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Representative image (File Photo, ANI) Rajouri, May 23: The Contact was established with terrorists during an intelligence-based joint operation launched in the Gambhir Muglan area of Rajouri district on Saturday, officials said. According to the White Knight Corps, the operation, codenamed Op Sheruwali, was launched jointly by the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area. “Today at around 11:30 AM, contact was established with terrorists in the general area of 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗵𝗶𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻, 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶 during an 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 conducted alongwith Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF. Troops…

Rukmini Vasanth returned to the spotlight after ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ put her before a wider audience. The Kannada actor plays Kanakavathi in the Rishab Shetty-led film, one of the most-watched projects of her career. Her journey also carries a strong personal story. She is the daughter of Colonel Vasanth Venugopal, the Indian Army officer who died in action in Uri in 2007 while stopping infiltrators at the India-Pakistan border. According to NewsX, her life story links cinema, discipline and a legacy of service.Rukmini Vasanth’s family backgroundRukmini is the daughter of Colonel Vasanth Venugopal, who served as Commanding Officer of 9…

MUMBAI: Glitches plagued the first-year junior college (FYJC) centralised admission process (CAP) portal for the second consecutive day on Friday, forcing the state education department to once again extend the deadline, till 6pm on Monday, to fill and lock parts 1 and 2 of the online admission form for regular round 1.Day 1’s snags had prompted the department to extend the deadline till Saturday.High server load caused widespread downtime on Friday, leaving thousands of aspirants and their parents stranded in front of blank screens.Explaining the cause for the website crashes, Mahesh Palkar, director of secondary and higher secondary education, said,…

For street vendors, delivery workers, sanitation staff, gig workers, commuters and others who spend long hours outdoors, exposure is constant Delhi’s weather app may tell that the temperature outside is 42°C, or it feels like 44°C, and label it as severe heat, but step onto a sun-baked pavement, sit inside an auto, wait at a bus stop, or walk through a densely built market and the city can feel far hotter. Thermal images captured by Greenpeace India during an ongoing heat-mapping exercise are revealing a different picture of Delhi’s summer – one where surface temperatures in some areas are crossing…

CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Saturday said he had ordered a swift and intensive investigation into the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Coimbatore and assured that those involved in crimes against women and children would face severe punishment under the law.Describing the incident as “painful and shocking”, Vijay said such “inhuman and unforgivable crimes” could never be accepted in society. He expressed condolences to the bereaved family and said he shared their grief over the loss of the child.Stating that two persons had been arrested in connection with the case, Vijay said police had been…

LUCKNOW: A 26-year-old man who suspected his girlfriend of infidelity allegedly strangled her in a hotel room in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar.After committing the murder on Thursday evening, the accused allegedly consumed poison and informed the girl’s mother and police on UP 112that they had consumed poison.“A police team rushed to the hotel and shifted the couple to a community health centre, where doctors declared Priya dead. Medical examination revealed strangulation marks on her neck. Kuldeep was later referred to the Government Medical College at Saddarpur for treatment and is out of danger,” said Ambedkar Nagar SP Prachi Singh.Police said the…

CM Vijay receives special Virat Kohli gift NEW DELHI: C Joseph Vijay is once again making headlines after recently becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. This time, the actor-turned-politician received a special gift — a cricket bat signed by Indian cricket star Virat Kohli. Photos of Vijay proudly holding the bat at the Tamil Nadu Secretariat quickly went viral on social media.The bat was presented by officials from MRF during a meeting with Vijay. Senior company leaders, including Chairman KM Mammen, Vice Chairman Arun Mammen and Managing Director Rahul Mammen, were part of the delegation. Reports said the meeting…

BARABANKI: A speeding truck trailer allegedly ran over a family sleeping outside their home in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, killing four people, including three children, and leaving a woman seriously injured during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police said.The deceased were identified as 35-year-old Neeraj and three children — 13-year-old Anurag, 10-year-old Anshika and 6-year-old Anshu — who were sleeping outside the house when the accident took place.According to local residents and eyewitnesses, the trailer was coming from the Mahmoodabad side at around 1 am when it went out of control. The vehicle allegedly crushed the family before…

Rajasthan’s Forest Department is launching a special campaign to protect the endangered Caracal JAISALMER: Rajasthan Forest and Environment Minister has said that the Forest Department will soon launch a special campaign for the conservation and protection of the endangered and Schedule-I wild animal Caracal. At present, efforts are being made to ensure the safety and monitoring of a Caracal found in Jaisalmer through a radio collar ID tracking system.The minister made these remarks while interacting with journalists during his visit to the breeding centre at Ramdevra in Jaisalmer.Sanjay Sharma said that the Caracal is on the verge of extinction on…

KOLKATA: An FIR was lodged against actors Parambrata Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee at Gariahat Police Station on Thursday night for allegedly inciting post-election violence in 2021. The charges were filed under Sections 109 and 153A of the IPC, with Section 153A being a non-bailable offence. Section 153A criminalises the promotion of enmity and hatred.Since the case relates to 2021, the FIR has been registered under IPC provisions instead of BNS. Investigators told TOI that notices would be sent to both actors asking them to join the probe, although both have the option of approaching the court for legal relief.According to…