Ranchi, July 13 (IANS) A horrifying case has come to light from Jharkhand’s Gumla district, where officials on Monday said a three-year-old girl was raped, following which a village panchayat attempted to stifle the case by imposing a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the accused instead of reporting the crime to police. The incident took place in Palma village of the Gumla district. According to the officials, the accused, identified as Sunil Lohra, was directed by the panchayat to pay Rs 20,000 — which wa…
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Jaipur, July 13 (IANS) Panic gripped the judicial and security establishments on Monday after the Rajasthan High Court benches in Jaipur and Jodhpur received fresh bomb threats via email. The threatening message was reportedly sent from an unidentified email address, prompting an immediate security response.Police, cyber experts, and other investigating agencies have launched a probe to verify the authenticity of the email and trace its origin.Officials have not yet confirmed whether the threat …
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Act, 2026, a law to prevent corruption, anti-social and rowdy activities in the state, has come into force after midnight on Monday.The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, was tabled and passed in the Assembly on June 29. Thereafter, the Bill received the assent of the West Bengal Governor, following which it became an Act.The law gives more power to the police and…
Khargone, July 13 (IANS) A tragic incident in Magarkhedi village under the Balkwada police station area took place in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Sunday evening, when a powerful explosion ripped through a crude oil tanker during welding operations at a local workshop. The blast claimed the life of a shepherd and left two others — a tanker driver and a welding mechanic — critically injured.According to Superintendent of Police Ravindra Verma, welding work was underway on the rear sect…
Amaravati, July 12 (IANS) A police constable was killed and three others injured after a car hit several vehicles in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district on Sunday, police said.The accident occurred in Ongole town on the bypass road when the car driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the constable who was going on a bicycle. The Armed Reserve constable Mariyadas (36) fell on the service road, sustained critical injuries and died on the spot. After hitting the bicycle, the car rammed into an …
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the family of Indrajit Tanti, the 26-year-old youth who was lynched in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district, on July 5 after being falsely suspected in the death of a 12-year-old girl.The girl’s body was recovered from a pond in the area on the morning of July 5, triggering violence and unrest. Amid the turmoil, Tanti was allegedly lynched by a mob after being wrongly linked…
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh), July 11 (IANS) Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Kailashanand Giri Ji Maharaj received a grand welcome on his arrival in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district on Saturday to participate in a Sant Sammelan, with thousands of devotees gathering along the route to seek his blessings. The spiritual leader’s arrival turned Neemuch into a centre of religious activity as devotees from across the district and neighbouring areas assembled to welcome him. The roads from the airport to t…
Karur, July 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay received a rousing welcome from thousands of supporters as he travelled to Karur on Friday to attend a major public meeting organised by the TVK, with elaborate security arrangements put in place across the district. The Chief Minister left his Neelangarai residence in Chennai in the morning and departed for Tiruchirappalli on a special flight. After landing at Tiruchirappalli Airport at approximately 10.20 a.m., he proceeded to Kar…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Former Ambassador and Chairman of the India Trade Promotion Organisation, Jawed Ashraf, addressed top defence officers over India’s foreign policy, emphasising that the purposeful pursuit of national interests in the complex global dynamics may not be easy, but it needs to be done, an official said on Thursday. Delivering a talk at the 82nd Staff Course conducted under the Ministry of External Affairs’ Public Outreach Programme at Defence Services Staff College in Wellin…
Pune, July 9 (IANS) Rescue teams recovered one body from the debris of the building that collapsed at a waste management plant in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune on Thursday, while nine people have been rescued so far as multi-agency teams continued intensive search operations to trace those still trapped beneath the rubble, officials said. The three-storey structure, situated above a waste-to-energy plant at Moshi, came crashing down on Wednesday afternoon after a massive mound of legacy waste colla…