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Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate bridge over Ravi on January 22
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Tuesday inaugurate a 1,210-meter span-bridge over the Ravi river in Jammu and Kashmir which would reduce the distance between Kathua in Jammu and Patankot in Punjab by around 36 km.
Constructed at a cost of Rs 158.84 crore, the bridge would improve inter-state connectivity and benefit over 2,20,000 people living on the two sides -- Kathua in Jammu and Pathankot in Punjab, a Ministry statement said.
"This will reduce the distance between the two cities from 45 kms to 8.6 kms, which will save on both time and fuel cost," it said
The government said the national highway network in Jammu and Kashmir had seen an increase of 969 km in the last four years with the total length rising from 1,695 km in 2014 to 2,664 km in 2018.
"Number of national highways has also gone up from seven to 14. New national highways of 969 km were announced during the period. In addition, four state roads of 400 km have also been approved," it said.
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This photo of Bill Gates has gone viral, here is why?
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the world's second richest man, having a net worth more than 90 billion USD, and he is known to be one of the most humble human beings in the world. The internet witnessed his act of humility recently when the billionaire was seen waiting in a line outside a fast-food store in the United States for burger and fries. The picture was clicked by an admirer and shared on Facebook that went viral.
Mike Galos, a Microsoft Alumni, recently shared a picture of the billionaire on Facebook with a caption, "When you're worth about $100,000,000,000, run the largest charity in the history of the world and stand in line for a burger, fries, and Coke at Dick's like the rest of us..."
In the picture Bill Gates, wearing a red sweatshirt and a pair of jeans, hands in his pockets was seen standing in a queue at a joint. In spite of being the second richest man in the world, Gates patiently waited for his turn to buy burgers and fries just like the rest.
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Mumbai: Locals sound alert over danger to mangroves patch in Andheri
Angry over scolding, girl 'kills' neighbour's 2-year-old baby
Man mauled to death by lions at zoo near Chandigarh
Chandigarh: A man was mauled to death by lions on Sunday at Chhatbir Zoo in Zirakpur, around 20 km from Chandigarh. According to zoo officials, the man entered the enclosure by scaling an over-25-feet wall and as soon as he crossed over, he was attacked by two lions. Officials said the incident happened at 2.20 pm and the man, who is in his early 30s, was yet to be identified.
"The injury on his neck was deep. He was taken to civil hospital in a critical condition where he died," said the zoo's field director M Sudhagarb. A lion and a lioness were in the enclosure, he said, adding the female lion attacked the man first. The official said the man might have entered the zoo through the Ghaggar bandh area, which was also known as the jungle area.
"He then scaled the wall and must have fallen inside the enclosure," Sudhgarb said. He claimed that the man was not a visitor."We suspect that he was drunk as it is impossible for a normal person to scale the boundary wall, ..
25-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend
New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend after a quarrel broke out between them over a minor issue in north Delhi's Kashmere Gate area, police said on Monday. In his complaint, Sandeep Sharma stated that he along with his friends Arjun, Vivek, Harish and Sharad had gone for dinner in Ashok Vihar on Sunday night following which an argument broke out between Harish and Sharad over a minor issue. However, the issue was resolved later, they said.
After dinner, when Sharma and his friends were returning home in his car, both Harish and Sharad continued to fight and abuse each other, they added. At around 10 pm, after dropping Arjun, Vivek and Sharad at Kashmere Gate, Sharma asked Harish to take an auto rickshaw to his residence in Krishna Nagar. Meanwhile, a quarrel broke out between the victim and the accused when Sharma was heading to his home in Ghaziabad.
A scuffle broke out between Sharad and Harish again following whic..
Arun Jaitley: Opposition fears PM Narendra Modi, so ganging up
Karnataka's 111-year-old seer dies due to a protracted illness
Tumakuru: Karnataka's 111-year-old revered seer, Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt, the most influential leader of the Lingayat community, died early on Monday following a protracted illness.
