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New Delhi: Around 1.30 pm, an hour before Dharmendra Pradhan put out his post on X saying he had put his resignation before the Prime Minister, stone throwing started at Jantar Mantar.The flashpoint was the four-road intersection outside the NDMC building, which by then had become a heavily fortified zone. There were barricades on all four sides of the intersection point. One group of protesters, who were not at the main Jantar Mantar agitation spot targeted the police on the other side of the intersection with stones. They wanted to remove the barricades and surged towards it.Thousands of protesters were…

A month-long student-led protest at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park remained largely peaceful, with organisers and police working together to sustain the movement without major violence. Bengaluru: While thousands of students and youngsters poured into Bengaluru’s streets, a small group of activists virtually made Freedom Park their second home, sustaining a month-long protest that remained remarkably peaceful despite its scale. Unlike demonstrations in several other cities, organisers and police ensured the movement in Bengaluru was largely free of violence.All India Students’ Association (AISA) was among the key organisations coordinating the protests. For Amandeep Singh, who travelled from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, the…

Hyderabad: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by three of her relatives, including her uncle and two stepbrothers, over the past few months in Keesara. The abuse came to light after the girl confided in a schoolteacher, who alerted the police. All three accused have been arrested.According to Keesara police, they received information from the schoolteacher on Thursday that the girl had been allegedly raped by her uncle and two stepbrothers on different occasions. The girl was immediately shifted to the Bharosa centre where her statement was recorded, and was later sent for a medical examination.Based on the girl’s…

Chennai: The state information commission has asked applicants not to file pleas in another person’s name without the latter’s consent, under the pretext of maintaining anonymity.“Those expecting the public information officers to remain transparent and furnish the required and correct information under the RTI Act should know the same is expected of them. They too should not misuse the Act,” said information commissioner V P R Ilamparithi.The commissioner made the observations while disposing of an appeal filed in the name of a 13-year-old girl without her knowledge. The original petition sent last year to the Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments…

Ahmedabad: To streamline educational administration, the Gujarat education department has officially bifurcated the Ahmedabad City district education officer’s office into two separate jurisdictions: Ahmedabad East and Ahmedabad West.Following the reorganization, a formal circular mandates that all schools process administrative, academic, financial, legal, and govt matters exclusively through their assigned regional headquarters.School trustees, administrators, and principals must now direct all correspondence, proposals, approvals, reports, and online portal submissions to their designated East or West DEO office. Officials emphasized that all paperwork and reporting must adhere to strict accuracy and meet designated deadlines.The DEO issued a stern warning against non-compliance, stating that…

Prayagraj: Taking serious note of the failure to seize the mobile phones of the accused in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) case despite allegations that the devices were used to create obscene videos and photographs of the victim, the Allahabad high court has directed the Jaunpur Superintendent of Police to initiate an inquiry against the investigating officer (IO).In this backdrop, the HC noted that it had already issued directions in a 2026 case requiring the UP DGP to instruct all district police chiefs to apprise the IOs that whenever an allegation is made regarding preparation of an…

Cuttack: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the state govt to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of a patient at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, after receiving a complaint alleging medical negligence in the hospital’s nephrology department.In a communication dated July 24, the commission directed the health and family welfare secretary to furnish an action taken report (ATR) within four weeks. The direction came after the NHRC considered a complaint submitted by Jeypore-based human rights activist and advocate Anup Kumar Patro.According to the commission’s proceedings, the complaint, dated March 28, alleged that a patient developed severe breathing…

Guwahati: When floodwaters burst into his home, 11-year-old shuttler Satyaki Dorian Duarah had only minutes to react. He grabbed two packets of biscuits and three bottles of water and scrambled with his family to the unfinished upper floor.The provisions were meagre, but they kept four people going for two days as flash floods swallowed the ground floor of their home in Hulang Katoni village in Assam’s Sivasagar district.In the panic, however, Satyaki left behind the one possession closest to his heart — his badminton kit. “I had put my badminton kit on the bed. But later, when the water reduced,…

Kanpur: Kalyanpur police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in the Barasirohi area of the city.In her complaint, the girl’s mother alleged that the accused, Rahul Srivastava, who was living in rented accommodation in Barasirohi, had been harassing her daughter for some time.She alleged that on July 22, when the girl was alone at home, the accused forcibly entered the house and sexually assaulted her.The mother said that her daughter narrated the incident after she returned home, following which she approached the police and lodged a complaint.Acting on the complaint, police registered a case…

According to sources, when he was visiting the farm, he was attacked with lethal weapons and was murdered late on Friday. Mandya: A farmer-cum-businessman was found murdered in Gulagatta village under Malavalli Rural police limits on Friday. Shivarudra Gowda, 56, is the victim.According to sources, when he was visiting the farm, he was attacked with lethal weapons and was murdered late on Friday. The incident came to light when the family alerted the police as he didn’t return home. His body was found in a pool of blood on the farm later that night.For the last month, the victim was…