New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Railway Unit of Delhi Police dismantled a child trafficking network with the arrest of eight accused, including four women, and the rescue of an infant kidnapped last month from the waiting hall of New Delhi Railway Station, said an official on Friday. The abduction of the one-and-a-half-year-old Kartik from the railway station was reported on May 24, around 6.30 pm, by his mother, Chanda Kumari, 26, wife of Dinesh, resident of Ghaziabad, UP, aged about 26 years, wh…
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Indore, June 14 (IANS) Chambal Ghariyals women clinched Madhya Pradesh League (MPL) T20 Scindia Cup 2026, narrowly beating Gwalior Shernis by two runs in a tense, last-ball finish that included a dramatic free hit in the final moments at Holkar Stadium. Batting first, Chambal Ghariyals scored a competitive 146/4 in their 20 overs, driven mainly by a half-century from in-form opener Kanishka Thakur.Thakur and Jincy George provided a strong start, adding 51 runs for the opening wicket in 7.1 overs…
Cleveland, May 30 (IANS) Gulveer Singh, the 27-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 10,000m, became the first Indian runner to clock a sub-four-minute mile on Saturday at the 24th Annual Music City Track Carnival. The World Continental Tour event was organised at Lee University, Cleveland Campus, in the USA.Gulveer Singh posted a creditable time of 3:55.63 seconds to finish first in the Men’s 1 Mile Pro event on Saturday. Christopher Knight, 20, representing the USA, was second w…
Hong Kong, May 29 (IANS) India’s talented high jumper Pooja improved the national and meet record on the second day of the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships being held in Hong Kong, on Friday.On her way to winning the gold medal with a jump of 1.93m, Pooja improved the decade-old national record of 1.92m set by Sahana Kumari in 2012. Pooja’s performance on Friday was also better than the previous Asian U20 meet record of 1.90m set by Svetlana Radzivil of Uzbekistan in 2006.Race walker N…
Bengaluru, May 28 (IANS) Paralympic champion Sumit Antil emerged as the star attraction, producing a dominant performance in the Men’s Javelin Throw F64 event as hosts India came up with another dominant performance on the concluding day of the 8th Indian Open Para Athletics International Championship 2026 at the Shree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.Representing Haryana, Sumit clinched the gold medal with a massive throw of 74.82m on Wednesday. Maharashtra’s Sandip Sargar secured silver wit…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Saturday busted an organised honey-trap and extortion racket involved in impersonating police officials and extorting money from unsuspecting victims through dating applications and social media platforms such as Tinder and QuackQuack. Four accused persons have been arrested in connection with the case. According to a press release issued by the Crime Branch on Saturday, the accused were arrested in connection with FIR No. 124/2026 register…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India’s talented long jumper Shahnavaz Khan is among the 48-member national track and field team that will compete in the upcoming Asian U20 Athletics Championships to be held in Hong Kong from May 28.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selected the athletes on the basis of their performance in the domestic competition. Shahnavaz Khan’s outstanding performance of 8.23m, a national U20 long jump record, was recorded at the just concluded 24th National Junior Athle…
Gonda, May 13 (IANS) The Wrestling Federation of India brought the curtains down on the women’s wrestling competitions at the Senior Open Ranking Tournament 2026, with wrestlers across 10 weight categories finalising their domestic standings in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. Hosted at Nandininagar Mahavidyalaya, the tournament served as an important competitive platform for athletes aiming to strengthen their position in the national circuit, particularly those who had missed out on opportunities at th…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Rajeev Khandelwal recalled legendary actor Rajesh Khanna’s iconic dialogue from his movie “Anand” during the show, “Tum Ho Naa”.Rajeev asked contestants how they wished to use the prize money. One of the contestants, Pooja, shared that she hopes to buy a bigger house and would like to put the prize money towards a down payment for that.Rajeev then turned to her husband, Kartik, and asked whether handing over his entire salary to his wife meant he wasn’t good at budget…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation on Tuesday strongly condemned the forced conversion and marriage of a minor Hindu girl in Pakistan’s Sindh province, raising concerns over the safety of the minority communities across the country. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), Pooja, a ninth-grade girl and daughter of Ramsun Thakur, was allegedly abducted and thrust into a “nightmare” of forced conversion.The organisation claimed that she was renamed ‘Du…