Thousands of grieving followers gathered at his hermitage where he was shifted to on January 16 on his own request although he had not fully recovered in the hospital where he was warded. He miraculously recovered but breathed his last on Monday morning. As news of his death spread, many men and women broke down outside his ashram.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, BJP President Amit Shah and scores of political leaders in Karnataka, including Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, mourned his death. "His holiness passed away at 11.44 a.m. at the Mutt during treatment for a lung infection," Kumaraswamy told the media in Tumakuru, about 70 km northwest of here. The seer was suffering from a lung infection for the past few weeks and was put on life support on January 11. ..
The richest in India grew rich by 39 per cent last year: Oxfam report
The richest billionaires in India, which accounts for one per cent of the population saw their fortunes rise by Rs 2,200 crore a day in 2018, according to a study report published by Oxfam. The wealthiest in India got richer by 39 per cent as compared to just 3 per cent increase in wealth for the bottom half of the population, said the study.
Billionaires across the globe in 2018, saw their fortunes rise by 12 per cent or USD 2.5 billion a day, where on the other hand the poorest half of the world's population saw their wealth decline by 11 per cent, the international rights group said in its annual study released before the start of the five-day World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting.
The study by Oxfam, reveals that 13.6 crore Indians, who stand in the poorest 10 per cent bracket of the country, were in debt since 2004. It is also said this increasing gap between the rich and the poor is undermining the fight against poverty, damaging economies and fuelling public anger wor..
One held for smuggling gold worth over Rs 66 lakh
'Atmosphere needed to attract brightest minds to teaching'
AAP not to contest Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said "as of now" it has decided not to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The party will fight Lok Sabha polls in four states - Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Goa. But, it has decided not to contest in Maharashtra, AAP's national spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon told PTI on Monday. "As of now, we are not contesting any seat in Maharashtra, but the party may take a view on a few seats if we feel it will help defeat the BJP," she said.
The party wants to save democracy from the "clutches" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, so "we will devote all our strength on the seats where we are certain we can defeat them," Menon said. However, former AAP leader Mayank Gandhi said the decision shows the party is "dead" in Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats - the second highest number after Uttar Pradesh which has 80 parliamentary constituencies.
"Encouraging the worst kind of leadership at the behest of volun..
One Indian among 8 arrested in Nepal for drug peddling
Bolivian bus plunges into ravine, killing 13, injuring 26
Mumbai: Waste-to-energy project gets Rs 225 crore budget allocation
Death toll reaches 85 in Mexico fuel pipeline fire horror
Nitin Gadkari: Nehru-Gandhi clan did nothing for poverty alleviation
Two more bodies recovered from Ladakh avalanche spot
BMC aims to recover Rs 4,000 crore of Rs 14,000 crore pending dues
Till date, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not even managed to recover 50 per cent of the total amount of property tax (Rs 14,000) that people have defaulted on in the past 10 years. Even this year, the civic body plans to recover only Rs 4,000 crore of the pending dues by March. The amount, which was Rs 2,000 crore a decade back, has shot up to Rs 14,000 crore even with the civic body recovering portions of it over periods of time.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a civic official said, "The BMC is recovering the dues on a timely basis. The amount increased after the tax collection system was changed 10 years back." However, after Octroi was abolished, the civic body shifted its focus to collection of property tax, as it has become a primary source of revenue. In the last financial year (2017-2018), BMC collected Rs 5132.76
crore property tax (includes the recovered amount), followed by Rs 3031.35 crore in 2018-19. The amount collected by December 2017 was Rs 306..
Will Maharashtra starve kids over Aadhaar card?
We've had our fill of empty promises
The 'United India' rally in Kolkata on Saturday was the first step to dislodging Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He, of course, never stopped being in election mode. But the battle bugle has sounded for the next parliamentary election, the schedule for which the Election Commission may announce in early March. Modi has initiated counter-measures: the first was the 10 per cent reservations in jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections of the general category, code for the forward castes.
