Month: May 2025

[ad_1] Neeraj Chopra (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India's Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra delivered a gritty performance in tough weather conditions to secure second place at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland on Friday. Battling cold and damp surroundings at the Silesian Stadium, Chopra saved his best for last — an 84.14m throw in his sixth and final attempt — to climb from third to second.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!It was a rare sub-85m outing for Chopra, who has consistently surpassed that benchmark in recent years. This was only the sixth time since his Tokyo Olympics gold in 2021 that Chopra failed to breach 85m in an event. He began with a foul and managed just 81.28m in his second attempt. Despite consulting coach Jan Zelezny mid-competition, Chopra continued to struggle, […]

[ad_1] BAREILLY: A 45-year-old man sleeping under a tree by the roadside was allegedly buried alive under a heap of garbage after Bareilly municipal corporation workers dumped a pile of drain silt (waste) on him from a trolley.Sunil Kumar Prajapati, who supported his family by selling vegetables in the UP city, died a painful death on the spot, his family said."The incident took place in Baradari area of Bareilly city. The body was sent for postmortem examination, and autopsy reports confirmed that the death was un-natural. It appears to be a case of negligence," said circle officer (city-III) Pankaj Srivastava."An FIR was registered under BNS section 106 (causing death by negligence) at the local police station in Baradari against sanitation contractor Nayeem Shastri after an initial probe Friday. We're taking action as per the law," the CO said.In his complaint, […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: When IndiGo's Delhi-Srinagar flight of May 21 flew into severe turbulence and a hailstorm near Pathankot, they first tried to steer clear of the bad weather but were not allowed to do so by Lahore ATC.They then considered returning to Delhi before deciding to continue to Srinagar, safely manoeuvring through challenging operating circumstances before safely landing the plane with 220 people, reports Saurabh Sinha."Once Lahore refused overflight clearance, and the aircraft proceeded towards Srinagar, the flight was subsequently professionally assisted," IAF sources said. IndiGo pilots flew aircraft manually till they came out of hailstormThe flight was subsequently professionally assisted till a safe-landing at Srinagar airfield by giving control vectors and groundspeed readouts," IAF sources said. During this time, the pilots of IndiGo flight (6E-2142) got multiple warnings - like maximum operating speed and angle of attack fault […]

[ad_1] BAREILLY: An 80-year-old woman was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her son-in-law, who was a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan, in Phoolbehad area of Kheri district 17 years ago.The court of ADJ Devendra Nath Singh on Thursday found Nisaar Jahan guilty of setting Aqeel Ahmad, 28, on fire with the help of other family members. Three accused in this case were acquitted due to lack of evidence. Nisaar's daughter, who was the wife of the victim, was also an accused in the case but she has been absconding since 2008. ADGC Sanjay Singh told TOI, "The accused thrashed and then set the victim on fire inside the kitchen of the house."Following a complaint by the victim's brother, Khaleel Ahmad, seven people were named in the FIR and a chargesheet was filed against six people in court, […]