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Kanpur: Widespread light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the evening brought much-needed relief to Kanpur from sultry weather conditions on Sunday. According to the CSA weather observatory, the maximum temperature remained almost unchanged at 34.8 degrees Celsius, just 0.2 degrees higher than Saturday’s 34.6 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature also remained steady at 26.8 degrees Celsius.Although the maximum relative humidity declined slightly in the day, it remained high enough to add to people’s discomfort. The observatory recorded maximum relative humidity at 78 per cent. South-easterly winds blew across the city at speeds ranging between 7.1 and…

Pune: The Baramati taluka police have registered a case against two men for allegedly duping at least 117 candidates of Rs 3.7 crore by promising them jobs in various state govt departments and the Indian Railways.According to the police, the duo, through a labour contractor from Baramati, approached the candidates and collected money from them between 2023 and 2025 before allegedly cheating them.Despite repeated follow-ups, the candidates neither secured the promised jobs nor received their money back. The labour contractor approached the Baramati taluka police on Friday and lodged a complaint.The accused have been booked under sections 316 (criminal breach…

The 18 June Road, one of the state capital’s busiest commercial streets, was submerged under several inches of water, forcing motorists to slow down while pedestrians waded through the inundated stretch Panaji: A brief but intense spell of rain on Sunday evening inundated several parts of Panaji, with the busy 18 June Road bearing the brunt as floodwaters entered ground-floor commercial establishments and disrupted traffic during peak evening hours.According to rainfall data shared by the India Meteorological Department, Panaji received 51mm of rain between 8.30am and 8.30pm on Sunday, of which 41.8mm was in just three hours between 5.30pm and…

Chandigarh: Army personnel won eight of India’s 13 gold medals at the Commonwealth Games — half of them women.With mind and sinew steeled in the rigours of military training, the Pune-based Army Sports Institute (ASI) shaped them up with a scientific athlete development programme that tracked their performance at world championships for a year, analysed the data and put it to use in an AI-driven biomechanics lab.The institute, established in 2001, has emerged as one of India’s leading high-performance centres, producing athletes who continue to deliver at the Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian Games, like Lt Col (honorary) Neeraj Chopra who…

Lucknow: A missing person’s complaint filed by a cab driver turned into a murder investigation after police arrested him and his alleged lover for killing his wife and dumping her body in the Gomti river, while allegedly trying to project the death as a case of elopement.The accused, Umendra Pratap Singh (31) of Rahimabad, approached police on Jul 31 claiming that his wife, Anjali Singh, had gone missing on the intervening night of Jul 30 and 31, leaving home with her jewellery.While police were searching for the woman, an unidentified body was found in Gomti river in Itaunja. Family members…

RJD national working president Tejashwi Prasad Yadav Patna: RJD national working president Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday alleged the involvement of an NDA MLA in the murder of Dehri-Dalmianagar Nagar Parishad executive officer (EO) Vimal Kumar and demanded a fair investigation into the case.Addressing reporters here, Tejashwi cited the statement of the deceased officer’s wife and alleged that the killing was linked to an extortion demand.“The deceased EO’s wife has alleged that an MLA used to call every day demanding Rs50 lakh in extortion and threatened to kill him if the money was not paid,” he said.Earlier in the day,…

A Ganesh idol made of cow dung Alwar: Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi next month, an RAS officer in Alwar has crafted eco-friendly Lord Ganesha idols from cow dung to promote sustainable celebrations and environmental conservation.Land acquisition officer (LAO), UIT Alwar, Jeetendra Singh Naruka, has made 80-100 hand-crafted idols entirely from cow dung. The idols are hand-painted to give them an attractive finish while remaining biodegradable.Unlike conventional idols, these do not require immersion after the festival. After worship, they can be placed in a flower pot, home garden or beneath a tree, where they naturally decompose and enrich the soil without…

Chandrapur, Amravati, Yavatmal: Heavy rains have triggered widespread crop losses and flooding across Vidarbha, with orange orchards in Amravati, standing crops in Yavatmal, and villages in Chandrapur suffering extensive damage. Farmers from these districts are now demanding immediate compensation and relief.Rains lashed Yavatmal for two days, with 98 revenue circles recording extremely heavy rainfall — up to 135 mm received in a single day. Preliminary estimates indicate crops spread across more than 26,000 hectares, belonging to nearly 23,000 farmers, have been washed away or severely damaged.Darwha taluka emerged as the worst-hit region, where soyabean, cotton and pigeon pea fields were…

Gorakhpur: A nine-year-old boy was beaten to death and his 15-year-old cousin critically injured after they were allegedly attacked by a group of men in the Pipraich area on Saturday night, following a dispute over the alleged harassment of a teenage girl from their family. Following the incident, the SSP suspended the Pipraich SHO and an inspector.The deceased, a Class IV student and resident of Araji Basdila in the AIIMS police station area, had been living with his maternal aunt in a village under Pipraich since his mother died five years ago. His cousin is undergoing treatment at BRD Medical…

Aarav Agarwal wants to represent India at the Paralympics Kolkata: A class 10 student of La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata, Aarav Agarwal (16), has won two medals at the First Para National Rowing Championship in Pune, marking another milestone in a sporting journey shaped by resilience and discipline.Representing West Bengal, Agarwal won gold in the under-23 PR3 rowing event and bronze in the open-age PR3 indoor rowing category. The medals follow his gold at the Paris Para Regatta last year and place him among India’s promising young para rowers. Agarwal was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare neurological condition, at…