The DMK, which participated in the 'United India' rally, has gone to court against this, saying that reservations were mandated by the Constitution as a measure of social justice, not to remedy economic inequality. Modi is expected to announce measures for farmers, who snatched from his party's hands three states in December. This may include income-supplementing programmes of the kind that exist in Telangana, Odisha and Jharkhand.
It may be too little, too late; you can see the panic on..
Nirmala Sitharaman's first meeting with Delhi BJP unit ends in a whimpe
Ram Madhav: BJP not against early Assembly elections in J&K
Man kills minor girl, buries her when she resisted rape attempt
Kottayam (Kerala): In what can be called as a shocking case, a 15-year-old girl reported missing from her home near Areeparambu near Manarcad in Kerala since Thursday. Police said that the missing girl was allegedly killed by a man when she resisted his attempt to rape her.
According to the police investigation, the man allegedly tried to rape a 15-year-old girl but when she resisted his attempt, he killed her and buried the body in a banana plantation behind a hollow brick unit at Areeparambu near Manarcad. Now the body has been recovered, they said.
Ajesh, 40, a friend of the girl's father, has been arrested in this connection, police said. He is from a place called Maalam in the district.
Police found that Ajesh, who was employed as a driver at the hollow bricks unit, had contacted her over the phone. He had allegedly lured the girl and taken her to the unit in his lorry on Thursday, police added.
In another similar case, A mentally challenged rape victim gave a very important c..
Kandivali Std 10 student's sacrifice of home comforts pays off
Arvind Kejriwal: Narendra Modi, Amit Shah will break up country
Piyush Goyal flags off new Rajdhani train at CST
NCW questions BJP MLA's objectionable remarks on Mayawati
Eight-year-old killed, sister injured after being hit by mini truck
Budget 2019: Govt may hike agriculture credit target to 12 lakh crore
The farm credit target is likely to be raised by about 10 per cent to a record Rs 12 lakh crore in the 2019-20 budget which is to be presented on February 1, according to sources. For the current fiscal, the government has set a credit target of Rs 11 lakh crore.
"The government has been increasing the credit target for the farm sector every year. This time too, the target is likely to be increased by around 10 per cent or Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 12 lakh crore for 2019-20 fiscal," the sources said.
The agricultural credit flow has increased consistently over the years, exceeding the target set for each fiscal. For instance, credit worth Rs 11.68 lakh crore was given to farmers in 2017-18, much higher than the Rs 10 lakh crore target set for that year, they added.
Similarly, crop loans worth Rs 10.66 lakh crore were disbursed in the 2016-17 fiscal, higher than the credit target of Rs 9 lakh crore. Credit is a critical input in achieving higher farm output. Institutional credi..
Two youths arrested in connection with the killing of a mafia don
Jamshedpur: The police here have arrested two youths in connection with the killing of a mafia don in West Bengal on Monday, and recovered a firearm from their possession, police said on Saturday.
Rammurthi alias Ramua, a mafia don was shot dead at his home in North-24 Parganas district in West Bengal, the police said. The West Bengal Police had arrested one Prasant Kumar, a resident of Zone 1 of Birsanagar while investigating the case and got information from him while interrogation, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of East Singhbhum district, Anoop Birtharay said.
At present, Kumar was staying in Durgapur in West Bengal, the SSP said. Addressing a press conference here, Birtharay said, based Prasant Kumar's confession, the city police here arrested two youths - S Shyam Sunder Rao and Vishal Menon, both residents of Zone 1 of Birsanagar. Rao was a college mate of the slained mafia dons son in Visakhapatnam, he said. Both Rao and Menon told police that they killed Ramua at t..
