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An illustration shows Railway Protection Force officers detaining three suspected women thieves at KR Puram railway station in Bengaluru, while a separate scene depicts the alleged modus operandi of quietly unzipping a female passenger’s handbag in a crowded train coach without her noticing. Bengaluru: Railway Protection Force (RPF) caught three women from Maharashtra at KR Pura railway station last week for robbing female passengers.According to RPF, the three were tracked based on analysis of ‘Rail Madad’ theft complaints from passengers. A dedicated Theft of Passenger Belongings (TOPB) team of Bengaluru Cantonment circle verified CCTV footage and found how the gang…

Hyderabad: In a major operation spanning 13 states, police officials from Hyderabad have arrested 66 persons involved in supplying ghost SIM cards to cybercriminals. Officials said the arrests were made as part of the ongoing Operation Octopus and that the SIMs were used in 76 fraud cases in which about Rs 101 crore was lost.The arrests were made across Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha besides Telangana. Officials told TOI that they cracked down on the suppliers after an analysis of various cybercrime cases revealed that 1,164 SIMs used…

Chennai: Calling the detention of a private builder under the Goondas Act ‘draconian’, the Madras high court has directed former Chennai city commissioner of police, A Arun, to appear in person next week during the hearing of a habeas corpus case challenging the detention. A division bench comprising Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan on Wednesday issued the direction while hearing an interim plea moved by Kalpana Sharma, wife of detained builder Santosh Sharma. In her petition, Kalpana Sharma sought four weeks’ leave for her husband, stating that their daughter Varsha Sharma had been hospitalised and required parental care.…

People visit the Snow Park at Balvatika Fun Carnival to beat the heat during the summer season, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Ahmedabad: Planning to step out for errands, commute during the afternoon rush, or spend hours on field duty? Wear loose cottons, hydrate frequently, and avoid direct exposure as much as possible because the weather gods are showing little mercy. Ahmedabad remained Gujarat’s hottest on Wednesday, recording a blistering 43.7°C, which was 1.7 degrees above normal, according to the India meteorological department (IMD).The heatwave-like conditions are far from over. The weather office has forecast another punishing Thursday for the city, with…

Prayagraj: Pratapgarh police on Wednesday lodged an FIR under sections 190, 191(3), 131, 352, 351(3), 132, and 121(1) of the BNS against 10–12 unidentified men who had allegedly attacked a man identified as Gulzar Ahmed—an accused facing charges of kidnapping, rape, and offences under the POCSO Act — when police was taking him for medical examination on Tuesday.The accused was produced before the court and subsequently remanded in judicial custody. The police have decided to lodge an FIR against the miscreants who attempted to engage in unlawful conduct.A police officer said, “A group of 10–12 unidentified individuals tried to drag…

Rourkela: Daily-wage worker Hiradhar Sahu, a resident of Panposh here, was one proud father, who walked with his head held high. His daughter Archita Sahu not just topped the arts stream in her school by scoring 95.17% in Annual Higher Secondary Examination (AHSE) — the results of which were declared on Wednesday — but she was also among the top scorers in entire Sundargarh district.Archita, who hails from Badgagua in Bonai subdivision of Sundargarh district but resides in Panposh with her father Hiradhar and homemaker mother, secured 571 out of 600 marks.Archita, who studied at Government Higher Secondary School, Rourkela,…

Coimbatore: More than 1,500 licensed pharmacies and retail medical stores in Coimbatore were shut down on Wednesday, following a nationwide strike announced by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD).The AIOCD had called for a nationwide one-day pharmacy shutdown to protest the unregulated online medicine sales and to protect traditional pharmacies from severe losses caused by massive discounting by large corporate players.In Coimbatore city, the strike saw many retail chemist shops remain closed in support of the protest. However, a few well-known chain pharmacies continued operations despite the call for shutdown. Initially, only emergency medicines were provided; later,…

Gurgaon: A govt school teacher appointed as an enumerator for Census 2027 allegedly refused to perform Census duties and obstructed govt work, prompting MCM to file a complaint. An FIR has been registered under Section 11 of the Census Act, 1948.The teacher said he had informed his supervisor that he would be on leave from May 4 because his mother was having an eye surgery. He said he received an email on May 16 saying that his Census duties had been revoked.His supervisor, Sunita Devi, said the accused was assigned Census fieldwork under Circle 017 and failed to start the…

Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday alleged that Congress-led opposition faced public rejection in the recently concluded Assam assembly polls for “politicising” the death of musician Zubeen Garg.After paying tribute to the singer at the cremation ground — Zubeen Kshetra — at Sonapur on the outskirts of the city, Sarma said, “Politicising the unfortunate death of beloved Zubeen during elections has backfired on Congress-led opposition. Some of them stopped invoking his name as soon as the polls were over, and those who came to his shrine had no knowledge of Zubeen when he was alive.”He added that Congress’s attempt…

Kanpur: In view of the severe heatwave conditions and the red alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the district administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of all schools conducting classes from Class IX to XII till May 28, 2026.The city has been recording temperatures around 44 degree Celsius for the past four days, causing widespread discomfort and health concerns among residents.Keeping in mind the health and safety of students, the district administration declared summer vacation with immediate effect till May 28 in all schools of Kanpur Nagar district.On Tuesday, the administration had ordered closure of all schools from…