Month: April 2025

[ad_1] HYDERABAD: Testimonies of two four-year-old girls -- rape survivor and her friend -- has led a city court to convict 40-year-old man of sexual assault and sentence him to 25 years. The case marks a rare instance of minors' statements playing a crucial role in securing a conviction.The girls are now five-and-a-half-years-old and attending school. The survivor, a Dalit, was awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh by XII additional sessions judge T Anitha of Nampally court.The girls were playing outside their home in Khairatabad in Feb 2023 when the man, who worked as a housekeeping staffer and lived in the same building, called the two into his room. Moments later, he sent one girl out and locked the door with the survivor still inside, police said.The child who was sent out informed her aunt, who in turn alerted […]

[ad_1] JALANDHAR: An image of a Punjab cop resting his knee on the chest of a protester to pin him down, when police were dispersing a demonstration by ‘5994 ETT qualified candidates' in Anandpur Sahib on Saturday, has elicited comparisons to the case of George Floyd, whose death had sparked protests against police brutality across the US and the world in 2020. The police action in Anandpur Sahib has already attracted strong reactions from opposition parties and sparked online outrage. It has also led to claims of "Punjab being turned into a police state". While this phrase was once employed by Sikh groups, it has now been adopted by farm groups, other activists, and the Congress.Although the police did not use batons to remove protesters on Saturday when they were demonstrating near the residence of education minister Harjot Singh Bains, […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Delhi Police is investigating if alterations being carried out at a meat shop on the ground floor may have triggered the collapse of a four-storey building in Mustafabad area, which resulted in 11 deaths on Saturday. According to the FIR, just hours before the incident, construction work was underway at the shop. "The owner (Tehsin) and others removed the wall between two shops on the ground floor, bypassing the building norms and committing negligence," it said. A police source said, "We are also probing if seepage led to the weakening of the foundation."The source said the building was constructed in a phased manner - the initial structure consisted of ground and first levels, and two more floors were added later. Police will question the builder and obtain the building's original layout. They will also seek documents from […]

[ad_1] Aaron Rodgers sparks NFL outrage (Imagn Images) Aaron Rodgers is no stranger to dominating headlines, but this offseason, his indecision is drawing more laughter than admiration. With the Pittsburgh Steelers extending a contract offer weeks ago and still waiting for an answer, both fans and former teammates are starting to lose patience—and they're doing it with memes.Aaron Rodgers’ refusal to commit sparks hilarious trolling from former teammate and analystsThe 41-year-old quarterback remains undecided about whether to accept the Steelers’ offer or walk away from football entirely. That indecision became prime material for jokes when Fantasy Points CEO Scott Barrett posted a humorous clip on X (formerly Twitter), referencing a scene from the film Grandma’s Boy in which a character delivers a bizarre, dream-like monologue to a confused audience. Barrett captioned the post: "The Pittsburgh Steelers: 'So are you retiring […]

[ad_1] BHOPAL: A 77-year-old man visiting the state-run district hospital in MP’s Chhatarpur for his ailing wife’s treatment was allegedly slapped, kicked and dragged out of the facility for questioning why the designated doctor was late for OPD.Udhal Lal Joshi had travelled from Naugaon town with his 70-year-old wife, Lali Joshi, and queued up to get the appointment slip. The April 17 episode came to light after a video of Joshi being targeted surfaced Sunday. The couple was waiting outside OPD room No. 11 when Dr Rajesh Mishra allegedly arrived late. Joshi asked him the reason for the delay, at which the doctor allegedly tore up his OPD slip, slapped, kicked and punched the elderly man. An assistant joined in the assault, dragging the elderly caregiver by hand and pushing him outside the hospital. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] DHULIYAN: Nearly 300 families who fled riot-torn Murshidabad in Bengal last week and took shelter in a school in neighbouring Malda's Baishnabnagar returned home on Sunday.The "reverse migration" of 293 families unfolded on a day a delegation of the state's governing TMC visited the family of Horogobindo Das and son Chandan - eight days after a mob dragged the two out of their home in riot epicentre Jafrabad and hacked them to death. This occurred during the violence stemming from protests against the Centre's new Waqf law. A third person had died in alleged firing by forces on protesters.The TMC delegation that met the Das family was led by local Jangipur MP Khalilur Rehman and RS MP Samirul Islam. Their trip came a day after governor CV Ananda Bose met the family. The netas spent more than 30 minutes […]

[ad_1] US defense secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly shared sensitive information about American military operations in Yemen in a second private Signal group, this time with close personal contacts including his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, The New York Times reported Sunday.The group chat, reportedly created by Hegseth in January before his confirmation as defense secretary, included his wife Jennifer — a journalist and former Fox News producer — his brother Phil, and attorney Tim Parlatore, who also holds a Pentagon role and continues to serve as Hegseth’s personal lawyer.According to the Times, Hegseth disclosed details of the March 15 air strikes on Yemen, including "flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis." This marks the second such incident involving Hegseth. Last month, The Atlantic revealed its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been inadvertently included in a separate Signal chat about […]

[ad_1] MUMBAI: A day after estranged cousins Raj and Uddhav Thackeray hinted at a possible patch-up between their parties, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT), there were already rumblings from party workers.Speaking to the media Sunday, MNS’ functionary Sandeep Deshpande asked whether Uddhav would apologise for the 17,000 cases lodged against MNS workers when he was CM and pointed out that he had rejected an olive branch from MNS in 2017. “The parties should not come together just for elections but there are larger issues affecting Marathi people,” he added.In response, Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut pointed out that Deshpande was a party functionary and the words of Raj Thackeray would prevail. “Raj Thackeray made a statement and Uddhav Thackeray welcomed it. What someone else says is not relevant. Everything is for the good of Maharashtra but those who […]