The accused was arrested after the woman, filed a complaint alleging fraud, sexual exploitation and coercion at the Mudha Pandey police station.
Questioning the impact of securing only selected portions of the border, Sarma said, "If Siliguri is open and Mankachar is closed, then what is the meaning? These were historical mistakes."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that medical education has become more accessible to people, since there are more institutions and seats being made available.
The contract worker, named G. Suribabu, breathed his last on Saturday at the MGM Seven Hills Hospital.
PM Modi was welcomed in Nice by senior French officials, including Minister of Education Edouard Geffray, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space Philippe Baptiste, and France's Ambassador to India, Thierry Mathou.
It is expected that Vande Bharat might start running between New Delhi and Srinagar by 26 January.
Cornered by the opposition in the Assembly over the sexual assault of a girl student by an intruder at the prestigious Anna University in the city last month, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday vehemently denied that the accused, who has been arrested, was a member of the ruling DMK but was only a party sympathiser.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed BJP candidate from Kalkaji assembly constituency Ramesh Bidhuri over his recent objectionable remarks on her and called it ridiculous.
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, posted for February 4 a batch of petitions challenging validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act 2023, that excludes the Chief Justice of India from a panel for the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners and gives majority to the government in the selection process.
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence awarded to former Udma MLA and CPI(M) leader K V Kunhiraman and three others by the Ernakulam CBI Special Court in connection with the murder of two Youth Congress workers in Kasaragod district six years ago.
