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Chennai: Madras high court directed the Election Commission and political parties, including DMK, AIADMK and TVK, to respond to a public interest writ petition seeking an independent probe into allegations of cash distribution to voters and the use of minors during the assembly election campaign.A vacation bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued the direction while hearing a petition filed by advocate Vasuki from Bhuvanagiri. The bench adjourned the hearing to July 1.According to the petitioner, DMK and AIADMK distributed cash to voters during the recently concluded Assembly election campaign. The petition further alleged that members of…

Prayagraj: At least six people including three members of a family were killed and three others injured after severe thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning, winds and rains, swept through the Prayagraj region on Thursday night. The storm caused widespread destruction and significant damage to buildings and infrastructure.The casualties included four deaths in Kaushambi and one each in Prayagraj and Pratapgarh districts. Relief and rescue operations are currently underway in the affected districts.The severe storm also uprooted hundreds of trees, damaged many houses, electric poles, and caused wall collapse incidents.In Kaushambi district, three members of a family including a woman identified as…

Bhubaneswar: Higher education department has begun the admission process for Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP). Applications are open on SAMS portal until June 10.The AEDP is intended to combine classroom learning with practical industry exposure, as National Education Policy (NEP) emphasises skill development and improving employability.For 2026-27, the AEDP is available in 11 subjects: commerce, home science, economics, history, English, zoology, mathematics, library science, chemistry, geology and botany.The department said that students will undertake a one-year apprenticeship with stipend in the third year of the course under the programme. Source link

Dibrugarh: Assam Police have arrested two more men from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raising funds for the banned Ulfa‑I, indicating the outfit’s pan‑India reach in extortion and funding operations.The arrested men, identified as Noor Mohammad of Saharanpur and Mohammad Subhan of Kanpur, were traced to a rented accommodation in Unnao’s Budhwari area, where they had been living for nearly six months under concealed identities. A team of Assam Police, working in coordination with local police and surveillance units, tracked and arrested the duo.The two accused were brought to Tinsukia on Thursday for further questioning, Tinsukia additional superintendent of police (headquarters)…

Mangaluru: Indian Railways has decided to regularise Train No. 09057/09058 Surat-Mangaluru Junction-Surat Special as Train No. 19057/19058 Surat-Mangaluru Junction-Surat Bi-Weekly Express.The regularised service will commence from Surat from June 3 and from Mangaluru Junction from June 4. According to a release from Konkan Railway, Train No. 19057 Surat-Mangaluru Junction Bi-Weekly Express will depart from Surat at 7.35 pm every Wednesday and Sunday, and will reach Mangaluru Junction at 7.45 pm the following day.Meanwhile, Train No. 19058 Mangaluru Junction–Surat Bi-Weekly Express will depart from Mangaluru Junction at 10.30 pm every Thursday and Monday, and will arrive at Surat at 11.45 pm…

Elephant camp at Budipadaga in Chamarajanagar district Mysuru: Budipadaga elephant camp in BRT Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district has remained vacant as there is no presence of tamed elephants here. Forest department spent Rs 2 crore for development of the camp, but the department failed to utilise the facility.The department has set up all facilities to take care of tamed jumbos and provided necessary infrastructure, including the construction of houses for mahouts and kavadis besides guesthouses for tourists in Budipadaga, which falls under the Punajanur range of Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district.Two years ago, the state…

The home of liquor seller Karnail Singh Virka in Phugewadi, from where he has been allegedly selling country-made liquor illegally for the last 40 years Pune: The spurious liquor death toll spiralled to 15 in Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune city on Friday, while nine people, including Yogesh Vhankade, who allegedly mixed methanol into country-made alcohol, were arrested for the tragedy.Four of the deaths were reported between late Thursday night and early Friday morning from the Hadapsar area. Another five casualties were in Pimpri. Six deaths were reported on Thursday. The Pimpri Chinchwad police had debunked the alleged “deaths due to…

Hisar: A district court here has sentenced two men to five years’ rigorous imprisonment each in a nearly two-year-old mobile phone snatching case involving a private security guard. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of the convicts.District and Sessions Judge Alka Malik convicted the accused, Yogesh and Tajender, after holding them guilty in the robbery case registered at Civil Lines police station in 2024.The case was lodged on the complaint of Ramprasad, a resident of Labour Colony at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.Following the investigation and trial, the court found both accused guilty and…

LUCKNOW: A violent assault on a local Samajwadi Party (SP) woman leader in Chandauli has triggered political reactions after the victim alleged that she was brutally attacked inside her home by the family members of her long-time business associate and claimed that a larger political conspiracy may have been behind the incident.The victim, Gargi Singh Patel, district president of the SP Mahila Morcha, is currently undergoing treatment at the District Hospital after suffering multiple fractures and serious injuries in the alleged attack that took place at her residence in Madiya Padav under the Mughalsarai police station area on May 28.According…

Vehicles pass through a waterlogged road at Bahadurpur Housing Colony in Patna on Friday Patna: The Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCO) on Friday deployed drainage machinery and personnel across the city to tackle waterlogging after early morning rainfall, using the exercise as a pre-monsoon trial run, officials said.All 91 drainage pumping stations — 56 permanent and 35 temporary — were placed on 24×7 alert. A total of 364 high-capacity pumps, including 265 electric and 99 diesel units, were operated to facilitate water clearance. Eight newly constructed pumping stations were also kept on standby.Nodal officers were deployed across eight municipal…