Resolve to make Narendra Modi PM again: Nitin Gadkari to BJP workers
Claims of political vendetta fiction of Vijay Mallya's imagination
Businessman Vijay Mallya's claim that the Indian government's efforts to extradite him were a result of "political vendetta" was "mere fiction of his imagination", a special PMLA court observed in its order. Mallya, accused of defaulting on loans of over Rs 9,000 crore, was on January 5 declared a fugitive economic offender (FEO) by special Judge M S Azmi of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court.
The judge, in his order that was made available to media Saturday, said, "Mere statement that the government of India had pursued a political vendetta against him and initiated criminal investigations and proceeding against him cannot be ground for his stay in UK." Besides these bare statements, there is nothing to support as to how the government of India initiated investigation and proceedings to pursue political vendetta, the judge said in his order. "Hence the arguments in these regards are mere fiction of his imagination to pose himself as law abiding citizen," he added.
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Kenya police arrest wife, father of hotel suicide bomber
Nairobi: Kenyan police have arrested the wife and father of a man identified as the suicide bomber in an attack on Nairobi's Dusit hotel complex that left 21 dead, a police source said Saturday. The attacker, one of five Al-Shabaab militants who stormed the complex on Tuesday, was identified as 25-year-old Mahir Khalid Riziki, who grew up in Mombasa.
"The wife of the suicide bomber is now in our custody. She will help us understand her husband's last moments and his movement, his story in latest years and his very last movements," a senior police official said on condition of anonymity. "She was arrested in Mombasa and has been brought to Nairobi for further questioning," he added. His father was also arrested. "In the course of investigation of this nature, close family members of such people are crucial because they hold crucial information," the source said. The official said Riziki was identified through mobile phone communication, and that he had communicated with one of the othe..
Sonowal:Citizenship bill won't hamper interests of indigenous community
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that disinformation is being spread over the Citizenship Amendment Bill across the state, saying the bill, if passed, will allow the six minority communities to apply for citizenship after only a year's residency."This is a lie. We are not going to betray the people of Assam. The truth is that the bill is not enabling any foreigner to come here. The bill, where the cut off date is December 31, 2014, will only allow the Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians to apply for citizenship after a mandatory residency of seven years," said Sonowal while speaking at the closing ceremony of historical Junbeel Mela at Morigaon in Assam.Sonowal further said that the application of these people who apply for citizenship will then be verified by the local authorities of the concerned districts and not by the Central government.The Chief Minister also said that his government is duty-bound to protect the interests of the indigeno..
Thousands march across US to protest against Donald Trump
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Washington D.C. and in nearly 300 other US cities in the third annual Women's March to protest against the policies of President Donald Trump and to stand up for women's rights.Organisers had hoped to see hundreds of thousands of attendees, the kind of turnout that made the first march held a day after Trump was sworn in as President on January 20, 2017, a seminal moment in the protest movement, reports The Washington Post.But Saturday's march appeared to attract only thousands, mirroring lower turnout at marches in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia and other cities.The main event kicked off at Freedom Plaza near the White House, where the organisers set up a stage and the along Pennsylvania Avenue, which connects the White House to the Capitol.Many participants wore pink wool hats and carried posters with the most varied messages, such as "Take care of your own uterus", "We demand equality for all", and "Without Hermione, Harry (P..
Paramedical college head, 4 others held for cheating, forgery
Pakistan's human hair en route China
Islamabad: Pakistan has exported to China over 100,000 kg of human hair valued at USD 132,000 over the last five years. The Ministry of Commerce and Textile told the National Assembly that 1,05,461 kg of human hair was exported to China in the last five years, the Dawn reported.
Demand for human hair has increased in China due to growth in the makeup industry. The other reason for the increase in the export of human hair is that there is no demand for wigs in Pakistan, said AM Chauhan, a prominent beautician. He said another reason was that the local production of hair accessories has declined recently.
He said in the past, locals would make hair extensions, moustaches, beards and wigs by hand, but the local artisans have now lost the market to the Chinese makeup industry.
