TARAKESWAR: A four-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped in her sleep, raped and dumped in a locality in Tarakeswar in Bengal’s Hooghly district Saturday. Police arrested one of her close relatives, reports Falguni Banerjee. The child lived with her grandparents. Hours after she went missing, locals allegedly found her gravely injured, bleeding profusely, and crying for…
Lucknow: UP Special Task Force on Sunday arrested two active members of an interstate gang involved in large-scale smuggling and illicit manufacturing of oxytocin injections. Acting on intelligence inputs, STF raided a house in Vijayant Khand-1, Gomtinagar and seized oxytocin injections worth nearly Rs 1 crore, along with raw materials and packaging equipment used for…
SERAMPORE: A 27-year-old homemaker in Bengal’s Hooghly district consumed pesticide along with her six-year-old daughter in a suspected suicide attempt amid claims she did so as she was not given SIR forms and feared being struck off electoral rolls. Asha Soren was married eight years ago but had been staying with her parents in Kananadi…
Lucknow: A 44-year-old cleric allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl studying at a madrassa in Sitapur district. The survivor narrated the incident to her family members, who reported it to the police. Although the cleric managed to escape before the police arrived, he was arrested on Sunday.Circle Officer (CO) Sitapur, Sadar, Neha Tripathi, said that the…
After the Delhi High Court directed authorities to ensure legal access for Major (Retd.) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly, who has been detained in the UAE since September last year, actress Celina Jaitly has shared an emotional note for her brother. The Bollywood star, who has been relentlessly fighting to bring him home, poured her heart out…
PALAKKAD: Three young men were killed and three others injured after the driver lost control of their car and crashed into a tree at Kallingal junction near Kodumba in Kerala’s Palakkad late on Saturday night. The accident took place when the driver swerved to avoid a wild animal, likely a wild boar, on the road,…
Lucknow: Principals from the Sahodaya School Complex attended the 31st Annual and First International Sahodaya Conference held in Dubai on Nov 4. The two-day event saw exchange of ideas among CBSE school leaders from India and abroad. Sessions focused on new directions in school leadership, educational innovation, inclusivity, and the growing role of AI in…
Lucknow: Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Sunday shared an inspiring message on social media, urging the country’s youth to adopt skill, awareness, ethics, and health as the cornerstones of a stronger nation. Outlining five pillars of youth empowerment (skill development, environmental responsibility, health, ethics, and national pride) he said these values would help India emerge…
Doctor Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed (35), tailor Azad Suleman Sheikh (20) and student Mohammad Suhail (23) (left to right) AHMEDABAD: A 35-year-old Hyderabad doctor arrested in Gujarat with drone-smuggled weapons from Pakistan and materials to produce the deadly toxin ricin was identified Sunday as the central figure in an IS-sponsored terrorist plot to strike multiple Indian…
Operational unit of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in Lucknow on Sunday arrested a drug peddler involved in the illegal sale of high-end narcotics. The accused, Praveen Tiwari (27) of Gorakhpur, was nabbed following a swift operation. Police recovered 105 grams of high-grade organic/American cannabis valued at Rs 10.5 lakh. The accused was reportedly engaged in…
