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Mumbai: A 23-year-old woman has lodged a police complaint against her ex-boyfriend for stalking her and threatening her and her family. Kurar Police has registered an FIR under provisions of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita for stalking.The victim works in a private company and stays at Malad East with her parents and siblings. Two years ago, she got acquainted with the 22-year-old accused over Snapchat. The two exchanged phone numbers and spoke regularly. In April 2025, they met for the first time in the woman’s residential locality. Thereafter, they met frequently and had a relationship. But the woman’s family was opposed to…

Bengaluru: Meetings between deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and his brother and former MP DK Suresh with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary KC Venugopal Wednesday, followed by interactions with Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in New Delhi on Thursday, have revived speculation over a possible change of chief minister in Karnataka. Sources say a switch may happen after the presentation of the state budget, casting a shadow over the govt’s milestone of completing 1,000 days in office. The party plans to highlight its governance record at a massive public rally in Haveri…

Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said the winning streak of Congress, which started in the 2023 assembly polls, will continue, and expressed confidence that the party would win over 90% of the 123 urban local bodies for which polling was held on Wednesday. Vote counting is scheduled for Friday (February 13), with results to be announced the same day.Speaking to media persons after casting his vote in the Kodad municipality, Uttam said a massive victory in the municipal elections would consolidate Congress position in urban areas in the state and pave the way…

The Supreme Court directed the state to revise the panel, submit a fresh proposal and complete the exercise within three weeks. CHENNAI: The Supreme Court has permitted Tamil Nadu govt to revise the empanelment committee for the DGP post in the state, by adding an alternate DGP-rank officer, and submit a fresh proposal containing eligible officers’ names to be appointed as the head of the police force in the state.The first bench comprising the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi granted the relief on Thursday, considering the peculiar situation prevailing in the…

Ahmedabad: The State Examination Board has announced that the preliminary examination for the Teacher Aptitude Test-Secondary (TAT-S) will be conducted on April 26. The notification for the mandatory eligibility test for aspiring secondary school teachers has been officially released.Online registration will remain open from Feb 18 to 27, while candidates can pay the examination fee through net banking until Feb 28. Applicants who clear the preliminary examination by securing marks above the prescribed cut-off will qualify to appear for the main examination, scheduled in June.In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the objectives of the Mission Schools…

Schoolchildren on a tour of the child-friendly police station in Berhampur Berhampur: Gosaninuagaon became the third child friendly police station in Berhampur police district, with a dedicated room with a special colourful drawings, animated murals, small library with cartoons and soft toys for children.Inspector general of police, southern range, Niti Sekhar inaugurated the child-friendly room on Wednesday evening, in the presence of SP (Berhampur) Saravana Vivek M. Earlier, the district police developed Mahila and Gopalpur police stations as child-friendly premises.“Any child while having any form of interaction with cops at police stations is entitled to an amiable environment and sensitive…

COIMBATORE: Officials from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Thursday inspected the Vellalore dump yard where the Coimbatore corporation has been piling up tonnes of garbage collected from residential and commercial areas. The CPCB officials inspected the dump yard as directed by National Green Tribunal (NGT), South Zone. On Jan 12, based on a case being heard by it, the NGT impleaded the CPCB as a respondent, directing it to inspect the dump yard within six weeks and submit its inspection report on or before Feb 28. KS Mohan, secretary of the Kurichi-Vellalore Pollution Prevention Action Committee, said, “The…

Gurgaon: Construction of a pathway along the edge of the Bandhwari landfill in the Aravali range was stopped on Wednesday after the forest department found it did not have the mandatory permission needed in an ecologically sensitive zone. The work was detected during routine field inspections.Divisional forest officer (Faridabad) Surender Dangi said the residents were trying to construct a pathway adjoining the landfill towards Mangar. “Vegetation had been cleared and the ground levelled to create an informal access route,” an official said, adding that since the land falls within the Aravali forest landscape, any construction or alteration of land requires…

Kanpur: A video featuring Ritu Tripathi, who had a dispute with Aastha Singh at a private bank, emerged on social media on Wednesday in Kanpur.In the video, Ritu Tripathi responded to Aastha Singh and asked for public support. She introduced herself, saying she was both a Tripathi and a Mishra, and claimed she was insulted by Aastha Singh, a Thakur, and faced threats and abuse. Despite this, she chose not to make the video viral.Kanpur Cough Syrup Death, Lamborghini Row, Tower Fall, Solar City PlanRitu said she did not wish to gain fame through false viral videos and expressed pride…

Pune: Four illegal hoardings were removed on Tuesday as part of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s special drive against such unauthorised facades with five squads for active execution.PMC’s sky sign department head Madhav Jagtap said the administration would find details of illegal hoardings using Google Maps and other software. “A fee with retrospective effect and demolition charges of Rs2 lakh will be recovered from those at fault.” Residents welcomed the move and demanded constant monitoring.PMC officials conducted the survey in Hadapsar and 30 hoardings were inspected. Last year, the commissioner’s office had issued directives to hold such a check after…