Exporters buy hair at an average rate of Rs 5,000 or Rs 6,000 per kg, Chauhan added. High quality hair is also exported to the US and Japan as they have high demand for hair from their entertainment industrie..
Digital portal to store all student's data, including caste certificate
Just one click on a student's name and you will see their detailed academic record and complete information on your screen, thanks to a 'digital locker' system to be introduced by the Admission Regulating Authority (ARA). Applicable for all professional courses such as engineering, medicine, architecture, pharmacy and nursing, this will soon be a reality. A new portal titled 'safalata.org' is ready to be launched, which saves the details of every student, starting from their Std X mark sheet to the latest; caste certificate, if admission is done on any quota; and other supporting documents, including identity card. Other than this collated form of data, a search engine will function simultaneously.
The ARA has recently had a pilot run of the process, wherein such details were recorded in digital format for admissions done in the academic year 2018-19. A total of 3,424 institutes have registered on the system and around 25 lakh documents have been uploaded. A total of 2,17,000 students..
Tak tak gang loots special metropolitan magistrate of Rs 1.3 lakh
A former Special Metropolitan Magistrate recently became the target of 'tak tak' gang in Marine Drive. On January 9, 60-year-old Ramdas Gupta, who is practising at the High Court, had left his bag containing Rs 1.3 lakh cash in the rear seat of his car.
While Gupta had gone to a coffee shop, his driver was sitting inside the car. This was when a man tried distracting the driver. When the driver opened the door, someone snatched the bag and took off. A complaint has now been filed with the Marine Drive police for theft.
In his statement to the cops, Gupta said, "In the afternoon, I was headed for a meeting in a coffee shop near Eros Cinema. My leather bag was in the car and my driver, Shreeram Kurmi, was also inside the vehicle when the incident took place."
"The driver had parked the car in front of Bank of India office on J Tata Road. A person approached him and said that a '100 note had fallen on the ground. When the driver stepped out of the vehicle, the bag had already been stol..
Lights, camera, election
And so, this morning two Rahuls called me — first was KL Rahul."Man, daCunha I want to vent…arghhhhh!""Go for it, bro", I said"Look, I accept that idiot Hardik made some daft comments about women on that Karan's Koffee show, unnecessary macho nonsense and, yeah, we definitely should bebanned for a couple of games. For that we're deeply apologetic. But that other Rahul, that Johri guy, himself a #MeToo dude, has the cheek to lecture us and is now taking us to court. We have not broken any laws. The CoAwNIotL are seriously out to get us."
"Um, Rahul, it is CoA, right? Stands for Committee of Administrators, it's not CoAwNIotL?""No," KL replied. "It's Confederacy of A**es With No Idea Of The Law. This issue has been blown crazily out of proportion, man, our careers are really being messed with. See now, I have an inquiry to go to. Ciao."Just then, the second Rahul called.
"Yo, bro, I need your help. With Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the BJP is swinging into action ..
Tamil Nadu to set up Rs 250 crore fund to assist start-ups
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Actress Sonu Walia duped with 2,000 cc BMW on promise of 3,000 cc
While buying a second-hand BMW car from a Lokhandwala-based dealer, actress Sonu Walia was not aware she would soon get entangled in a web of car owners and dealers forging documents to get higher resale values on second-hand vehicles. She realised it only when the car, for which she paid Rs 20 lakh, turned out to be a 2000 cc one, instead of 3,000 cc, as mentioned in the documents.
Good deal? Not reallyAccording to the police, Walia, who lives at Laxmi Nagar, decided to buy a second-hand vehicle in May last year, and asked her brother Vineet Sharma to look for a good deal. Soon after, Sharma came across a 2012 model of 2,993 cc on sale at Mondest Car Dealers in Andheri West. Dealer Anwar Merchant informed him that Rajesh Vanigot, owner of the car, wanted to sell off the vehicle for Rs 20 lakh. They were further informed that the car was in good condition and it had only travelled 16,000 kilometres. A couple of days later the deal was struck and the car delivered to Walia on May 18. A..
