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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday condemned the fatal assault case of Tripura student Anjel Chakma and his brother in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.In a social media post on X, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha pinned the blame of Chakma’s death on BJP, claiming that the hate crime was the result of “toxic…
DEHRADUN: Anjel Chakma and his younger brother Michael, both students who had been living in Dehradun for over a year, were allegedly stopped and taunted by a group of men who called them “Chinki”, “Chinese” and “Momo” during a routine grocery run in the Selaqui area of Uttarakhand’s capital. One of the men reportedly sneered,…
A 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura, Anjel Chakma, tragically died in Dehradun after a brutal stabbing, reportedly triggered by racial abuse. He was attacked on December 9th. The incident has sparked outrage and calls for justice, with authorities intensifying efforts to apprehend the main absconding accused. DEHARDUN: A 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura died in…
Kashmiri shawl seller assaulted in Uttarakhand (Credits: X/@MehboobaMufti) DEHRADUN: A 28-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller was allegedly assaulted by a group of men in Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar district, after they learnt he was from Kashmir and tried to force him to chant a slogan. The incident surfaced on Thursday after a video of the assault…
A Hindu garment factory worker in Bangladesh was brutally lynched by a mob of around 140 people, allegedly for a blasphemous social media post. DEHRADUN: Late on Dec 18, when a co-worker called Apu Chandra Das to say that his elder brother had been taken by a mob, the 22-year-old didn’t immediately understand. “Taken where?”…
DEHRADUN: Late in the evening on Dec 18, when a co-worker called Apu Chandra Das to say that his elder brother had been taken by a mob, the 22-year-old didn’t immediately understand. “Taken where?” he had asked. But by the time the full story reached him, Dipu Chandra Das — 28 years old, a Hindu…
15 yrs on, techie who cut wife into 72 pieces gets life in jail DEHRADUN: Fifteen years after a US-returned software engineer murdered his wife, chopped her body into 72 pieces and disposed of them across the city to erase evidence of the crime, Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Wednesday upheld his life imprisonment.The case…
Man fatally stabbed in clash between two groups in Uttarakhand’s Khatima RUDRAPUR: A fatal stabbing late on Friday night sparked widespread unrest in Khatima town of Udham Singh Nagar district on Saturday, with violent protests breaking out at the roadways bus station and police forced to use lathicharge to restore order. Two men have been…
DEHRADUN: Nineteen years ago, during Indian Military Academy’s passing out parade, then-President APJ Abdul Kalam bent down and held the hands of a bright-eyed three-year-old boy standing beside his father. “Ye fauji ka haath hai (These are the hands of a soldier),” he told the child. On Saturday, those words came full circle on the…
DEHRADUN: For Gurmukh Singh, 32, failure was never a reason to quit — only a step closer to his goal.After completing Class 12, he joined Indian Army as a sepoy, determined to one day earn his commission as an officer. Despite repeated setbacks, he continued to appear for various officer entry examinations, failing each time…
