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PATNA: Three people, including the wife of a railway employee and her alleged lover, have been arrested for allegedly plotting his murder by hiring a contract killer who shot him aboard the Jansadharan Express in Bihar’s Katihar Rail District last month.The victim, Devkumar Gunjan, was shot by unidentified assailants on June 11 while travelling on the Jansadharan Express near Badlaghat under the jurisdiction of the Mansi Railway Police Station. He suffered serious injuries and later died during treatment.Police registered a case at the Mansi Rail Police Station on June 12 under Section 309(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023,…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only JAIPUR: A senior teacher, Saraswati Meena, at the Government Senior Secondary School in Liwali village of Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, was suspended by the state education department following serious complaints against her. Officials said locals had alleged that students were strip-searched after the teacher found that Rs 500 was missing from a Class 9 classroom. However, officials from the district education department said the allegations were found to be false. Meena Kumari Lasariya, chief district education officer, Sawai Madhopur, said, “After learning about the incident, we immediately probed the matter and found that the…
Indian point guard Vaishnavi Pardeshi in action against Indonesia in the U-18 Asia Cup on Wednesday (Pic Credit FIBA) Nagpur: Viha Reddy and Mahek Sharma netted identical 15 points as Taarushee Tarun (14) and Vaishnavi Pardeshi (11) came up with valuable contributions as India outplayed Indonesia 79-46 to enter the semifinals of the FIBA U-18 Asia Cup women’s basketball tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday.In their last league outing of the B Division championship, Indian women took an early lead and never looked back to register a facile 33-point victory and emerge as the Group A toppers to secure their…
Divy Khare| TNNBokaro: Congress MLA Shweta Singh on Wednesday yet again took up the long-pending issues of scheduled flight operations from Bokaro airport and the proposed Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) with the Centre during her visit to New Delhi.Accompanied by state industries minister Sanjay Yadav, she met Union steel minister H D Kumaraswamy and pressed for faster progression of these projects. This was the third time in the past one-and-a-half years that the MLA met the Union minister over the same issues.Singh said, “I have urged the Centre to facilitate the launch of commercial flight services from Bokaro airport, expedite…
Surat: Around 60 Indian nationals deported by the United Arab Emirates arrived at Surat International Airport from Dubai on Wednesday aboard an Air India Express flight.The deportees travelled on Air India Express flight IX-274 after the Indian Embassy in Dubai facilitated their return by issuing emergency certificates or temporary passports. According to sources, all were deported for allegedly violating local laws and regulations in the UAE.Most of the deportees travelled to the UAE over the past few years in search of employment and were working as labourers. The majority hailed from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Punjab, while a few were…
Varanasi: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt of India, and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (SSU), Varanasi, to promote the development of India’s tribal communities.The MoU was signed at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in New Delhi in the presence of Ranjana Chopra, secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs; Anant Prakash Pandey, joint secretary; Deepali Masirkar, director; and Prof. Bihari Lal Sharma, vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.Under the initiative, several certificate and diploma courses have been developed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs with the academic support of Sampurnanand…
Bar on high-rise constructions Kolkata: KMC has turned down a request from developers to give a provisional go-ahead to resume work on under-construction projects, where the audit team has not detected any safety-related issues but have found non-compliance in matters of labour and water.Representatives of Credai, an umbrella organisation of leading developers in Kolkata and the rest of Bengal, met civic officials on Wednesday to discuss the progress of the audit on the under-construction sites in the city. Work on high-rise projects has been suspended since the collapse of an under-construction warehouse at Taratala last month in which 16 people…
Srinagar, July 15: In a major initiative to safeguard forests and ecologically sensitive meadows in Budgam district, the Forest Department has reiterated a complete ban on camping, tent pitching, off-road driving, bonfires and the use of plastic and polythene bags across the Pir Panjal Forest Division.Speaking to Rising Kashmir, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Pir Panjal Forest Division, Budgam, Syed Waseem Gul said the restrictions have been enforced in accordance with government directions to preserve the fragile forest ecosystem and prevent environmental degradation.”To protect the forests and meadows within the Pir Panjal Forest Division, the use of plastic and polythene bags…
Calls are growing for Indian educationist and activist Sonam Wangchuk to end his indefinite hunger strike after concerns over his rapidly deteriorating health.The 59-year-old, who has been surviving on salt water for the past 19 days, has lost 9.1kg and aides say he’s in immense pain and unable to even stand without support.On Thursday, the Delhi High Court is set to take up a petition asking it to “urgently intervene and provide medical aid to him” – otherwise “he may die in two days”.Wangchuk has been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)…
Eight-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after a motorcyclist hit her. Mumbai: An eight-year-old schoolgirl suffered serious injuries after being hit by a motorcyclist riding in the wrong direction at Jogeshwari West on Wednesday. Amboli police has registered a case against an unknown person for rash driving.Around 9.40 am on July 15, Reva Pawar, 8, was walking down to her tuitions with her mother, Nidhi. While they were crossing the road near the divider, opposite Cafe Arfa, a motorcycle riding in the wrong direction hit Reva. As a result, she left her mother’s hand and got dragged onto the street. She…