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Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Monday denied bail to a businessman from Gurugram who was arrested after his wife’s allegations of forced unnatural sex and repeated marital rape, suspicion, cruelty and dowry demands. The woman, who lives in Ahmedabad and is a chartered accountant, filed a complaint with the DCB crime branch last year against her husband and in-laws. She also alleged that her husband gave burns on her private parts with cigarettes. They married in 2022. While it was the first marriage for the woman, it was the man’s second. The woman alleged that the man’s first wife…

Kendrapada: Two persons, including the owner of a drug de-addiction centre, were arrested by Jagatsinghpur police on Monday for allegedly killing a patient inside the facility on Friday night.The accused were identified as Sabuja Kumar Sahoo (30), owner of the centre in Jagatsinghpur town, and Bibhav Ranjan Mohanty (28), a staff member.The deceased, Anirudha Lenka (54) of Nagapura village under Jagatsinghpur police limits, was found dead under suspicious circumstances at the Sudhar Nisha Mukti Kendra. He had been admitted to the centre on May 19 by his family for treatment.Lenka’s son, Abinas, lodged an FIR on Saturday alleging that his…

Dibrugarh: Tinsukia police have arrested five people, including the assistant general secretary of the Aasu and a Maharashtra resident with travel links to neighbouring countries, in a crackdown on a suspected inter-state and international terror funding network, officials said on Sunday evening.The arrests followed intelligence inputs from a central agency, which flagged that extortion money collected from Tinsukia district was being systematically channelled outside the region.Addressing a press conference, additional superintendent of police (headquarters) Mrinmoy Das and ASP (Crime) Dinesh Pratap Singh Rathore said investigations led authorities to Debashish Gohain, a journalist working with a news portal, whose name surfaced…

Pune: Two people have been arrested for allegedly cheating a Wagholi businessman (32) of Rs70.9 lakh on the pretext of helping him set up a call centre for food delivery and car rentals.The Kharadi police on Sunday arrested two of the seven suspects — a 23-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man identified as Tushar Maheshkumar Talpada alias Tushar Patel. The duo are residents of Ahmedabad. “We are looking for the other five people, who have also been identified,” said senior inspector Sanjay Chavan of the Kharadi police station.“The suspects used international cellphone numbers to gain the victim’s trust. They pretended…

Colva: Colva police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of Shashi Lakra, 27, at Mobor, Cavelossim.Police said Sanjay Manjhi, Asish Kumar and Jagnandan Sidar, along with Lakra, hailed from Chhattisgarh and were employed on a trawler stationed at Betul jetty.According to investigators, on Saturday afternoon, four men had taken the trawler across the river to Mobor-Cavelossim for repair work. They had allegedly carried alcohol with them and began consuming it while on board.During the drinking session, an argument broke out between Lakra and three others. The dispute escalated after Lakra allegedly kicked Sidar’s plate, enraging the others.…

Punjab civic polls today across 103 urban bodies; over 7,500 candidates in fray CHANDIGARH: Polling for elections to 103 urban local bodies in Punjab, including eight municipal corporations, 75 municipal councils and 20 nagar panchayats, will be held on Tuesday.A total of 7,555 candidates are contesting across 1,896 wards. Of them, 1,613 candidates to contest for 396 wards in eight municipal corporations of Abohar, Batala, Barnala, Bathinda, Kapurthala, Mohali, Moga and Pathankot.In 75 municipal councils, 5,142 candidates are contesting in 1,282 wards, while 800 candidates are in the fray in 218 wards of 20 nagar panchayats. The electorate across the…

Lucknow: The Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) on Sunday set up a breastfeeding kiosk at its general hospital for lactating mothers visiting the OPD.The facility was installed by the department of hospital administration in collaboration with Inner Wheel Club of Lucknow Abhyudaya.The kiosk was inaugurated by SGPGIMS director, Prof Radha Krishan Dhiman, chief medical superintendent Prof Devendra Gupta, medical superintendent Prof R Harsvardhan and other doctors.Prof Dhiman said the institute plans to set up more such kiosks wherever needed.The initiative followed a study conducted by a postgraduate student of the department of hospital administration on the need…

Patna: Governor-cum-chancellor Ata Hasnain on Monday asked the vice-chancellor of Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU) to make necessary arrangements for introducing job-oriented foreign language courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in view of their growing demand and employment potential. He also asked the university to ensure timely completion of all academic courses in the interest of students.Reviewing the academic, financial and administrative activities of the university at Lok Bhawan here, the chancellor said there was increasing demand for foreign languages such as French, German and Spanish in national and international job markets. He said well-structured courses in these languages should…

Nagpur: Firefighters battling a massive blaze at the Saoner dumping yard for nearly two days faced a major setback after unidentified miscreants allegedly reignited the fire, on a day that saw multiple blazes in Kuhi and Ashirwad Nagar stretch emergency response teams.According to sources, the blaze at Saoner had largely been brought under control after marathon firefighting efforts. However, the situation worsened after some individuals allegedly entered the dumping yard and poured an inflammable substance, suspected to be petrol or diesel, before setting sections of the waste heap ablaze again when firefighters had briefly moved away for water refilling.The dumping…

Kolkata: Prashanta Burman, the BDO accused of kidnapping and murdering a 45-year-old Salt Lake gold trader last year was detained by Bidhannagar police in a drink-and-drive case on Monday night.Burman, who was denied protection by the Supreme Court in this case had been absconding since January.On Monday, a video purportedly showed him under the influence of alcohol around 10.30 pm near the Shrachi signal in New Town. According to passersby, the accused BDO allegedly hit a pedestrian while driving in an intoxicated state. The impact left a biker injured and bleeding. On-duty police personnel rescued the injured biker and sent…