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Ludhiana: Three unidentified youths allegedly attacked a man and snatched his Activa scooter in Daba area on Wednesday night. The victim, Parveen Kumar (44), said he was on his way home when the accused, riding a black motorcycle, intercepted him. According to the complainant, they assaulted him and fled with his scooter and important documents. CCTV footage of the incident shows the attackers beating Parveen and taking away the vehicle. Police have registered a case against the unidentified accused and are examining CCTV camera footage. Source link
The incident happened in Chhijarsi Colony Noida: Five persons, including two teenagers, suffered burns and a scooter parked nearby caught fire after an 11kV high-tension power line snapped and fell on a road in Chhijarsi Colony under Sector 63 police station limits on Wednesday.Police said the incident occurred around 7 pm when the live wire broke and crashed onto the road, sending out sparks. It caused panic in the densely populated neighbourhood. Five passers-by — Nidhi (15), Priya (17), Mukesh Ram (38), Pavitra (41) and Ravi Chaudhury — who were in the vicinity of the wire were injured.Eyewitnesses said the…
Pune: The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)’s Centre for Open and Distance Learning (CODL) has allowed students with backlog subjects to appear for examinations without submitting application forms, since the online process could not be completed because of technical issues.University officials said the decision was taken to ensure that students did not lose a term. However, the move has triggered discussions in academic circles, with some experts questioning whether it departs from established procedures.Nearly 10,000 students enrolled in BA, BCom, MA, MCom and MBA programmes offered through CODL across Pune, Ahilyanagar and Nashik are covered under the examination process.Initially, the…
Syndrela Das, 16, stunned Manika Batra in her maiden UTT season Panaji: This is no fairy tale about a damsel-in-distress, glass slippers and midnight curfews. This one is about Syndrela Das, named after the famed mythical princess Cinderella. And it’s for real.In 2018, when the second edition of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), the country’s premier league, was held in Kolkata, Syndrela, just eight years old, watched enthusiastically from the stands. There were accomplished players, Olympians, stars. At the end of the day’s play, she would wait for her chance to click a picture with the stars. The one with Manika…
Ferozepur: Two men on a motorcycle opened fire at a shop in Ferozepur’s Zira town on Thursday afternoon in an alleged bid to extort money from its owner. The shopowner, Suresh Kumar, said this was the second such attack on a property owned by him in the past 20 days, and that he and his son had been recieving extortion threats too. Zira deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jaspal Singh Dhillon said the men fled after the attack on the shop at 12.30pm. “We are examining the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area, and have formed teams to…
Muslims set up stalls to distribute drinking water to devotees in Rath Yatras Lucknow: As Lord Jagannath’s chariot rolled through the city, Muslim families lined the Rath Yatra routes with water and sherbet stalls, turning simple acts of service into a celebration of communal harmony.Beginning at Akbari Gate, a procession organised by Chowk Sapasad Anurag Mishra traversed Nakkhas, where residents stood along the way serving devotees with chilled water.Among those extending a warm welcome was Umar Rotiwale of Akbari Gate, who continued his family’s more than 50-year tradition of offering soft drinks to pilgrims. “Our locality is largely Muslim, but…
Patna: Twenty-five candidates remain in the fray for the July 30 Bankipur assembly bypoll after one candidate withdrew nomination on the final day of withdrawal on Thursday. Polling will be held at 422 booths across 164 urban polling locations for 3.79 lakh voters.Addressing a joint press conference, Patna DM-cum-district election officer Kundan Kumar and SSP Kartikeya K Sharma said elaborate administrative and security arrangements have been made to ensure free and peaceful polling. The electorate comprises 2,00,060 men, 1,79,533 women and 23 third-gender voters. It also includes 4,998 first-time voters aged 18-19, 3,166 voters above 85 years and 1,024 persons…
The mines department has lodged an FIR on June 13 at the Padukalan police station alleging the use of forged transit passes to facilitate the illegal transportation of sand in Nagaur Jaipur: The mines department has lodged an FIR on June 13 at the Padukalan police station alleging the use of forged transit passes to facilitate the illegal transportation of sand in Nagaur district.According to the complaint filed by the office of the assistant mining engineer, Gotan, police informed the mines department on June 12 that two dumpers loaded with bajri had been detained at the Padukalan bypass tri-junction and…
Gadchiroli: The state govt has approved four new undergraduate engineering courses at University Institute of Technology (UIT), Gadchiroli, run by Gondwana University, from academic year 2026-27, adding 120 new seats.The approval, granted by Higher and Technical Education Department in a GR issued on Wednesday, follows clearance from the AICTE, New Delhi. The new courses, each with an intake of 30 seats, are Computer Science and Social Sciences, Manufacturing Technology, Metallurgical Engineering and Mining Engineering.The institute, located at Adpalli in Gadchiroli taluka, will run the courses on a self-financed, permanently non-grant basis, with the university bearing all expenditure on infrastructure, staff,…
Ranchi: As the 10-day mega fair at the Jagannathpur temple site in Dhurwa began on Thursday on the occasion of Rath Yatra festivities, city police have turned on high alert to keep extra vigil in the area to curb instances of petty crimes ranging from eve teasing to pick-pocketing, snatching, among others, by rolling out a special team comprising 40 police personnel.They would be stationed at various places at the fair in plain clothes. “All of them are equipped with wireless systems. Officer in-charge of Dhurwa police station is responsible to supervise their operations,” said an official.Deputy superintendent of police…