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ustice Neela Gokhale held that the magistrate had failed to consider the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act and applicable Supreme Court judgments while granting bail Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday set aside a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) order granting bail to Israeli national David Driham, alias Dudu, on the day of his arrest in a cocaine seizure case last year. However, considering that he has remained on bail for over a year and has cooperated with the investigation, the court allowed him to continue on bail under stricter conditions.The narcotics control bureau (NCB) registered a case…

Chandigarh: Supporters of former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday stepped up their social media campaign amid the Punjab Congress leadership crisis, with several party functionaries sharing posts carrying the slogan “Saara Punjab Channi De Naal”, even as Punjab affairs in-charge Bhupesh Baghel submitted his report on the state unit to the Congress high command.Several Congress functionaries, including Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Brinder Dhillon, Smit Singh Maan and Isherpreet Singh Sidhu, shared photographs with Channi carrying the slogan on their social media accounts.The campaign coincided with Baghel’s meeting with Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal in New Delhi, where…

From the age of 13, Rahul won top honours at the India International Science Festival for three consecutive years with innovations including a roti-making machine, a battery-powered bicycle and an eco-friendly tractor. LUCKNOW: The family of 22-year-old innovator Rahul Singh, who was found dead in a Gomti Nagar hotel, has alleged that he had been receiving death threats over a Rs 62-lakh drone project. They have appealed to PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath for justice.Rahul’s younger brother Rohit alleged that a Noida-based man had been threatening his brother after a dispute over the project. According to the family,…

Patna: The headquarters team of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Wednesday arrested Jitendra Kumar, panchayat rozgar sevak of Sirajabad panchayat in Sakra block of Muzaffarpur district, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs20,000. He was arrested at a shopping mart near Subha Chowk under Sakra police station limits.According to the VIB, the accused had allegedly demanded the bribe for facilitating MGNREGA-related work in the complainant’s ward.The bureau said Aditya Kumar, a resident of Sirajabad under Sakra police station area and the ward member of Ward No. 11, lodged a complaint at the VIB headquarters in Patna on July 14,…

Ajmer: Private schools across Ajmer remained closed Wednesday as their management staged a protest demanding the release of pending reimbursements under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. They also submitted a memorandum to the district collector, addressed to the chief minister, warning of a larger agitation if their demands are not met.Under the banner of the Rajasthan Niji Shikshan Sangharsh Samiti, the protesters gathered at the collectorate and sought immediate clearance of RTE dues, under which private schools provide free education to eligible students and are reimbursed by the state govt.Samiti president Kailash Sharma said the organisation also demanded an…

Wardha police and officers from local crime branch collect clues from the crime spot Wardha: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly hammered to death with a boulder on Wednesday night in the Rotha area of Wardha district, where police suspect the minor girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered. Her body was found in a pool of blood with a skull smashed.As per preliminary information, the girl returned home from a nearby zilla parishad school in the afternoon and was alone when she was attacked. The victim’s clothes were found discarded inside a farm storage shed, while the girl was found…

Ranchi: State chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar on Wednesday urged all eligible voters to submit their filled and signed enumeration forms to respective booth level officers by July 19. He said that BLOs completed door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms to around 96% of voters listed in the current electoral rolls within the scheduled time.The remaining voters may include those in the ASDD list. Kumar said the meeting of BLOs and booth level agents-2 during the enumeration phase will be held at all polling stations on July 22 to finalise the ASDD list before the draft roll publication on…

Surat: A 22-year-old married woman allegedly died by suicide after being relentlessly blackmailed by her husband’s friend, who allegedly secretly recorded her while she was bathing and demanded money to prevent the nude video from being circulated.Kapodra police have booked the accused for abetment to suicide.The victim has been living with her husband in the Kapodra area since their marriage in Feb this year. According to the police complaint, the accused, a close friend of her husband who lived on the upper floor of the same residential society, frequently visited their house.About four months ago, the accused allegedly recorded a…

Gorakhpur: A juvenile escaped from police custody from the district hospital in Gorakhpur on Wednesday morning after allegedly pushing two policemen during a routine medical examination.The accused, a resident of the Rajghat area, was apprehended around 15 days ago in connection with a theft case and was subsequently sent to a juvenile correction home.On Wednesday, three juveniles were brought to the district hospital at around 11am for a routine health check-up under police escort.Preliminary inquiries suggest that instead of taking the juveniles individually for examination, two policemen were escorting all three together.Taking advantage of the lapse, one of the juveniles…

Mamata Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: Had she gone for some “setting”, neither she nor her party would have been forced “to face torment”, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday. In a Facebook Live session, the former CM said she had never compromised on her principles and will never do so. Banerjee said she would start her political struggle anew this year.“If I had done some setting for myself, I wouldn’t have had to put up with this torment. But I have not sold my conscience for political survival,” said Banerjee before apologising to the people on behalf of “traitors”.…