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Kolkata: A 28-year-old woman alleged stalking, criminal intimidation, sexual threats, assault and defamation by a man she previously dated. She seeked immediate police protection and wanted to register an FIR.In the complaint submitted to Shyampukur Police Station, the woman said she was in a relationship with the man from July 2023 to Nov 2025, when she ended it after learning he was married and had a child. On Nov 10, 2025, the man allegedly assaulted and threatened her. On Monday, the man came to her house and verbally harassed her mother, 55, and made statements about the complainant which were…

JAMMU, FEB 6:  Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation,  Amit Shah today chaired a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu.This is the second security review meeting chaired by the Union home minister within a month. On January 8, Shah chaired a high-level review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir security in Delhi, and directed continuation of counter-terror operations targeting terror infrastructure and financing in “mission mode”. He also asserted that all resources will be made available to achieve the goal of “terror-free” Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest.Union Home Minister Amit Shah appreciated the efforts of…

Thane: The Thane City Police Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) arrested two persons and seized 1 kg and 736 grams of heroin valued at approximately Rs 6.9 crore, officials said. The operation also brought back into focus a notorious gangster who allegedly remained underground for nearly 22 years after fleeing the country.Acting on a high-level directive to intensify the crackdown on narcotics, the Thane Crime Branch received a confidential tip-off about a planned drug exchange. Based on the intelligence, a special team laid a trap near Humanity Public School in Diva during the early hours of Feb 3, 2026. One accused, Wajahat…

New Delhi: An unguarded pit in west Delhi’s Janakpuri took a life on Friday morning. In central Delhi, another massive, unbarricaded excavation pit at Central Square-DCM Flatted Factory Complex may also pose danger, with residents warning that the site could “claim a life at any moment” if urgent action is not taken.The pit, estimated to spread over nearly seven acres at Bara Hindu Rao, was dug over a decade ago for the Plaza 4 commercial project. It still remains open and largely unsecured — long stretches along internal roads have no fencing, warning signage or lighting, despite daily movement of…

Bengaluru: What began as a late-night journey home turned into a nightmare for 30 passengers travelling from Bengaluru to Kalaburagi after the private semi-sleeper bus they were in lost control and crashed into an electricity pole near Kerekattiganuru Cross, close to Nelamangala, in the early hours of Friday. Although all the passengers escaped without physical injuries, many were left traumatised and financially devastated as the bus later caught fire and was completely gutted.For Shivananda Hiremath, a resident of Jewargi taluk in Kalaburagi district who works as a cab driver in Bengaluru, survival came at a crushing cost. He lost about…

Hyderabad: Escalating his attack ahead of the municipal elections, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday alleged a ‘tacit alliance’ between the BRS and BJP, accusing the two parties of working in tandem to undermine the Congress govt in the state.Addressing a ‘Praja Palana-Pragati Bata’ meeting at Gumlapur village in Choppadandi mandal of Karimnagar district, the CM claimed the BRS had ‘donated’ seats and votes to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, resulting in the saffron party winning eight MP seats from Telangana. He alleged that the understanding between the two parties would continue even in the ongoing…

Chennai: A full bench of the Madras high court has clarified that resignation from service by a Tamil Nadu state govt servant, even on medical grounds, would entail forfeiture of past service, making them ineligible for pension benefits.”The grounds on which resignation is sought are immaterial, and resignation shall only mean forfeiture of past service,” the three-judge bench comprising Justice S M Subramaniam, Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy and Justice C Kumarappan said on Thursday.In service jurisprudence, the expressions ‘superannuation, voluntary retirement, compulsory retirement and resignation’ convey different connotations. Voluntary retirement and resignation involve voluntary acts on the part of the…

Ahmedabad: A clerical entry made nearly three decades ago triggered a 13-year legal battle for a childless Ahmedabad couple after they found municipal records listing their nephew as their biological son.The husband and wife discovered the discrepancy during a visit to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Birth and Death Department on Sep 21, 2012. The birth record showed them as the parents of the boy, now 30, even though the couple said they never had a child.The couple later established that the boy is the biological son of the the man’s elder brother and his wife. The couple maintained that their…

Prayagraj: A social media user Shailesh was booked for allegedly threatening Abhilasha Gupta, former mayor and wife of state cabinet minister, and uploading objectionable remarks on her social media account.A joint team of Kotwali police, SOG and Cyber Cell are tracking the location of the user. He was booked under section 351(4) of BNS and section 66 of the IT Act. The FIR was registered with Kotwali police on the complaint of the media adviser of the former mayor.A senior cop said that the joint team is investigating the case and action would be taken accordingly. He added, “A social…

Bhubaneswar: Two of Odisha’s govt-run premier institutions — Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR) and Buxi Jagabandhu (BJB) College — figure among the city’s biggest holding-tax defaulters, owing Rs 4 crore and Rs 3.5 crore respectively. The fact came to the fore after the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) released its list of defaulters ahead of the financial year-end.While OUTR is the state’s top engineering university and BJB is one of the most sought-after colleges, the civic body warned that properties will be sealed if dues are not cleared. BMC has already sealed over 100 institutions this financial year, making…