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Lucknow: Markets across the city witnessed a surge in footfall over the past week as families stepped out to stock up on essentials, especially for ‘sehri’ and ‘iftar’ (pre-dawn and sunset meals) during the fasting month Ramzan. Shopkeepers said business picked up significantly, with shoppers buying aromatic spices, dry fruits and dates, vermicelli and ‘lachchhe’ (swirls of vermicilli). “Ramzan is not just about fasting, it’s also about togetherness,” said Khalida Parveen, buying dates and fruits at Nakhas market. Vendors reported brisk sales of imported dates, rose syrup, dry fruits and ready-to-cook snacks that were staples during the fasting month. Mahjabeen…
Patna: A 25-year-old man, Avinash Kumar, allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself in Rosera area of Samastipur district on Tuesday. He recorded a 55-second video before his death, appearing distressed with a red scarf around his neck, later used in the act. Family members said he had been emotionally disturbed since his wife died by suicide two months ago following a domestic dispute triggered by public taunts over her alleged extra-marital affair. Police recovered the body and sent it to a govt hospital for the postmortem examination. Source link
Ajmer: On finding that their daughter had married a man from another community, the woman’s parents staged a protest outside Ganj police station Tuesday evening.A saffron wing also gathered outside, and, looking at the situation, anti-social elements looted a shop. Extra police force was called from the police lines. SHO Ganj Mahaveer Singh said that the situation was under control. According to police, a family registered a missing case on Feb 2 after their 18-year-old daughter went missing. The family hails from Madhya Pradesh and resides in the Ganj region of Ajmer.On Monday, the woman, who was in a live-in…
Nagpur: Crime branch squad of the city police dismantled an inter-state mobile theft gang involved in trafficking stolen smartphones to Bangladesh and Nepal. The gang came to Nagpur a few days ago and was set to leave after a few days.In a major operation under senior PI Dilip Chandan and DCP Rahul Maknikar, police arrested 10 members of the gang and recovered 40 high-end handsets valued at 12 lakh.Modi & Macron Joint Presser, AI Summit Highlights, Great Nicobar Development Project And MoreActing on a tip-off, the team raided a rented accommodation in Kinkhede Layout, Shahu Mohalla. The search yielded multiple…
The community in Chatra is reeling after the tragic lynching of Rambali Rajwar, with four individuals arrested in connection to the incident. Wrongly labeled as a child-lifter, Rambali succumbed to his wounds early Monday. The police are diligently working to identify and charge everyone implicated in this shocking act of violence. Chatra: Four persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly lynching a man on suspicion of being a child-lifter in Chatra district on Sunday night. The victim died during treatment on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Rambali Rajwar (40), a resident of Barwatoli under Ramgarh police station in Ramgarh…
Varanasi: Timely intervention by police helped foil bid by anti-social elements to create communal tension in Old Paan Dariba area under Chetganj police station by fanning rumours of cow slaughtering in close proximity to Kashi Vishwanath Dham on Tuesday. When police reached the spot, the youths gathered near Bakra Mandi in Old Paan Dariba started alleging illegal butchering of animals for meat selling, but none of their claims proved true during the spot inspection by officials.Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kashi zone Gaurav Banswal, who led the police force, said, “Claims of cow and other animals being slaughtered were false, as…
Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt has amended the rules to unify the operating hours of bar hotels across Kerala, ending the differential timing that was in force between notified tourism centres and non-tourism areas. With the amendment, all bar hotels in the state can function from 10am to 12 midnight. The amendment was notified, bringing the revised norms into effect. Until now, in 74 tourism centres notified by the excise department, bar hotels were permitted to function from 10am to 12 midnight. In other parts of the state, the timing was from 11am to 11pm. The disparity in operating hours was…
Kolkata: A consensual sexual relationship turning acrimonious does not constitute rape merely because it has not resulted in marriage, Calcutta High Court has held.The HC on Monday quashed a criminal case against a man accused of raping a woman, whom she had promised to marry but later backed out, and forcing her to undergo an abortion. The court held that the two voluntarily travelled together, stayed together and conducted themselves in a manner “akin to husband and wife,” which indicated mutual consent, not deception.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) held that a man could not be convicted of rape just because a…
Fast-moving grassfires have ignited in Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado amid extreme winds and critically low humidity. The Ranger Road Fire has burned approximately 15,000 acres in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Officials have begun evacuations in southwest Kansas and northwest Oklahoma, with law enforcement closing several roads. The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch, warning that critical fire weather conditions could develop in the next 12 to 72 hours. The County Road 169 Fire has burned at least 10,000 acres. Source link
Robert Jenrick will promise to reform the OBR, rather than abolish it, in a move to reassure financial markets. Source link