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[ad_1] Ukraine was under attack for the second consecutive night from Russia, according to the authorities. Ukraine's air force reported that Russia deployed 14 ballistic missiles and 250 attack drones during the previous night's operation. Their defence systems successfully intercepted six missiles and 245 drones.Tymur Tkachenko, who heads Kyiv's military administration, confirmed that "more than a dozen enemy drones" were detected in the capital's airspace early Sunday. He noted that while some drones had been neutralised, new ones continued to enter the capital's vicinity."New ones are also approaching. Some of the drones over Kyiv and the surrounding area have already been dealt with. But the new ones are still entering the capital," he wrote on Telegram.He cautioned that the night would be challenging, warning of possible extensive drone and missile attacks from strategic aircraft. Reports indicated that debris impacted a […]

[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) has arrested a contractual health worker from Kutch for allegedly sharing sensitive information about BSF and Indian Navy establishments with a Pakistani spy, ATS officers said on Saturday.They identified the accused as Sahdevsinh Gohil (28), who was apprehended in Lakhpat taluka. According to an ATS release, Gohil was "lured by a Pakistani agent who identified herself as Aditi Bharadwaj to share information about underconstruction and existing military establishments".SP (ATS) K Siddharth said, "Gohil, a resident of Lakhpat, has been sharing photos and videos of BSF and naval facilities in Kutch via WhatsApp with the Pakistani spy for money." He said the Pakistani agent first contacted Gohil, who worked as a contractual health worker at a government centre in Mata No Madh village, on WhatsApp in June 2023 and became friends with him."After winning his […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: To ensure that adolescents don't get sent to jail under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) for being in romantic relationships, Supreme Court has directed the Centre to consider decriminalising such consensual relationships and frame a policy for sexual and reproductive health education in the country.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice to the Centre through the ministry of women and child development to form an expert committee to examine the issue and file a report before it by July 25. The court said it would pass further directions after getting the report.The trigger for the court order was the legal battle of a woman from West Bengal to protect her husband who was sentenced to 20 years in jail under Pocso for having a relationship with her […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan has violated the spirit of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by inflicting three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India since the treaty came into effect in 1960, India said at the UN to counter what it described as disinformation being carried out by Pakistan over New Delhi's decision to put the IWT in abeyance.India had always acted as a responsible upper riparian state, Indian ambassador P Harish said, adding it was Pakistan that had continued to violate the 1960 treaty. He also highlighted several aspects to expose disinformation and explain why India has finally announced that the treaty will be in abeyance "until Pakistan, which is a global epicentre of terror, credibly & irrevocably ends its support for cross-border terrorism"."In the last four decades, over 20,000 Indian lives have been lost in terror attacks," […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The extent to which the legal system can take the poor and the ignorant for a ride, fleecing and exploiting them in the process, came to light when Supreme Court decided to find out the legal expenses of a woman from a small village in West Bengal in her fight to protect her husband.Shocking details emerged: she paid a tout who promised to secure bail and an additional amount to an advocate 'for winning the case'.The woman, who lives in a ramshackle dwelling with a tarpaulin sheet for a roof and no doors, ended up spending Rs 3.5 lakh from the trial court to the SC, which admitted that the legal system had failed her. The man was sentenced to 20 years by a Pocso court for having a physical relationship with the woman when she was […]

[ad_1] KOLHAPUR: Police in Maharashtra's Satara district raided a private chemical factory at Tasawade on May 21 and confiscated 1.3 kg of cocaine, valued at over Rs 6 crore. Five men, including the company's proprietor and the cocaine supplier, were booked, and three of them were arrested on Friday.Satara SP Tushar Doshi said while the supplier was in Telangana Police's custody, efforts were on to locate another suspect."Police received information that narcotics was being stored and manufactured at the facility of Suryaprabha Pharmachem at the Tasawade MIDC. When police raided its premises, 1,270 grams of cocaine worth Rs 6.4 crore was seized," Doshi said.Three employees of the company, identified as Sameer Padwal, Ramesh Patil and Jeevan Chavan , were apprehended. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] SHIMLA: A day after Himachal Pradesh high court raised serious questions about an SIT probe under Shimla SP Sanjeev Gandhi and asked CBI to investigate state power corporation general manager Vimal Negi's mysterious death, Gandhi on Saturday attacked DGP Atul Verma for filing an "ulteriorly motivated affidavit" in the court in an alleged bid to insult him.Stating that he would rather resign than tolerate insults and questions about his professional integrity, Gandhi said he and members of the SIT had decided to challenge Friday's HC verdict with facts to expose the DGP's motives and how, he claimed, police headquarters had tried to implicate him.BJP MLA released court clip to malign my image: Shimla SP The SP said he has filed a petition in the HC seeking action against BJP MLA from Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma for allegedly circulating a video […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India's push to become a global education hub is gathering momentum, with five foreign universities receiving Letters of Intent (LoIs) to establish campuses in the country.Close to a dozen international institutions by the start of the next academic session are likely to have an Indian campus, according to govt sources.The LoIs - cleared after evaluation by the University Grants Commission - have gone to Victoria University (Australia), University of Liverpool (UK), Western Sydney University (Australia), Illinois Institute of Technology (US) and Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy). In addition, six more are under scrutiny & being evaluated by Liberalized Degree Campuses (LDC) committee.Till now, three foreign universities have established physical campuses in India - Australia's Deakin University and University of Wollongong in Gujarat's GIFT City, and UK's University of Southampton in Gurgaon."Several universities are in the pipeline. Out […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) monsoon hit Kerala on Saturday, eight days ahead of its normal onset date of June 1, marking the beginning of the four-month-long rainy season in India.This is the earliest date of monsoon onset over Kerala after 2009 when it set in over the state on May 23, said India Meteorological Department (IMD).Besides showers in Kerala and other parts of south peninsula, including Tamil Nadu and parts of Karnataka, the monsoon on Saturday simultaneously arrived in Mizoram (NE) - 12 days before the normal onset date of June 5.Though the monsoon's arrival simultaneously over Kerala and NE is quite an uncommon phenomenon, this time it has happened second year in a row. Before 2024, simultaneous onset happened on May 30, 2017.Conditions favourable for advance of SW monsoon Normally southwest monsoon sets in over Kerala on […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said efforts must be made for inclusion of women in the workforce and asserted that laws and policies need to be made accordingly.Chairing the 10th governing council meeting of the govt's policy think tank Niti Aayog, Modi emphasised the strength of the country's 'nari shakti' (women power) and urged changing of laws to empower women to join the growth trajectory. He also said there should be reforms in public and private sectors with focus on ease of working for women.The PM urged states to develop at least one tourist destination on a par with global standards by providing all facilities and infrastructure, saying 25-30 such destinations could be created across the country. Modi also emphasised the need to focus on health services delivery, urging states to ensure oxygen availability and be ready […]