Akhilesh Yadav: BJP's alliance is with CBI, ED; ours with common man
Shahnawaz: Many PM aspirants in mahagathbandhan, dreams won't fulfill
TRAI: Jio added most subscribers in Nov 2018, followed by BSNL
Reliance Jio led the subscription race in November 2018 adding around 88.01 lakh subscribers across the country, the highest among all the telecom service providers.Data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday evening showed that the subscriber base of Reliance Jio by November 30 was around 27.16 crore.The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the country by the end of November was 117.18 crore, with a net addition of 17.39 lakh customers during the month, as per the data."Total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and LTE) increased from 1,170.02 million at the end of October 2018 to 1,171.76 million at the end of November 2018, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.15 per cent," TRAI said in its statement."As on November 30, 2018, the private access service providers held 89.99 per cent market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 10.01 per cent."The state-run ..
Karni Sena warns Kangana Ranaut: Will ruin career prospects
The Karni Sena on Saturday warned 'Manikarnika' Kangana Ranaut that if she continues to voice dissent against the outfit, they would ruin her career prospects and burn her film sets. This comes a day after Kangana issued a statement saying that she will destroy the Karni Sena if they continue to harass her over the release of 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.'
"Four historians have certified Manikarnika, we have got censor certificate as well, Karni Sena has been conveyed this but they are continuing to harass me. If they don't stop then they should know I am also a Rajput and I will destroy each one of them," she had said on Friday.
Reflecting on Kangana's statement, Ajay Singh Sengar, president of Maharashtra Karni Sena said, "If she continues to threaten the members of our outfit, we will not let her walk freely in Maharashtra and will burn her film sets."
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Bodies of children who died in US arrive in Hyderabad
White House: Trump to meet Kim Jong-un again in late February
Washington: US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in late February on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes, the White House has announced The two leaders had met on June 12 last year in Singapore for the first summit. The White House, however, did not identify a location for the second setting between the two leaders.
The announcement came after Trump met with North Korean envoy, Kim Yong Chol, on Friday for a discussion that included talk about Kim Jong-un's unfulfilled pledge to dismantle his country's nuclear weapons programmes. President Trump sat down with Kim Yong Chol, a high-level official in North Korea's Communist government, in the Oval Office, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said. "President Donald J Trump met with Kim Yong Chol for an hour and a half, to discuss denuclearization and a second summit, which will take place near the end of February.
"The president looks forward to meeting with Ch..
Himachal HC asks HRTC to look into lawyer's complaint on e-bus tender
Police arrests ex-CFO Shashidhar Kotian in Rs 5600 crore NSEL scam
28-year-wait for Rajdhani ends, with a dash of misal pav
Donald Trump-Nancy Pelosi row grounds tour to war zone
36 Rafale jets purchase instead of 126 pushed price of each by 41.42 pc
Mumbai girl credits orphanage for journey that ended in Poland
Life-changing! That's how Bhavana Jais's describes her time at Thane's Ma Niketan orphanage. Admitted there by her mother at the age of seven post her father's death, Jais went on to pursue an MBA, join a multi-national company, travel to Poland for work, and find the love of her life there. All this, thanks to the care and education she received at Ma Niketan, the 28-year-old says.
"My sisters at Ma Niketan are the most important people in my life. They are the ones who never gave up on me and so many other girls. I owe my existence to them. It is because of Sister Kishori's upbringing that I am the person you see today. To my heritage, my world, and Sister Kishori, my words might fall short in expressing gratitude," said Jais.
From Thane to EuropeAfter her schooling at St John's, a confident Jais went to her mother's house as an 18-year-old. She then pursued her graduation in commerce from Mumbai University while working as a receptionist in a company. She saved all that money and ..
