Ayodhya: In a chilling case, a woman from Ayodhya’s Mawai area was arrested, along with her lover, for allegedly strangling her two-month-old daughter, on Thursday.Police said the murder, driven by a mix of illicit love affair and family discord, took place on Oct 19, a day before Diwali.Police said Pooja of Lakhinipur village was married…
KOCHI: Kerala high court has set aside a criminal case against a Palakkad schoolteacher who caned three class 5 students for fighting, ruling that he acted within his authority to maintain classroom discipline.Justice C Pratheep Kumar, delivering the order on Oct 16, said the teacher’s actions were aimed at correcting the students and helping them…
Lucknow: The central govt has praised two Indian Air Force pilots from Uttar Pradesh for displaying exemplary courage in difficult situations. The praise has been documented in the central govt gazette issued on Oct 4. Wing Commander Joy Chandra (38) from Meerut has been officially cited for displaying exceptional courage during Operation Sindoor.He was among…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed lawyer Mehmood Pracha’s plea seeking to declare Supreme Court’s 2019 Ayodhya judgment “null and void”, calling it a “frivolous and luxurious” attempt to misuse the legal system. District judge Dharmender Rana not only upheld a Rs 1 lakh penalty imposed by a civil court but also added Rs…
Lucknow: A 90-year-old man was beaten to death by his son in Itaunja area for refusing to give money to buy liquor in Aramba village on Wednesday night. The accused was arrested on Thursday.Rakesh Kumar Gautam hit his father Ramdeen (90) with a stick, injuring him critically. Ramdeen was rushed to Ram Sagar Mishra Hospital…
Actor Vishnu Vishal, who plays the lead in director Praveen K’s investigative thriller Aaryan, revealed that a lip-lock scene from a song was removed after actress Maanasa Choudhary, who plays a pivotal role in the film, expressed discomfort with it.Speaking at an event organised by the makers, Vishal, whose production house Vishnu Vishal Studioz is…
SAFETY FIRST: Sandesh Jhingan clears the ball from onrushing Angelo Gabriel of Al-Nassr1 during their match at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Wednesday Margao: FC Goa promised to be competitive and they more than lived up to that with a fighting performance against Al-Nassr FC in the AFC Champions League Two clash at the Nehru Stadium,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has granted custody parole to a Popular Front of India member booked for terror funding to attend and participate in a Fatiha ceremony in honour of his deceased mother-in-law, underlining that the right to life includes the right to observe religious duties and personal obligations.“It is a well-settled principle of…
Lucknow: A 16-year-old girl from the Harouni area under Banthra police station died by suicide after first slitting her wrist and then hanging herself inside her room. The deceased succumbed to her injuries late on Wednesday night while undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Police said that the girl engaged in an argument with a…
NEW DELHI: To deal with the upcoming Chhath rush, the railways is using real-time heat-mapping of 35 major stations to monitor heavy passenger movement, rushing standby unreserved trains close to these stations to clear the surge of travellers and creating holding areas for crowd control. These measures are based on passenger data from the festive…
