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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by a judicial officer against his doctor wife and two others, holding that the criminal proceedings were malicious and amounted to an abuse of the process of law.A division bench comprising Justice Rajiv Misra and Justice Dr Ajay Kumar II allowed a writ petition filed by the wife and two co-petitioners, setting aside the FIR that had been lodged in January 2026.The court relied on two key factors: the unexplained delay in filing the FIR and a contradiction between the allegations made in the complaint and the undisputed sequence of…

Balasore: The family of 26-year-old Bharati Mukhi, who was knocked down and killed by a speeding car in Hyderabad on Aug 16, has been left shattered by her sudden death, and is seeking justice and financial assistance after losing its sole breadwinner.Bharati, who hailed from Bantali village in Mayurbhanj district, worked as a sales executive at a store in Hyderabad. Her earnings helped sustain her family — parents and two brothers — for nearly five years.On Aug 16, Bharati suffered severe head injuries after the car hit her while she had stepped out to buy lunch. She was taken to…

COIMBATORE: A 34-year-old labourer, who was brutally assaulted by a gang near Periyanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore district on Aug 17, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night. Police arrested four men in connection with his death.The deceased was identified as V Pradeep, 34, of JJ Nagar in Vellamadai near Periyanaickenpalayam. Pradeep Kumar was staying with his parents.According to police, on Monday night, a few people from Vellamadai Poonga Nagar summoned Pradeep Kumar to a vacant plot near a private garden in Samanaickenpalayam area where they brutally assaulted him, leaving him critically injured.Passersby, who…

Name of the village in revenue dept recordsName of the village in Panchayat recordsGovt middle school in the villageName of the village in revenue dept recordsName of the village in Panchayat recordsGovt middle school in the villageName of the village in revenue dept records Gurgaon: A village in Nuh has been trapped in an administrative anomaly for over four decades, with three different names — ‘Lahabas’, ‘Allahabad’ and ‘Allahbas’ — coexisting across govt records. Panchayat documents use ‘Lahabas’, revenue records and other govt databases call it ‘Allahabad’, while education department records list it as ‘Allahbas’.The mismatch has real consequences. Certificates,…

Security personnel verify passengers before their departure as the Imphal–Dimapur–Guwahati bus service resumes after more than three years Imphal: Interstate passenger services between Imphal and Guwahati via Dimapur resumed on Friday after a gap of more than three years, marking a tentative restoration of road connectivity along a route disrupted by the ethnic conflict in Manipur, blockades and security concerns since May 2023.The CM’s office said two buses and five smaller passenger vehicles left Imphal carrying a total of 125 passengers. They travelled through Kangpokpi and Senapati before entering Nagaland en route to Guwahati.The route covers roughly 500 km. It…

Kanpur: Police on Friday afternoon arrested a man in connection with the murder of his wife and mother-in-law in Chandethi village under Bharthana police station in Etawah, during an encounter. According to police, Satyendra allegedly conspired to kill the two women to avoid paying a court-ordered monthly maintenance allowance of Rs 7,000 and a settlement amount of Rs 3 lakh.According to SSP Brijesh Srivastava, the accused, Satyendra Yadav, who was posted as a sanitation worker in the panchayat department in Aligarh, married Chandethi resident Manju Yadav alias Nirmala in 2021. After a marital dispute, Manju started living at her parental…

Protesters blocked key traffic points in Ludhiana, including the Ladowal stretch on the Amritsar-Delhi highway, Jalandhar Bypass, and Samrala Chowk, though demonstrators permitted emergency vehicles such as ambulances to pass through. Ludhiana: The statewide Punjab bandh called by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha to demand the release of Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners) evoked a mixed response in Ludhiana city while seeing a near-total shutdown in neighbouring Khanna and Jagraon on Friday.During the 7 am to 2 pm bandh, major commercial hubs in Ludhiana—including Ghumar Mandi, Chaura Bazar, and Model Town—remained largely shut until 1 pm before shopkeepers began reopening, while several…

TiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on FridayFounding president of TiE Mangaluru, Rohit Bhat, addresses the media on FridayTiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on FridayFounding president of TiE Mangaluru, Rohit Bhat, addresses the media on FridayTiE Mangaluru president Shyamprasad Hebbar addresses reporters at the Press Club in Mangaluru on Friday Mangaluru: TiE Mangaluru has been selected to host and drive the first K-Combinator initiative in Karnataka, a government-backed startup acceleration programme being rolled out under the state govt’s Beyond Bengaluru Mission and LEAP initiative, with…

Mysuru: Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said the expansion of Mysuru Airport would be given priority considering the city’s importance as a major tourism, cultural and heritage destination.At present, the airport handles ATR operations due to the limited runway length. Expansion of the runway would enable the airport to handle narrow-body aircraft and provide better connectivity to Mysuru, he told reporters after attending the Civil Aviation Consultative Committee meeting in Mysuru.He said Mysuru MP Yaduveer Wadiyar had raised several issues concerning the airport’s expansion and sought the Centre’s support for improving connectivity.“People from across the country and the…

Ghaziabad: An additional sessions court on Monday rejected the bail application of a man accused of helping his friend kidnap a minor for marriage last year. The court held that considering the nature and gravity of the crime, the punishment prescribed for it, and its impact on society, there was insufficient basis to release the accused on bail.The case was filed at Ankur Vihar police station on the complaint of a woman who said her minor daughter had gone to a shop to buy sweets on Oct 23, 2025, but had not returned. She said the family searched for the…