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Noida: A protester purportedly seen in a video abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Cockroach Janata Party sit-in at Jantar Mantar last week was named in a zero FIR filed in Noida, which was transferred to Delhi Police for investigation on Thursday.The complaint that formed the basis of this FIR was filed by Smriti Singh, an Indirapuram resident who is a practising lawyer. She identified the protester as Ruchika Singh. Police said Ruchika is a resident of Uncha Gaon in Faridabad. She also owns a flat at Lotus Zing in Sector 150.Smriti told TOI that she received several videos where…
Pune: Two men were arrested on Wednesday on the charge of stalking and touching two minor sisters improperly for the last eight days. The incident happened in Daund taluka.The duo has been arrested under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The girls’ father has lodged a complaint with the Pune rural police.An officer said, “The duo had been stalking his daughters for the last eight days. They chased the sisters when they were returning home from school. Two days ago, they followed the girls in a van, stopped them and touched them improperly”.“The…
The BNSS, 2023, mandates that every information relating to the commission of a cognisable offence, irrespective of the area where the offence is committed, may be given orally or by electronic communication to an officer in charge of a police station Panaji: Goa was among the five states and Union Territories that registered the highest number of e-Zero first information reports (FIRs) in cybercrime cases.Goa police registered a total of 446 e-Zero FIRs. The highest number of e-FIRs was registered in Delhi (6,115), followed by Chandigarh (4,174), Uttarakhand (552) and Rajasthan (251). The e-FIRs have been registered since May 2025.The…
Pinjore-Nalagarh h’way project back on track Panchkula: The long-delayed Pinjore-Baddi-Nalagarh four-lane highway project is set to move forward again, with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awarding the remaining construction work that had remained stalled for over a year, causing hardship to commuters and industries.The 36km highway, running from the end of the Pinjore bypass to Nalagarh via Baddi, is a key connectivity corridor linking Haryana with Himachal Pradesh’s industrial belt. While a major stretch falls in Haryana, the remaining section lies in Himachal Pradesh.Officials said the balance work has been awarded for Rs 378.48 crore and is expected…
Lucknow: A 26-year-old barber working with a popular beauty saloon service was arrested in Lucknow’s PGI area on Thursday for threatening his landlord’s son with a country-made pistol and attempted to shoot him during an argument. Police said the firing attempt failed as the weapon misfired.According to police, the incident took place in Utrethia under the PGI police station limits following a dispute between the accused and his landlord’s family.“Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, police registered an FIR under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act for criminal intimidation, attempt to murder and…
Patna: The state industries department and Mahashakti Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the official residence of CM Samrat Choudhary for the establishment of the proposed large integrated steel plant (ISP) with an initial investment of Rs 6,000 crore in the Gaya Ji district.The production capacity of the proposed ISP is 1.0 to 1.5 million tonne per annum (MTPA). It is expected that the establishment of the ISP at Gaya Ji would spur the industrial growth of the state.“The government is trying on a sustained basis to create an industry-friendly atmosphere in the state. The investors…
Ashish.MehtaJaipur: Expressing concern over what it described as large-scale destruction of Udaipur’s fragile hill ecosystem, Rajasthan High Court’s principal seat at Jodhpur has observed that the Lake City’s iconic hills are “on the verge of extinction” after being extensively cut to make way for hotels, resorts and commercial establishments.Hearing a petition filed by Basant Hotels Pvt Ltd, the single bench of Justice Sameer Jain said on July 24 that the matter has assumed dimensions far beyond an individual dispute and indicated that the court may initiate a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) to examine the ecological degradation of Udaipur…
Nagpur: For centuries, the world has sung Tukaram’s abhangs and folded its hands before Lord Vitthal, celebrating the saint who surrendered himself to his god. Far less, however, has been said about the women who remained at the edges of that devotion — Aavali, whose husband belonged more to Vitthal than to his home, and Rakhumai, whose divine consort was worshipped by everyone but was not always beside her.On Thursday evening, sangeet natak ‘Devbabhali’ brought these two women, long confined to margins of Bhakti literature, into spotlight at 33rd Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Memorial Music Festival. Staged on second day of…
Misir Besra in Ranchi on Wednesday Dhanbad: Maoist politburo member Misir Besra and four of his comrades were sent to Dhanbad Jail late on Wednesday. The five arrested Maoists were brought to Dhanbad from Ranchi late on Wednesday.Dhanbad SSP Prabhat Kumar said, “All the arrested Maoists, including Besra, were produced before a magistrate on Wednesday night. They were remanded in 14 days of judicial custody and were then taken to jail under tight security.”Besra, 65, and his associates were arrested on Tuesday night from a forested area under Barwadda police station in Dhanbad. Following their arrest, they were taken to…
Gorakhpur: In a bid to strengthen safety measures at Ramgarh Tal, Gorakhpur Development Authority has decided to establish a floating police outpost inside the lake. The facility will be set up at Platform No. 3 and will be managed by the water police, officials said.The floating outpost will house offices for water police personnel, a canteen and a designated docking area for patrol boats. Water police teams will be deployed round the clock to monitor boating and other water-based activities and conduct regular patrols across the lake.The move comes days after a collision between two boats at Ramgarh Tal lake…