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Varanasi: Cyber Police Station of Sonbhadra district on Thursday arrested two persons for sharing and uploading child pornography videos on social media. Information about child pornography/videos uploaded on social media was received through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) portal operated by ministry of home affairs and Cyber Tripline system, which flags child pornography and information related to child sexual abuse to law enforcement agencies via the NCRP portal. Two complaints were found related to Sonbhadra district.During investigation, Cyber Cell obtained details of mobile phones, IP address and profiles of the users and two persons were identified…

Kolkata: The Union home ministry has extended the deployment of 500 companies of central armed forces (CAPF) in Bengal till June 20 to maintain law and order amid concerns over post-poll violence and tensions in sensitive areas.The Bengal govt, in a May 16 letter, had sought continuation of the central forces till end-Oct 2026. Acting on the request, the Centre approved deployment for another month, citing the need to maintain post-poll peace and security.According to officials, tensions escalated in some areas over enforcement of animal slaughter guidelines and sound restrictions on microphones, with incidents of attacks on police reported. A…

Says children who eat balanced meals concentrate better Lays foundation of Akshaya Patra’s 5,000-meal kitchen in Katra Serves meals to students; ‘kitchen facility to come up in Jammu’ RK News Service Jammu, May 21: “A hungry child cannot learn, and a school that cannot feed its children cannot honestly create equal opportunities for progress,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Thursday. The LG made these remarks while laying the foundation stone of Akshaya Patra’s centralised kitchen facility in Katra, which will provide 5,000 nutritious meals to school children every day once operational. Speaking on the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor said decades of global…

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has warned against comparing Rajasthan Royals youngster Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with Sachin Tendulkar, saying the teenager will face different challenges in his career.Playing for Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League 2026, the left-handed opener has scored 579 runs in 13 matches and is currently leading the run-scoring charts with a strike rate of 236.32.”What Vaibhav is doing is very special, but what I don’t want the people to do is tag him as the next Sachin because he is just 15 years old and doing what he is doing. I think what Sachin did was extraordinary.…

Mumbai : The Central Railway witnessed growth in passengers and revenue after increasing the number of AC locals on Harbour line recently, an official said on Thursday.Introduced on January 26, 2026, the Harbour Line AC locals have drawn an encouraging response, prompting the railway to expand operations to meet demand. With effect from May 1, Central Railway added 14 more AC services on the Harbour Line. Occupancy data after the May 1 expansion shows significant growth. Comparing April 16–30 with May 1–15, the number of passengers travelling by Harbour Line AC services rose from 2.34 lakh to 3.86 lakh, a…

New Delhi: Two passengers, who arrived from Riyadh at Delhi airport, have been booked for trying to smuggle gold concealed inside chocolates. A total of 396 grams of gold was recovered from them.Officials said they arrived at IGI Airport on May 17. “During screening at the Green Channel, both passengers were diverted for X-ray examination of their baggage. On scanning, suspicious images were noticed inside the chocolate packets carried by the passengers. The packets were detained on suspicion of concealment of gold in dust form and sent for detailed examination and recovery,” said a customs official.After furnace recovery, a total…

Bengaluru: In a major relief to SC/ST students admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Karnataka govt has directed schools to extend their quota up to class 10.The move follows an announcement by chief minister Siddaramaiah in the state budget on March 6. According to the directive, SC/ST students, who studied in class 8 during the 2025-26 academic year under the RTE quota, will now be permitted to continue in classes 9 and 10 in the same schools under the Act.In a communication, the department of school education instructed all district deputy directors (administration) to ensure that school…

HYDERABAD: An accused in a cheating case, against whom a Look Out Circular (LOC) had been issued by Gujarat Police, escaped from the custody of immigration authorities at Hyderabad airport early Wednesday.The flyer, Dhaval Doshi, who was scheduled to travel to Bangkok with his wife and minor daughter when he was intercepted around 2 am and detained in the immigration area, later boarded a flight to Mumbai.Immigration authorities lodged a complaint with the airport police station when they realised he was missing. Airport police said a case had been registered against Doshi and his wife, Priyanka.A senior officer from Shamshabad…

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay poses for a group photo at the ministers’ swearing-in ceremony in Chennai on Thursday. (@CMOTamilnadu X/ANI Photo) Chennai: Sixteen MLAs inducted into the state cabinet — N Anand, Venkatramanan P, T K Prabhu, R Vinoth, B Rajkumar, V Gandhiraj, K Jegadeshwari, M Vijay Balaji, Vijay Tamilan Parthiban, S Ramesh, K Thennarasu, V Sampath Kumar, Mohamed Farvas J, D Sarathkumar, Vignesh K and C Vijayalakshmi — trace their political roots to Vijay fan clubs and Vijay Makkal Iyakkam. TVK founder C Joseph Vijay has rewarded long-time grassroots organisers who built his political network over nearly two decades.…

Exams will be conducted from June 19 to June 22 at designated centres in various districts of Gujarat Ahmedabad: Approximately 30,000 students from across the state have registered to appear for supplementary exams, announced the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Thursday.According to the official notification released by the board, the schedule for practical exams of major subjects — chemistry, physics and biology — has been finalised. It will be conducted from June 19 to June 22 at designated centres in various districts of Gujarat.The board has instructed all school principals, parents and students to take note…