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AGRA: A Pocso court in Aligarh sentenced a man, in his late 30s, to life imprisonment for raping and physically assaulting an eight-year-old girl on Nov 16, 2020, near a brick kiln, where he worked and the survivor’s family lived. Court found Shailesh Manjhi, of Bihar’s Nalanda district, guilty under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323…
UDHAMPUR/SRINAGAR: Operation Sindoor was paused only after Pakistan pleaded for a ceasefire, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Saturday, adding that the operation was not over yet, and India was ready to take any action against terrorism.Addressing troops of Army’s Udhampur-based Northern Command on the 11th International Day of Yoga, Singh said: “Operation Sindoor is the…
MEERUT: A 39-year-old man, working as a mason in Delhi and going home to Baghpat to to visit his wife and children during the weekend, was beaten to death by a group of about 20 men. His ordeal lasted for almost 10km on a crowded general compartment of the Delhi-Saharanpur passenger train on Friday night,…
Indians, who were staying in Iran, evacuated safely from war torn country Iran NEW DELHI: While 827 Indian nationals were back from Iran by Saturday evening, 800 more had approached the Indian embassy in Tehran for evacuation. The number of evacuees, in fact, was expected to exceed 1,100 with 300 more scheduled to arrive in…
T’puram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stressed the cultural bond between France and Kerala, stating that French literature had a deep influence on writers and politicians of the state.Speaking at the launch of the ‘Pardon My French’ bookshelf at DC Books, organised by the French Institute of India on Thursday, Tharoor said, “French culture and ideas…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission officials on Saturday justified the recent amendment in Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, barring stakeholders other than itself from accessing poll-day webcasting feed from polling stations, unless an election petition was filed, saying that it was necessary to protect secrecy of voters and save them from possible intimidation.The poll-day CCTV footage…
Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: The judges committee inquiring into the ‘cash in kothi’ case involving Justice Yashwant Varma spotted an “unidentified person” in a check shirt near the doused and half-burnt sacks of currency in the early hours of March 15 in one of the photos taken by first responders.This…
PUNE: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a comprehensive rainfall warning of extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall (red and orange alerts) across several states over the next week. Heavy precipitation exceeding 200mm in 24 hours has been forecast for isolated areas in Madhya Pradesh on June 23, with Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected Indian media reports claiming that it sought a ceasefire during the recent four-day military standoff, insisting it responded “decisively” to Indian actions and agreed to halt hostilities only after intervention by United States and Saudi Arabia.In a statement issued Friday, the foreign office dismissed interpretations of deputy PM and foreign minister…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Royal Navy F-35 fighter jet continues to be stranded at Thiruvananthapuram airport as engineers from its aircraft carrier have failed to repair a hydraulic snag. A team of engineers is staying at the airport and continuing repair works.There’s a move to shift the jet to the hangar as it may have to be…
