the second half of 2018, claims a report in DigiTimes . According to the report, which is quoting from supply chain sources, Apple’s budget MacBook Air was scheduled for production in the second quarter of 2018, but it has not been delay. The report adds that Apple informed “supply chain partners that mass production of its new notebook model for 2018 will not kick off until the second half of the year.” No clear reason has been given for the rescheduling, though there are some problems with key components like processors, which could be behind the delay, claims the report. It also gives details about the new MacBook Air, which will have a slimmer design, Retina high-resolution screen and will be powered by t...

READ MORE Even as a controversy broke out over a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Dalmia Bharat Limited and the Ministry of Tourism over ‘adoption’ of the Red Fort, it came to light that the corporation has also ‘adopted’ Gandikota Fort in Andhra Pradesh. The Ministry had said, “Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan” is a collaborative effort between the Ministry, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), states and union territories which aims to develop synergy among all partners to effectively promote ‘responsible tourism’. Under the contract, the conglomerate will focus on providing basic amenities, including cleanliness, public conveniences, drinking water, ease of access for differently abled and senior citizens and others for both domestic and foreign tourists. Stating that the 14th century Fort was located close to their cement factory in Kadapa district, Sundeep Kumar, executive director of Dalmia Bharat group, said ...

READ MORE New Delhi: The suicide bomber who attacked the US Consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah two years ago was an Indian national, confirmed Saudi Arabia on the basis of DNA tests. A senior security official told The Indian Express that the DNA samples they sent to Saudi Arabia matched with those of the Jeddah bomber — Fayaz Kagzi, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative. The Jeddah blast on July 4, 2016, which injured two security officers, was the first of three attacks to hit the kingdom that day. The other two were also in the form of blasts near a Shia mosque in Qatif and outside the Masjid-i-Nabvi in Medina. TIE further reported that the National Investigation Agency has informed a special court in Delhi that the terror mastermind was dead. The NIA believes that Kagzi, who hails from Beed in Maharashtra, was the ‘mastermind’ and ‘financier’ of the 2010 German bakery blast, 2012 JM Road bombing. Kagzi was also wanted in the Aurangabad arms haul case and i...

READ MORE   India Post West Bengal Recruitment 2018 to fill 5778 vacancies for the post of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) is closing this week on the official website of India Post West Bengal Circle – westbengalpost.gov.in and appost .in/ gdsonline. A Notice regarding the cancellation of West Bengal Circle Notification (4982 Posts) No. Rectt. R-100/Online/GDS/Vol-VI dtd 03/04/2018 has also been released as per which, ‘The candidates who have already registered and paid the fee in response to the earlier notification of above Circle (which stands cancelled) need not register themselves against the new notification and need not to pay the fee again. They are allowed to apply online afresh based on the old registration number and fee already paid in response to the earlier notification.’ The selected candidates will be placed in the Postal/RMS Divisions of Department of Posts, West Bengal Circle. Interested candidates can follow the instructions below and apply on or befo...

READ MORE Patna:  RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Monday that the decision to shift Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD chief Lalu Yadav from AIIMS in New Delhi to a Ranchi hospital is “part of a conspiracy to kill him.” “Lalu ji is not well, he is still seriously ill. I met him last week and saw his bad health condition. It is surprising why Lalu ji has been shifted from AIIMS to a Ranchi hospital. Everyone knows AIIMS is best for treatment for Lalu ji, who is suffering from several serious illnesses.” “Depriving him of proper treatment is part of a conspiracy to kill my father,” Tejashwi Yadav, a former Deputy Chief Minister and younger son of Lalu Yadav, told the media in Patna, alleging that there was political pressure on AIIMS to deprive him of proper treatment. “RJD will go to the people’s court to say that Lalu ji has been denied proper treatment as part of a conspiracy by those in power in Delhi,” he alleged. Tejashwi Yadav ...

READ MORE Uttar Pradesh:  A Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun was allegedly beaten and forced to drink urine for refusing farmers, who told him to harvest their wheat crop on Sunday. Sitaram Valmiki, who has a small farm, was harvesting his wheat crop when farmers of the ‘upper caste’ asked him to harvest their crops first. After Sitaram refused, they tied and dragged him “all the way to the village and thrashed him with sandals,” he told news agency ANI. The farmers pulled out his moustache and forced him to drink urine, he alleged. Sitaram’s wife went to the police after neighbours alerted her. “This is related to the Valmiki Samaj. Two or three days ago we got a call from a man saying he was being beaten. We investigated but couldn’t catch anyone,” said Ashok Kumar, senior officer at the local police station. Later the police got another call, this time from a woman who alleged that her husband was badly beaten and “...

READ MORE In case you missed it One of the most recognised local faces of Kashmiri militancy – Hizbul Mujahideen’s Sameer Bhat alias Sameer Tiger – was killed along with another Hizbul militant – Aaquib Khan – in an encounter on Monday. One civilian teenager – Shahid – was also killed during the encounter and two army personnel, including a major, were injured in the encounter. In another incident, suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants shot dead three civilians in the Old Town of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. On Sunday, the government made a major announcement. With a remote village in Manipur being connected to the electricity grid, it claimed that all villages in the country were now electrified. A reality check conducted by News18 in Bihar,however, has found that even some villages just a few kilometres from capital Patna were dependent on lanterns despite being electrified. Travel a little further and it is clea...

READ MORE New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar is confident the BJP will get a clear majority in Karnataka Assembly elections rendering former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) redundant in any post-poll political arrangement for government formation. Javadekar is one of the central BJP leaders in-charge of election preparations in the poll-bound state. In an interview to News18, he said, “Gowda is neither the king nor the kingmaker. BS Yeddyurappa is becoming the chief minister for the next five years. We are winning hands down and there is no case of hung Assembly.” A majority of the opinion polls have predicted a hung Assembly in Karnataka. JD (S) may emerge as the kingmaker in case the Congress and the BJP are not able to cross the halfway mark in a triangular contest. Javadekar estimates the momentum of 2014 drubbing will continue to damage the Congress in Karnataka as the party has not won a single state it...