Pervert nabbed for sprinkling 'burning' adhesive on women at Andheri
Close to a month after several women complained of suffering from a strange burn on their legs at the Andheri railway station, the Andheri GRP on Friday morning nabbed the pervert who caused them. The accused has been identified as Ramvir Ramrup Chaudhari, 24, resident of Saki Naka. Chaudhari, a carpenter, sprinkled an adhesive on the women because he enjoyed causing them discomfort.
The incidents caused by Chaudhari started in December 2018, and mostly occurred on the bridge connecting Andheri railway station to the Metro station. The first such incidents were reported on December 13, 2018, when two women named Vedangi Laghate and Shradhha Mistry complained to the Andheri GRP about someone sprinkling a chemical on them which not only burnt a small portion of their clothes, but also gave a burning sensation on their skin.
The adhesive he splashed on women to watch them suffer
Back then, cops had filed a case against unknown person(s) under section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by da..
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'Indrani Mukerjea's son Mikhail was not tortured during treatment'
A doctor who had treated Indrani Mukerjea's son Mikhail Bora for psychosis told the special CBI court on Thursday that he had not been confined or put under physical restraint, as alleged, during the treatment.
Mikhail had earlier told the court, which is conducting the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case, that he had been tortured during the treatment at the behest of his mother Indrani, the main accused. He had alleged that he was put in confinement, given electric shocks and tortured during treatment for psychosis because his mother wanted to prove that he was 'insane'. He also said that he did not take drugs.
Dr Yusuf Machiswala, who treated Mikhail at Masina Hospital, said Mikhail was referred to him for 'substance-induced psychosis' in 2006. "To the best of my knowledge, he was abusing tobacco and cannabis," the doctor told Judge J C Jagdale, adding that he was transferred to another hospital after two months.
"Indrani (again) called sometime in the month of April 2012 and ..
Shiv Sena hits out at Maharashtra govt over Shivaji memorial delay
Autorickshaw driver kills wife after doubting character; hangs self
A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and later committed suicide by hanging himself in Thane on Thursday. Sunil Sangle, an auto driver, on Wednesday night strangled his wife Archana Sangle (35), to death at their home in Sri Nagar locality and later hanged himself on Thursday afternoon, said police inspector Sulabha Patil.
The couple often had fights over domestic issues and apparently the man also suspected his wife’s character, and this may have triggered the murder, police said. According to Hindustan Times, Sunil Sangle was an auto-rickshaw driver and his wife worked as a security guard at an IT park in the city. A probe is underway, the police added.
In a similar case, a 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing a man suspecting him of having an extra-marital affair with his wife in outer Delhi, police said Saturday. The accused identified as Anil Chaudhary, a resident of Nangloi, used to work in a shoe factory.
Other two men, Bakil (38) and Kamrul ..
Mumbai-Vadodara E-way will kill forests the size of 70 football fields
Two men sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping minor girl
Odisha: A court has sentenced two men to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2016. Awarding the jail term to Dhulia Manual and Bikas Majhi on Thursday, Additional District Judge Ajanta Sarangi also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts for raping the 14-year-old girl at Chakarada village.
In case of non-payment of the fine amount, the convicts would have to serve an additional three months in jail, the judge said. According to the prosecution, the girl was raped on January 1 and 31, 2016 by the two convicts, following which she had lodged a police complaint.
After the completion of the investigation, the police had arrested the convicts. The victim had stated in her complaint that while she was returning home in the evening on January 1, 2016, she was forcibly taken to an isolated place, gagged and raped by Dhulia. Later, on January 31, Dhulia and his friend Bikas had raped her at knife-point in a deserted place.
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Congress MLAs 'under BJP's radar' return to Karnataka
5 routes under UDAN scheme to restart from Feb 13 in Maharashtra
In a boost to low-cost air travel in Maharashtra, five routes under the Centre's UDAN scheme, which were discontinued some time back, will resume on February 13. According to a government official, Mumbai-Nashik, Mumbai-Jalgaon, Mumbai-Kolhapur, Mumbai-Solapur and Nashik-Pune air services will commence again, adding that these routes have been allotted to two airline companies SpiceJet and TruJet (Turbo Mega).
