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Police Thursday arrested history-sheeter Rohit Mahla, the main accused in a clash involving two rival criminal groups in Jhunjhunu district and took out a foot procession of him through a market under heavy security Jhunjhunu: Police Thursday arrested history-sheeter Rohit Mahla, the main accused in a clash involving two rival criminal groups in Jhunjhunu district and took out a foot procession of him through a market under heavy security.According to police, the clash took place in the Gudhagaurji area on July 6 and involved firing, assault, and vandalism of vehicles. Separate FIRs were registered for complaints from both groups. Four…

NMC had earlier identified 1,882 dogs at 228 schools, hospitals and transport hubs during surveyNagpur: The Maharashtra govt has directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) not to release stray dogs captured from schools, hospitals, bus depots, railway stations and other crowded public places back at the same locations after sterilisation and vaccination.Issued through a Govt Resolution (GR) on July 8, the directive makes the Supreme Court’s interim orders on stray dog management binding on all urban local bodies. It marks a significant shift from the existing Animal Birth Control (ABC) protocol, under which sterilised and vaccinated dogs were typically released…

Rajkot: The owner of a bottled water plant in Keshod, Junagadh district, has accused 11 people, including the owner and sales head of a Noida-based company, of cheating him of more than Rs 2.4 crore by allegedly luring him into a fraudulent business agreement.The 25-year-old lodged a complaint with Keshod police, who have registered a case under BNS Sections 316(2), 318 and 61(2), among others.The complainant said that in 2024, he came across an advertisement by the Noida company on social media. The complainant allegedly entered into an agreement with the company based on its assurance of helping him set…

Enumeration form distribution has reached 99.85% in Bhandariya’s 33 booths and 97.15% in Bargarh’s 22 booths Daltonganj: Distribution of enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has achieved near-total coverage in the remote and once Maoist-dominated Burha Pahar region of Garhwa district, but digitisation of filled forms continues to trail the target, official data showed.The Burha Pahar region comprises 55 polling booths spread across Bhandariya and Bargarh blocks, which form part of the Daltonganj assembly constituency. The constituency has the highest number of booths in the district at 426.According to official figures, form distribution reached 99.85%…

Saumya Patel emerged as the city’s topper Surat: Students from Surat put up an impressive show in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), with Saumya Patel emerging as the city’s topper by securing All India Rank (AIR) 57 in the results declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Sana Maqsood was the city’s highest-ranked girl candidate with AIR 452.Several other students from Surat also figured among the top 1,000 rank holders. Dharit Pancholi secured AIR 360, followed by Aditi Sojitra (AIR 638), Kush Nayak (AIR 760) and Mihir Menon (AIR 977).Surat students also excelled in the category rankings. Vaibhavi Vasava secured…

Varanasi: A 48-year-old widow was critically injured after an unidentified man allegedly stabbed her multiple times inside her house in Azamgarh’s Powai police station area late Thursday night, police said.The victim– Durgawati– was alone at home when the incident occurred around 10 pm. According to police, the main door of the house was locked from inside when the attacker allegedly entered and assaulted her with a knife, inflicting multiple injuries to her neck and hands.Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed to the house but were unable to enter as the door was locked from inside. After being alerted, police reached the…

Mangled remains of the pool car that met with the accident Behrampore: Four schoolchildren aged between seven and nine were killed when a passenger train rammed a pool car ferrying seven students at the Gobindapur railway gate near Karnasubarna station in Murshidabad on Friday morning. A 65-year-old cyclist, too, died on being knocked down by the train.Three other students and the driver of the pool car — a Tata Sumo — were hospitalised. Officials said the condition of the driver and one of the students was critical.Anup Karmakar, who was manning the gate at the level crossing on the Katwa-Azimganj…

The RSPB said about 300 hectares of its reserve at Loch Garten, Abernethy, had been burned and teams were still working to contain the fire.The charity said there was “a huge community effort” to halt the spread with gamekeepers and other staff from neighbouring estates.There had been concerns for capercaillie – large woodland grouse – that have recently been spotted around Ryvoan.Parts of Scotland remain at very high risk of wildfire over the weekend.The SFRS, in conjunction with the Scottish Wildfire Forum, issued warnings for the central Highlands, southern and eastern Scotland.The alert lasts until Monday following days of hot…

England’s Tommy Fleetwood says the support provided by a home Birkdale crowd has “100%” helped push him into Open contention – but he is not the only British player on the leaderboard ready to strike.Fleetwood, who grew up just up the road in Southport, shot a three-under 67 on Friday to move to joint eighth on four under. Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre is alongside Fleetwood in a stellar pack which also includes English pair Matt Wallace and Alex Fitzpatrick, as well as Spanish superstar Jon Rahm and defending champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler.The group is four shots behind Australian…

MUMBAI: For those who shared the field with Sir Garry Sobers, it was impossible not to be bedazzled by his cricketing brilliance and be bowled over by his natural warmth.Garry Sobers batting for West indies during the 2nd Test match between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, 14th August 1973. (/Getty Images)All of them received the news of his passing with great sadness. “This is probably the saddest day for the game of cricket. The greatest cricketer to walk the earth has left us,” said Gavaskar.“No words can ever do justice to Sir Garfield Sobers the cricketer. He was…