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An adviser to Russia’s transportation minister has stepped down after Azerbaijan issued a warrant for his arrest over comments made during YouTube livestreams earlier this summer. Prosecutors in Azerbaijan announced Monday that they had charged and issued arrest warrants for Alexei Chadayev, a journalist and adviser to Russia’s transportation minister, alongside political commentator Semyon Uralov and Ivan Knyazev, a presenter on the state-run Moscow 24 news channel. The three men were accused of making calls for the violent overthrow of the Azerbaijani government, inciting ethnic hatred and issuing public calls for terrorism. The charges stem from comments they were said to…
New auto-rickshaw and taxi driver badges in Maharashtra will now be videographed during verification MUMBAI: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said that the entire process of verifying knowledge of the Marathi language while issuing new badges to auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers will be videographed starting Thursday.He said that the measure aims to ensure transparency in the implementation of the amended motor vehicle rules, which make “working knowledge” of Marathi mandatory for such drivers, news agency PTI reported.The minister has also directed Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials to record videos while testing drivers’ working knowledge of Marathi during the…
In Central Delhi, almost a quarter of teenagers are grappling with sleep deprivation (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Poor sleep is affecting a significant share of school-going adolescents in Central Delhi, with a study finding that nearly one in four had sleep deprivation and that those affected recorded lower academic grades and substantially higher odds of depressive symptoms.The study, published in the Indian Journal of Community Medicine in May 2026, found that 326 of 1,452 adolescents, or 22.5%, were sleep-deprived.Their average academic grades stood at 64%, compared with 67% among adolescents who were not sleep-deprived.The study covered adolescents aged 12 to…
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami speaks to reporters outside Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday. Photo by B A Raju CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday slammed treasury bench legislators for thumping their desks and laughing while his party walked out of the assembly to protest what he said the House’s failure to take up a special calling attention motion concerning the death of a 39-year-old fisherman and the critical condition of three others in an attack by armed pirates in the sea off Saudi Arabia on Aug 10 night.”I don’t understand why they were clapping and…
Pune: Corporators spoke about the poor condition of city roads during Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s general body meeting on Tuesday. They said the situation was leading to accidents and hampering overall traffic flow.Elected representatives mentioned Monday’s fatal accident in Mhalunge and other such mishaps occurring due to bad city roads. They said citizens expected better roads that would help reduce traffic congestion and also keep a check on pollution caused by vehicles. The administration should take safety measures and repair surfaces on a continuous basis, they said.Congress corporator Sunil Shinde said daily commute was troublesome for citizens because of washed-out…
Dharamshala BJP MLA Sudhir Sharma arrives at the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau office in Dharamshala Kullu: The office of the Himachal Pradesh DGP on Tuesday said that BJP MLA Sudhir Sharma, who joined the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) investigation into a disproportionate assets case, has failed to furnish key financial and property records sought by the Bureau.DGP office flags missing records, ‘evasive’ answers by BJP MLAKullu: The office of the Himachal Pradesh DGP on Tuesday said BJP MLA Sudhir Sharma, who joined the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) investigation into a disproportionate assets case, failed to…
Lucknow: For 40 years, Mirza Raza Ali Khan has watched Lucknow unfold through the viewfinder of his camera. At Bada Imambara, where tourists arrive with phones held high today, the 66-year-old photographer still carries a camera and the memories of an era when getting a photograph clicked was an occasion in itself.His lens has, over the decades, turned towards some of the biggest names to visit the city — around 50 celebrities, including Hema Malini, Kamal Haasan, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Farooq Sheikh, Vinod Kambli, Asha Parekh, Ghulam Ali, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Chunky Panday, Bhagyashree, former Pakistan…
Nagpur: A 44-year-old watchman posted at Vasantrao Naik Residential Ashramshala at Pusagondi in Nagpur rural was arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of inmates, including an attempted assault on a boy late Monday. Accused, Rajesh Malapure, was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged under stringent provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act along with section 75 of Juvenile Justice Act and relevant sections of SC/ST Act, said Kondhali police station in-charge Sumeet Parteki.Hours after midnight on Monday he allegedly entered a boys’ hostel room and tried to sexually assault a student, who raised an alarm, after which…
A New York pizzeria owner has turned an upsetting encounter outside his restaurant into a simple message of kindness for people struggling to afford food. Daniel Romano, owner of D’Romano’s Pizza in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx, noticed an elderly woman taking half a pizza from his restaurant’s rubbish bin. Instead of ignoring her, Romano approached her, removed the discarded slice and gave her a fresh one. The woman began crying, and Romano reassured her before she ate. The incident later prompted him to put a handwritten note in his restaurant window asking hungry people to come inside…
A woman has claimed a free pint of beer after finding a coin and a mysterious message hidden in the wall of her house.The card, discovered by Ellie Mead in Bicester, Oxfordshire, revealed the cache was left there in 1971 by electrician David Judd, who promised “one pint best beer if penny returned”.A Facebook appeal traced his daughter, Helen Russell, who revealed he was now aged 92, living in Devon and happy to honour the offer.She said: “I do know that there are others all over the place but he won’t tell me exactly where.” Source link