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Affirms trial court’s judgment under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Nagpur: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday upheld the life imprisonment of a Chandrapur man convicted of sexually assaulting his minor daughter, saying a father accused of raping his own child represents one of the most “shocking and heinous crimes in which he degraded the soul of the helpless girl”. The rape survivor was 12 years old at the time of the assault and was 27 weeks pregnant, when the case was registered at the local police station. After she gave birth, a DNA test on the newborn…

Rajkot: A 30-year-old man was hacked to death and his nephew injured after four armed men allegedly rammed their motorcycle with a car and attacked them in broad daylight in Amreli district’s Ingorala village on Wednesday.Police said the murder was driven by a grudge over the victim’s love marriage.According to an FIR lodged with Khambha police by eyewitness Gautam Vala, the victim, Jayraj Dhakhda, was riding a motorcycle with his nephew, Shaktiraj, when a car rammed into them from behind, causing both to fall on the road. Four men got out of the car armed with a sword, iron pipes…

BJP LoP Babulal Marandi addresses a news conference in Ranchi on Thursday Ranchi: Despite having 40% of the country’s mineral reserves, Jharkhand has fallen behind in mining revenue, production and employment generation due to policy failures, administrative inefficiency and lack of transparency, leader of opposition Babulal Marandi claimed on Thursday.Addressing media after his visit to the Saranda in West Singhbhum district, Marandi claimed several mines remained closed for several years as the state govt failed to renew their leases or put them up for auction on time. “The shutdown had adversely impacted jobs, triggered migration and weakened the local economy,”…

Prayers being offered to organ donor Virsing Maida Surat: Even as Rath Yatra celebrations were underway, a grieving family in Surat gave the gift of life to three patients through organ donation.The liver and two kidneys of 43-year-old Virsing Maida were harvested at New Civil Hospital (NCH) on Thursday after doctors declared him brain-dead.A native of Kotda in Rajasthan who was living in Kamrej, Surat, Maida suffered a severe electric shock on July 12 after accidentally falling onto an electrical power distribution panel while working as a mason. He was carrying out work above the panel when he lost his…

Video grab of the incident in which the man (in black shirt) is seen falling between the bogie and platform at Vadodara railway station Vadodara: A 46-year-old Mumbai resident lost a leg after he slipped while trying to board a moving train at Vadodara railway station on Wednesday night.The injured passenger, Suresh Tungariya, was travelling with his wife and two daughters on Train No 09723 Jaipur-Bandra Terminus Special Express. According to the Railway Protection Force (RPF), the train just departed from platform 1 at around 10.14 pm when fellow passengers pulled the alarm chain after noticing Tungariya trapped between the…

Varanasi: At a time when the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya has sparked widespread debate over transparency in handling devotees’ offerings, an 80-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu has donated more than Rs 3 crore to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple through cheques, ensuring every contribution was officially acknowledged with receipts.The donation, made in memory of her late husband and two sons, is one of the largest recent contributions to a major temple in Uttar Pradesh.According to officials, the octogenarian first approached Varanasi divisional commissioner S Rajalingam to express her desire to make the donation. Although…

The move is expected to benefit farmers and enable the state to channel more funds into paddy cultivation T’puram: Following a meeting between agriculture minister T Siddique and his Union counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Kerala has been granted a special relaxation in the funding cap for paddy cultivation infrastructure schemes.During talks held in Delhi with Chouhan, Siddique also sought special financial assistance for various agricultural projects in the state.The Union agriculture minister assured Siddique that Kerala would receive a special exemption from the 10% spending ceiling fixed under centrally sponsored schemes for infrastructure related to paddy and rice.This followed the…

Kolkata: A land deed cannot serve as proof of citizenship, Calcutta High Court has told a Murshidabad man currently facing deportation after his name was deleted from Bengal’s electoral roll following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).Nasir Molla is being held at Lalgola holding centre since his arrest on June 18 on suspicion of being a Bangladeshi national. Claiming that the detention was wrongful, his relatives moved the high court. During the appeal hearing, a division bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi directed Nasir’s cousin, Suman Molla, to produce documents establishing Nasir’s citizenship.In response, Suman submitted land deeds…

Srinagar, Jul 16: The sound of wooden looms once filled the halls of the Three-Way Carpet Factory in Srinagar, where generations of artisans mastered the intricate art of hand-knotted carpet weaving. Today, that sound has almost faded into silence.Forty years ago, the factory was among the Valley’s most prominent carpet weaving centres, employing numerous craftsmen and serving as a training ground for aspiring artisans. Today, only four weavers continue to work there, holding on to a craft that once defined Kashmir’s artistic heritage.Among them is Noor Mohammad Bhat, whose hands have spent decades tying thousands of knots into carpets admired…

Second ODI, CardiffIndia 233 (44 overs): Iyer 66 (71); Archer 3-47England 235-6 (44.1 overs): Root 99* (133); Brar 2-67England won by four wicketsScorecardEngland needed a Joe Root rescue act once again as his 99 not out led a gritty chase of 234 against India in Cardiff to level the one-day international series against India.With wickets falling around him regularly, Root provided a masterclass in adapting to tricky conditions and led England to their target with 5.5 overs to spare, but was denied a century as Gus Atkinson hit the winning boundary with three runs needed to win.Root was immediately tasked…