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Initially up to 6,000 offenders were to benefit from the scheme, but it’s unclear now how many will still be released because ministers have not published the draft of the new rules which specifically lists the offences that will be excluded.While politicians and the public roughly understand the aim, this lack of clarity has caused a huge problem for prison governors.They must tell offenders their release dates. The Prison Governors Association says its members are unclear how many prisoners will now need their sentences to be recalculated again and who will remain in prison.”We don’t know if it is tens,…
U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend to revive negotiations aimed at ending the war, the state-run news agency TASS reported Friday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to confirm or deny the report, telling journalists that officials would announce details “when these contacts take place.” The last round of U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine took place in February, shortly before the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran. Since then, the Kremlin has repeatedly signaled that Witkoff and Kushner could soon…
Heavy rain lashed Delhi-NCR on Friday, causing significant waterlogging across the region. NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed Delhi-NCR on Friday, leaving roads waterlogged and disrupting traffic and flight operations across parts of the region.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for intense rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds in the national capital.Videos across Delhi-NCR showed passengers wading through ankle-deep water, children playing in flooded roads, vehicles navigating waterlogged stretches and commuters struggling through the rain.Here are five videos that capture the extent of the rain chaos across Delhi-NCR.1. Waterlogging at Delhi airport leaves passengers wading through waterHeavy rain…
BJP state president BY Vijayendra shared a meal with farmers near Koppal on Thursday, Day 3 of the march Bengaluru: BJP’s ongoing 10-day padayatra from Raichur to Ballari is being seen as a morale booster for party cadre and an effort to regain political momentum ahead of the 2028 assembly elections.The march has sparked comparisons with Congress’ 2010 Bellary Chalo padayatra against illegal mining, which was seen as a turning point for the party at the time.Since Congress’ sweeping win in 2023 under Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, the state BJP unit has struggled to make a political impact. The appointment…
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader G Chinna Reddy on Thursday expressed disappointment over his removal as vice-chairman of Telangana Planning Commission, saying his long political journey had been reduced to nothing “in one stroke”.Reddy, however, said he had never been attached to the post and saw no reason to be overly upset about losing it. “Even without a post, I will get the respect due to me,” he said.Reddy said he had neither met CM A Revanth Reddy nor made any attempt to meet him following his removal. He said the order appointing him did not specify any fixed tenure and…
COIMBATORE: As many as 1,547 candidates have applied in Coimbatore for the evaluation test for Tamil Nadu govt’s UPSC Civil Services Examination incentive scheme.The scheme is aimed at increasing the participation of the youth in UPSC exams.The evaluation test will be conducted at six centres in the city from 10am to noon on Sept 6. Officials said enhanced security arrangements, similar to those for govt examinations, would be in place.The state govt has announced that aspirants preparing to appear for the UPSC preliminary examination in 2027 can apply for the evaluation test for a monthly incentive of Rs 7,500. Based…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Additional district and sessions judge Mukesh Kumar Singh on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail application of accused Shashi Srivastava who has been charged for cheating, forgery and fabrication of documents.The judge in his order observed that the accused had cheated her real brothers and sisters with the help of co-accused Virendra Kumar Srivastava. She had been charged for not giving complete details of her all brothers and sisters during the mutation of a plot before Kanpur Development Authority and mutated the plot in her name and co-accused Virendra Kumar Srivastava. The FIR was lodged by a special…
Pune: The state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Pune, on Friday arrested a 37-year-old clerk from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s Sangvi property tax department while accepting a bribe of Rs1.20 lakh. An ACB officer said the accused, Umesh Kute of Chikhali, had demanded Rs1.50 lakh from a complainant to reduce his property tax liability from Rs91,000 to Rs50,000.“Kute later agreed to accept Rs1.20 lakh. We laid a trap in Sangvi on Friday afternoon and caught him while accepting the bribe,” the officer said. A case was registered against Kute at the Sangvi police station, the officer said. Source link
India U-20 defender Ruchi made her debut in the Jordan Cup on Tuesday Panaji: India U-20 defender Ruchi started training on a trash-dumping ground which the girls cleaned to make a football field at Sangam Vihar, recognised as one of Delhi’s largest unauthorised colonies. Now, she’s joined a growing list of women footballers who are chasing their dreams abroad. If Ngangom Bala Devi showed the way when she signed an 18-month deal with Scottish club Rangers FC in 2020, the list has simply grown since then. There’s Manisha Kalyan, the best of them all at AEK Athens, while Jyoti Chauhan…
:Chandigarh: The Haryana govt extended loans to cooperative sugar mills despite poor recovery of dues, with Rs 5,673.26 crore outstanding against the mills at the end of 2024-25, according to Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).The state govt disbursed another Rs 290 crore to the mills during 2024-25 but did not receive any repayment against the previous loans, showing inadequate efforts to recover the outstanding principal, says the audit report.The loans had been sanctioned with conditions that they would be repaid in five equal annual instalments along with interest at 8.5% per annum. However, there was no budget provision…