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Pune: Pune police on Saturday registered a case against 50 to 60 Youth Congress workers following a violent clash with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at a university hostel campus ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Chhatron Ki Goonj event in the city.Police were deployed in large numbers at the College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) hostel campus following a clash between members of the ABVP and the National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Friday.Read more: Members of ABVP, Left-leaning student unions clash on Jadavpur University campusBased on a complaint lodged by an ABVP member, a first information…

Taapsee Pannu and Kangana Ranaut had a public feud in 2019 and 2020. Recently, Taapsee spoke about her equation with Kangana and revealed that she has never met the actor. She also opened up about the possibility of joining politics.Taapsee Pannu on feud with Kangana Ranaut.‘People can decide who comes from where’Speaking about her feud with Kangana, Taapsee said that the way they speak about each other is a reflection of their upbringing. She told India Today, “I haven’t met her. I didn’t meet her before when these so-called issues started. I haven’t met her now as well. My opinion…

The story so far:President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had asked his administration how elections are held in the U.S. without a valid photo identity card.He also pointed out that just 1% of India’s 64.64 crore electors who voted in the last general elections voted by mail (unlike the large number who do so in the U.S.) Mr. Trump reiterated his demand that Congress pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and…

Air Marshal Kapoor (Retd) did not totally rule out the role of Tejas Mk2 in future NEW DELHI: Less than two months after retirement as the IAF’s vice chief, Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor (Retd) has slammed the delay in the delivery of Tejas (LCA) fighter jet by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to the air force, saying, “why must it be that a machine that was promised to us so many years back with a certain set of capabilities continues to be denied to us on one pretext or the other”.In an interview to NDTV, the IAF veteran said, “Why must we…

Sumedh Salve plays the drunk brother in YUVA’s Kranti Nagar walk Indian prisoners are unaccustomed to chairs — their seating, like their sleeping, is communal, on the floor. Yet in several state prisons in Maharashtra, inmates are now engaging with a chair for an entirely different purpose: not to rest, but to speak — to someone who isn’t there.The Empty Chair is a drama therapy tool employed by Sarita Ganesh and Tanvi Oswal in the therapeutic expressive arts intervention they lead in prisons. An inmate addresses an empty chair, imagining it seated with a person — a parent, a victim,…

New Delhi: Delhi Police probing the robbery-cum-murder of a 69-year-old woman in Jangpura has obtained CCTV footage showing a suspect fleeing towards a nearby drain after the crime.Sources said the suspect was seen running towards the drain after 4 am Friday. Before that, he was captured on CCTV crossing a nearby park. Investigators suspect he may have fled towards the BRT corridor or Sunlight Colony.Police have questioned several people who visited the colony or the victim’s house in the past 10-15 days, including two carpenters and a car cleaner. The movements of others who may have had access to the…

Hyderabad: From school buses to buses for after-school activities, the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) is looking to widen its Student Mobility programme as it enters its third decade. SCSC, a police-industry partnership, began by focusing on women’s safety and has since expanded into cybersecurity, road safety, and child and youth safety. As it marks 20 years on Sunday, its focus is now on expanding that work among the next generation.Among the ideas in the works is a trusted transport system for children heading to extracurricular activities after school. “We don’t want to limit the solution to the mobility…

From East Tambaram to Selaiyur and West Tambaram, shoppers and visitors park along busy stretches and outside residential areas, while commercial establishments have increasingly turned public spaces into informal parking lots. This leaves cars lining up on streets around Tambaram’s commercial hubs, eating into road space meant for traffic and pavements meant for pedestrians. Chennai: Tambaram has expanded rapidly in recent years, driven by real estate growth and IT-related development. However, parking infrastructure has not kept pace.From East Tambaram to Selaiyur and West Tambaram, shoppers and visitors park along busy stretches and outside residential areas, while commercial establishments have increasingly…

Gujarat High Court at Sola in Ahmedabad. Photo by Kevin Antao. 12-07-11. Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has turned down a petition filed by a former member of the Abdul Latif gang, Mohammed Umar Majid Pathan alias Mohammed Fighter, seeking premature release from the life sentence imposed on him for the murder of former Rajya Sabha member Rauf Valiullah.In 2007, a TADA court sentenced seven persons, including Mohammed Fighter, to imprisonment of 20 years, while three others were given the benefit of the doubt for the MP’s murder in 1992. This was after the politician had threatened to expose the activities…

Koraput: Three college students were arrested and two minors detained on Saturday, within 24 hours of the murder of a 19-year-old college student in Jeypore town police limits of Koraput district. Of the two children in conflict with the law (CCLs), one is a college student and the other recently appeared in the Class X exam.Victim Debasish Kishan Kuldeep, a resident of Kebidi village under Jeypore Sadar police station limits, was a second-year degree student of Borigumma College, while police said the adult accused, Jaga Harijan (20), Dinesh Takiri (20) and Chandra Kanta Harijan (18), are the students of Vikram…