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Lucknow: Rae Bareli Police on Sunday arrested eight members of a gang involved in routing money obtained through cyber fraud by opening fake firms and bank accounts in the names of other people.The arrests were made jointly by Kotwali Nagar Police and the Cyber Crime Police near Rajghat turn on the directions of SP Ravi Kumar.Those arrested include Anand Mishra of Katra in Banda, Prabhakar Srivastava of Rae Bareli, Saeed Mohammad Azam of Alinagar, Mohammad Akram of Satyanagar and four residents of Indore — Akash Gaur, Jatin Sen, Bablu Hirwe and Surendra Singh.Police said material used in the alleged financial…

Patna: Two minor boys drowned in a water-filled pit in Muzaffarpur’s Aurai area on Sunday, while a third was undergoing treatment at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH).The three boys had gone to bathe in the pit, around 500 metres from their village, and apparently did not realise how deep it was. The incident took place in Bedaul village under Janar panchayat in Aurai police station area.Janar panchayat mukhiya Sangeeta Devi said the boys had gone to the pit while playing. “One by one, all three got trapped in the deep water,” she said.People working in nearby fields noticed…

Jaipur/Bhilwara/Alwar/Udaipur: Sharpening BJP’s nationalism pitch, Union home minister Amit Shah Sunday placed Vande Mataram at the centre of his attack on Congress, accusing the party of abandoning the national song for “vote bank politics”.Addressing the Atal Gaurav Smriti Samaroh in Nimbahera, Chittorgarh, Shah alleged UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi got the song stopped midway during the Independence Day programme at Congress headquarters in New Delhi Saturday.“Look at Congress’ shamelessness. Vande Mataram was being sung at Congress headquarters when Sonia ji asked the party president to stop it midway,” Shah alleged. “India will not forgive Sonia Gandhi. If Congress leaders have even…

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Rajkot: A 50-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at his puncture repair shop in the Sahajanand Industries area, police said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Shantilal Kapadiya, allegedly lured the child with the promise of wafers and chocolates before taking her into his shop and assaulting her.The incident came to light after a youth, who works at the same shop, grew suspicious on Saturday when he noticed the girl inside the shop with his employer for an unusually long time while he himself was working outside. When the girl emerged, he asked…

Bokaro: Thieves allegedly broke into a house and an adjoining medical shop near Mahavir Chowk in Chas in the early hours of Sunday, escaping with cash, gold and silver jewellery and mobile phones worth an estimated Rs 30 lakh, police said.The incident occurred barely 500 metres from Chas police station, triggering concern among residents over night-time security and patrolling in the locality.“The burglars forced open a window on the southern side of the house and entered the premises between 2 am and 5 am, when family members were asleep on the upper floor. The thieves allegedly took around Rs 70,000…

Messages circulated on social media, prompting textile workers togather at various intersections across Amroli on Sunday Surat: Hundreds of workers from embroidery and textile units staged a protest in Amroli on Sunday, demanding a weekly day off, festival holidays and bonuses. The workers alleged that they were being forced to work 12-hour shifts without a weekly off.As news of the protest spread to other industrial areas across Surat, a large police contingent was deployed. Police commissioner Wabang Jamir rushed to the spot in Amroli, while personnel from the PCB, DCB, SOG and several police stations were also sent to the…

Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt has put on hold a proposed study on the socio-legal impact of triple talaq among Muslim women in Malappuram, after initially clearing the fieldwork at the request of the National Commission for Women (NCW). Malappuram was the only district in the state selected for primary data collection for the project.The NCW had asked the state govt to extend necessary support to the Haryali Centre for Rural Development, New Delhi, which is conducting the project titled “Triple Talaq and Muslim Women in India: A Comprehensive Study on Socio-Legal Impacts, Challenges and Reforms”. The study is proposed to…

Asish Banerjee was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat Rampurhat: Former Bengal minister, assembly deputy speaker and five-time Rampurhat Trinamool MLA Asish Banerjee was found dead in a party office adjacent to his home on Sunday morning. The 74-year-old neta’s body was hanging from the ceiling fan and police recovered a one-page purported suicide note in which Asish said he was never involved in corruption and had “not taken a single paisa in his life” as graft. The former MLA purportedly also lamented that entering politics was a mistake.Asish went out for his daily morning walk on Sunday. It was his…

Pocognoli’s prior experience of working as a youth coach at international level with Belgium would have ticked another box for the SFA. He also coached in the academies of USG and Genk.During his playing career, he featured at almost every youth level for his nation before winning 13 caps for a Belgium side that featured a long list of world-class talents for well over a decade.Scotland have had their own mini golden generation, with captain Andy Robertson, John McGinn, Scott McTominay and others all continuing to play at Europe’s top level.Clarke was emphatic in his exit interview with the SFA,…