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Ambala: A local court on Wednesday sentenced seven convicts — including Anil Kumar, son of former Ambala City BJP MLA Master Shiv Prasad — to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for attempted murder and criminal conspiracy in a 2020 case.Ambala district additional sessions judge Sampreet Kaur referred to Supreme Court judgments, emphasizing that punishment must be proportionate to the gravity of the crime and reflect society’s demand for justice, as she pronounced the order.Anil and the other convicts — Rohit, Devender, Jitender, Sukhwinder Singh, Jatin Kumar and Darpan Kumar — have been fined Rs 20,000 each. If they don’t pay the…

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath chairs a high-level review meeting on the Uttar Pradesh Data Centre Cluster (UPDCC), Project Ganga and measures to promote in-house wheat processing, in Lucknow on Wednesday Lucknow: Expressing concern over recent road accidents in districts, including Lakhimpur Kheri, Amroha, Agra and Aligarh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said every human life is valuable and all departments should work in coordination to further reduce road accidents and fatalities.Chairing a high-level road safety review meeting in Lucknow, the CM said road accident deaths caused loss to both the state and the nation.“Most accidents occur due to lack…

Patna: The third edition of the Prof Surendra Gopal memorial lecture was organised at the Patna Museum auditorium here on Wednesday to commemorate the 90th birth anniversary of the eminent historian. The event witnessed participation from noted academicians, jurists, doctors and public figures, and featured a keynote lecture by Sunita Sharma on the historical evolution of the Indian caste system.Sharma, former sectional president of the Indian History Congress and a noted scholar of gender studies, examined the caste system through the lens of changing historical perspectives. She stressed the need for rigorous and objective historical inquiry to understand the complexities…

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has provided interim relief to candidates challenging eligibility conditions for the SI Recruitment, 2021, re-examination process. A single-judge bench of Justice Anand Sharma Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) to allow all petitioners to edit their application forms and provisionally appear in the proposed re-exam.The SI Recruitment, 2021, has remained under legal scrutiny since a single bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the entire process on Aug 28, 2025, citing irregularities in the examination process. A division bench of the high court later upheld the cancellation order on April 4, 2026.Selected trainee…

Nagpur: Two persons died after a reversing truck ran over their motorcycle near the back gate of an engineering college on Shivangaon Road under MIDC Police Station limits on Monday.Vicky Kale (32), a resident of Wadi, and his friend Kishore Lohe (42), a resident of Narkhed, were riding a motorcycle at around 12.30 pm, when the truck, coming from MIDC towards Shivangaon, suddenly reversed to give way to an oil tanker.Cops said that the truck driver, wearing headphones, allegedly ignored repeated honking and carelessly reversed the vehicle, crushing both riders under the wheels. The driver then drove away from the…

Hazaribag: The May salaries of 400 teachers, posted in 59 govt schools across Hazaribag district, have been withheld by the district administration after their schools displayed poor performance in the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) board examinations.The move comes after district education officer (DEO) Praveen Ranjan issued notices to these teachers on May 13 and sought their responses. The district ranked 14th among 24 districts in JAC class 10 results this year, down seven spots from 2025.The DEO in his letter stated that despite the availability of adequate teachers in schools, regular student testing and available resources the results are not…

Vadodara: Panchmahal police arrested three persons, including a branch manager of Panchmahal District Cooperative Bank (PDCB) who was fired, while probing a mule bank account allegedly used in cyberfraud cases.The accused were identified after Shehra police scrutinized suspicious bank accounts on the Samanvaya portal, a platform used for tracking cybercrime-related transactions. During the investigation, police traced certain accounts operated by Adarsh Shukla and Jishu Mishra, who were living in Pandesara.During questioning, the duo allegedly revealed the involvement of Sapan Parikh, a former branch manager of PDCB.Police said Parikh facilitated the opening of four bank accounts in a span of a…

Varanasi: Following the row over BHU’s exam paper on Brahmanical patriarchy’s impact on women, Congress state president Ajai Rai demand that educational institutions should be kept free from BJP’s political and RSS interference.. “We strongly oppose this question and such a mentality and demand from the university administration that this question be immediately withdrawn. It should also be ensured that in the future, educational institutions are not used for any political or ideological agenda,” Rai said..A controversy has erupted over a question asked in the fourth semester examination of MA history at BHU. Students affiliated with ABVP staged a protest…

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday denied bail to ISF’s Moulana Sahajahan Ali in the Mothabari violence case, citing the seriousness of the allegations and that the NIA was yet to conclude the probe.Before the division bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi, Ali’s counsel argued the offences were not scheduled under NIA Act and further detention was unnecessary. The NIA opposed bail, saying the Supreme Court had ordered an expedited probe, and it was still underway. It alleged Ali had instigated the crowd, and that two witnesses and a police officer had identified him. Source link

FILE – United States’ Allyson Felix competes in the women’s 4×400-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in London on Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, is planning a return to competition with the aim of reaching the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where she would be 42. Felix, who retired after the Tokyo Olympics cycle and last competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, is targeting what would be her sixth Olympic appearance, a project she has internally framed as “Project Six.” The…