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Noida: The family of 28-year-old Nikki Bhati, which accused her husband and in-laws of murdering her, has reached an out-of-court settlement after property shares were transferred to children.Under the agreement, property linked to Nikki’s husband Vipin Bhati has been transferred to Nikki’s seven-year-old son, while property belonging to Vipin’s brother Rohit Bhati has been transferred to Rohit and Kanchan Bhati’s son. Kanchan is the sister of Nikki and is married into the same family.On Aug 21 last year, Nikki was allegedly set on fire at her home in Sirsa village in Kasna. An FIR was registered against her husband Vipin,…
Pune: An argument over pet cats turned ugly in Tathawade this week when a family of three allegedly assaulted an elderly woman.The 60-year-old woman, who lives alone in Panchshilnagar, sustained injuries to her forehead after the attack on Tuesday night. The woman said in her complaint to the Wakad police on Wednesday that her neighbour’s five cats had become a nuisance as they frequently entered her house and jumped on her tin shed. She said she had repeatedly raised the issue with the neighbour, but no action was taken.“On Tuesday night, while the complainant was having dinner, the cats entered…
From left: Kavita Chati, Celine Dias and Conception Pereira are gold medal prospects for Goa Panaji: Two athletes above the age of 90 have registered for the 3rd National Women Masters Athletics Championship 2026 at Athletics Stadium, Cujira, starting Saturday.Goa’s Maria Imelda D’Sousa, a 92-year-old athlete from Mapusa, will participate in 100m, shot put and javelin throw, while Rajasthan’s Pani Devi, 94, will take part in 100m, shot put and discus throw, proving that age is no barrier to being out there on the field.“Age is truly just a number and our participants from across the country are living proof,”…
Shimla: The second phase of panchayat elections in Himachal Pradesh recorded an overall voter turnout of 80% across 1,276 gram panchayats on Thursday, according to the state election commission. Polling for the third phase in the remaining panchayats will be held on May 30.The first phase polling for 1,293 gram panchayats on May 26 recorded 78.9% voting. A total of 17.28 lakh voters – including 8.74 lakh men, 8.55 lakh women and 17 others – were eligible to cast their votes in the second phase on Thursday. Polling began at 7 am and concluded at 3 pm. Women voters outnumbered…
Patna: A fire broke out in the general coach of the stationary Jayanagar-Udhna Antyodaya Express (22363) at Madhubani railway station under the Samastipur division of East Central Railway (ECR) early Thursday morning. Though no casualties were reported in the incident, the general coach was completely gutted in the blaze.According to railway sources, thick smoke was first seen billowing out of the coach, following which a massive fire suddenly engulfed the bogie. Railway officials immediately alerted the fire brigade, which rushed to the spot and battled the flames to bring the situation under control.Fortunately, the incident occurred when the empty rake…
Ex-sarpanch Ram Singh Choudhary and his wife Surgyan Devi Former Sarpanch, Wife, Mother & Niece KilledKshitiz Gaur | TNNAjmer: A charred SUV with three bodies inside and a fourth one found in a nearby field along a road in Ajmer district’s Arai area early Thursday led police to uncover suspected murders rather than a road accident.A truck driver, after spotting flames engulfing a Scorpio about 1 km from Shri Rampura village near Arai, alerted villagers, who reached the spot with water tankers and doused the fire around 5:30am.At first, the incident appeared to be a vehicle fire caused by an…
Wardha: A 35-year-old man died after falling into a deep pit allegedly created due to illegal sand excavation at Shekapur (Bai) sand ghat in Hinganghat taluka of Wardha district, triggering anger among local residents against the administration and sand mafia.Locals alleged that thousands of tipper vehicles are transporting sand from Shekapur (Bai) ghat without paying royalty. They also claimed that big roads have been constructed in the riverbed and excavation has created nearly 30 to 40 feet deep pits in the riverbed.The incident occurred when the deceased, Rahul Anil Kolse (35), a resident of Shekapur, was crossing the riverbed with…
Rajkot: Amid rising petrol and diesel prices, authorities in Rajkot have busted an alleged illegal biodiesel network, seizing around 75,000 litres of suspected flammable liquid during coordinated raids in the district.The Rajkot Range police conducted the operations in the Gondal and Shapar areas after receiving specific inputs about illegal storage and movement of the suspected fuel.In the first raid, officials searched the Suryadip Warehouse on Gondal–Gundala Road under Gondal City B police station limits, where nearly 45,000 litres of suspected inferior-quality biodiesel was found stored in two tankers. The drivers of the tankers were identified as Pruthvisinh Rawat and Santoshkumar…
Dumka: Police have arrested four persons with 52 gms of brown sugar in Sahibganj district from near a forested area along Vijaypur-Mayurjhuti road under Ranga police station limits late on Wednesday.Addressing media on Thursday, Barharwa sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Nitin Khandelwal said that police received a tip-off about illegal trade being carried out from a car parked near the roadside jungle.“We conducted a raid and arrested four persons from the spot,“ the SDPO said adding that the value of the narcotic item was being assessed.The arrested were identified as Rajesh Paswan (45), Sanjeet Kumar (39), Sanjay Kumar Verma (34), all…
Accused Jignesh alias Jigo Mistry Dhirajlal Vaghadiya, Surat: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) arrested an absconding accused in a “digital arrest” fraud case involving extortion of Rs 1.34 crore from a 90-year-old woman in Karnataka.The accused, identified as Jignesh alias Jigo Mistry Vaghadiya, 42, currently residing in Amroli, was apprehended by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Thursday from New Kosad Road in Amroli.Police said Vaghadiya was wanted in connection with a case registered at Kolar Cyber Police Station in Karnataka. Investigators consider him a key member of a digital arrest racket that specifically targeted elderly victims by…