"After the UDAN scheme started, these routes were allotted to Air Deccan airline company. However, several complaints were received about the company violating norms. Despite issuing a notice, it could not normalise services. Hence, its services were scrapped and it was decided to appoint new airline companies on these routes," the official said.
In addition to this, two new routes Nashik-Prayagraj and Nashik-Hindon are also expected to start soon, he added. Under the 'Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik' (UDAN) scheme, nine airports in the state Nashik, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur, Nanded,..
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Sushma Swaraj: Indian diaspora changed world's perception of Indians
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday that diaspora community has changed the world's perception about Indians.
"They have kindled a new wave of appreciation for this land which has produced and exported so many achievers. The benchmarks for success, which the Pravasi community has set, is a motivation for us in India," Swaraj said while speaking at the inauguration of Youth Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas.
The minister said people of Indian origin are currently heading different large multi-national corporations, heads of states and governments across the globe, raising India's global profile.
"Today, many of the multi-national corporations are headed by young Indian origin CEOs. Whether it is Sundar Pichai of Google, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Ajay Banga of Mastercard, or Geeta Gopinath of IMF - it is indisputable that Indians are leading the world today," she noted.
Swaraj also pointed that while the Indian diaspora started migrating centuries ago, it is the ..
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Ambala: A 43-year-old assistant sub-inspector of police allegedly shot his wife before killing himself with his service revolver over a "domestic dispute" on Monday, police said. The deceased were identified as Gurdeep Singh and his wife Surender Kaur, 38, police said. The couple, along with their children, was living in village Nasrauli. The children had gone to school when the incident occurred, Superintendent of Police Astha Modi said. Gurdeep, an assistant sub-inspector, first shot dead his wife and then immediately killed himself with his service revolver, the SP said.
The ASI was posted in Panchkula police line and had come to his native village this Monday. Police said the exact cause behind the incident could not be ascertained so far but it could be due to a domestic dispute. The SP said no suicide note was recovered from the spot and investigation was on.
In a similar incident, a man committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife in front of his son at the fa..
33-year-old arrested for involvement in trafficking Nepalese girls
New Delhi: A 33-year-old man, carrying a cash reward of Rs one lakh on his head, was arrested for allegedly involving in trafficking Nepalese girls to the Gulf countries on the pretext of giving them jobs, police said Sunday. The accused, identified as Lopsang Lama, resided at Wazirabad and hails from Okhal Doonga district in east Nepal, they said.
According to police, Lama was involved in trafficking of Nepalese girls. On July 25 last year, a team of Delhi Commission for Women rescued 16 Nepalese girls from a house in Munirka village. A case was registered at Vasant Vihar police station in this regard.
Investigation revealed that the rescued girls were confined in a rented house of Lama and his associates for about 20-22 days, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said. They were planning to send these girls to the Gulf countries through illegal means on the pretext of giving them various job offers. Lama had also taken their passports and other documents..
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Mumbai: Byculla zoo wants a lion but has no giraffe to give in return
Want to see lions in the Byculla zoo again? You can't as they don't have giraffes. Confused? Well, that's what the Junagarh zoo authorities have asked Byculla zoo officials for in exchange for a pair of lions. Zoos across the country follow the barter system where they offer animals they have in surplus, in exchange for animals they want. Byculla zoo has very few animals and birds in surplus, but these no other zoo wants.
The Veermata Jijabai Udyan, or Byculla zoo's attempt to procure lions rests on its ability to exchange surplus animals for them. As part of the Byculla zoo's expansion plan, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been in talks with various zoos to transfer animals like jackals, civet cats, otters, hyenas, sloths and leopards. It has approached zoos in Ahmedabad, Kanpur and even the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
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