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Tribal Victim Alleges Brutal Assault, Atrocity Over Suspected Diesel TheftBrutal assaultVadodara: The son of Karjan MLA Akshay Patel and four others have been booked for offences under the Atrocities Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after a dumper driver alleged he was tied up, hanged upside down, assaulted and abused after being accused of stealing diesel.Karjan police registered the offence against Rishi Akshay Patel and four other men based on a complaint by Natvar Vasava, a resident of Navinagari in Indore village of Jhagadia taluka. Vasava said he had been working as a driver on a dumper owned by Rishi…
Varanasi: An accused of cow slaughtering, Arif alias Fusi, 32, was arrested after suffering a bullet injury during an exchange of fire with Kaptanganj cops in Azamgarh district on Saturday early morning.Azamgarh’s ASP (Rural) Chirag Jain on Saturday said Kaptanganj police were busy in night patrolling when informers alerted them around 2.20 am about the movement of two criminals involved in cow slaughtering incidents between Dharauli and Kushmahra on a motorcycle.He said the police acted promptly, cordoned off the area and tried to intercept the duo.However, on seeing themselves surrounded by police, the criminals opened fire on them, said Jain,…
T’puram: The construction of Thomas Sebastian Indoor Stadium in Edava, Varkala, being developed by sports and youth affairs department, has entered the final stage, with the long-delayed Rs 34-crore project expected to be completed by Dec this year.Built with funding support from Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board, the two-storey modern sports complex is expected to provide a major boost to sports infrastructure in Varkala.The stadium will feature courts for volleyball, basketball, handball and shuttle badminton, besides a 2,400m playing field, a sevens football ground and a swimming pool. The project also includes a gallery with seating capacity for 1,000 spectators…
Kolkata: The first woman president of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association got entangled in a dispute after allegations and counter-allegations reached the police station. Actor-producer Piyaa Ssengupta, who became the EIMPA president on Dec 11, 2018, went to the Bowbazar Police Station and lodged a complaint against some members of the association.”I never imagined I would face physical, mental and sexual harassment. I was accused of being a Trinamool member and of being close to Aroop and Swarup Biswas. But I have photos of interim president Ratan Saha, standing next to Aroop Biswas with green abir on his forehead.…
Idrees Bukhtiyar Srinagar, May 23: The third edition of the Kashmir Literature Festival (KLF) was officially announced in Srinagar on Saturday, with the two-day literary event scheduled to be held on May 30 and 31 at SKICC here. Organised by the Srikula Foundation, the festival is set to bring together some of India’s and the world’s distinguished voices from literature, diplomacy, academia, art, and public life. The announcement was made during a press conference held near the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion, Naira Manzoor, Assistant Director of the festival, said the organisers were excited to host the third edition…
NEW DELHI: After the roller coaster of the past 12 months, the US and India looked to steady the relationship with secretary of state Marco Rubio calling on PM Narendra Modi on Saturday and delivering an invitation from President Donald Trump to visit the US “in the near future”.According to a US readout, as the two sides discussed the situation in West Asia, Rubio emphasised that America would not let Iran hold the global energy market hostage and said that US energy products had the potential to diversify India’s energy supply.Speaking at a US embassy event later, Rubio, who will…
Mumbai: The state health department will soon open 27 more ambulatory cancer centres and include cutting-edge cancer treatment options, such as immunotherapy, and diagnostic options, such as PET scans, in its Mahatma Pule Jan Arogya Yojana.This announcement was made by state health minister Prakash Abitkar at a high-level meeting held at the health services office in the city. He said nine cancer day care or ambulatory centres are already operational in the state and 27 would be added soon.Abitkar stated that coordination between the govt and private sectors would play a crucial role in the fight against diseases such as…
New Delhi: Commuters travelling through west Delhi’s busy Najafgarh-Uttam Nagar stretch are likely to face major congestion for the next one and a half months as a key section under Nawada Metro Station will remain closed for road restoration work.Delhi Traffic Police said the carriageway on Najafgarh-Uttam Nagar Main Road, from Dwarka Mod towards Uttam Nagar, between metro pillar no. 722 and 723, has been shut since May 20 for approximately 45 days.The closure comes as Delhi Jal Board has begun urgent trenchless sewer line restoration work beneath the stretch. With one of the area’s busiest corridors affected, traffic movement…
Bengaluru: Madiwala police have arrested a real estate broker for allegedly attempting to rape a 20-year-old student following a complaint from the latter, who works part time at a restaurant.According to the student, the accused allegedly stripped her and attempted to rape her on May 11 before her friends rescued her. The arrested has been identified as Hainas, 35, a native of Kerala. Anita (name changed), also from Kerala, stated that the incident took place around midnight. Anita, her employer, and a few other acquaintances had gathered for a party in a room behind the restaurant. The restaurant owner wanted…
Hyderabad: A 42-year-old BRS supporter, Ch Madhu, was found murdered in Suryapet district, with his body stuffed into gunny bags and dumped beneath a culvert near his native village of Yerkaram in the early hours of Saturday. Police suspect that the killing was driven by old personal enmity.Madhu, who was also listed as a history-sheeter in Suryapet, had earlier been named as an accused in the 2007 murder of former Yerkaram sarpanch M Ravinder. Though he was later acquitted in the case, investigators now suspect that Ravinder’s son, M Jeevan, may have orchestrated the murder in an alleged act of…