Sonipat: A fast-track special POCSO court in Sonipat has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl in the Gannaur police station area.The court handed down the sentence to the convict, Sunil alias Sunny, under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, alongside imposing…
Pune: Three Bangladeshi nationals staying in Pune illegally for nearly two years have been detained jointly by the city police’s special branch and the military intelligence unit of Army’s Southern Command. The detainees, Sonia Akhtar, Motia Gaju and Sonia Moti Pan, were reportedly construction workers.Security agencies are probing how they entered India without valid travel…
Surat: A 26-year-old engineer lost Rs 13 lakh in a stock trading fraud after being lured with promises of high daily returns. The victim lodged an FIR on Friday at the Cybercrime police station, stating that he was defrauded between June 12 and Aug 22.According to the complaint, the engineer searched online for stock trading…
Itanagar: A rare Spoon-tailed Duskhawker dragonfly (Gynacantha basiguttata) has been photographed for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh.The rare dragonfly was spotted at Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in Changlang district.Deputy CM Chowna Mein shared the development in a social media post, describing the discovery as another remarkable chapter in the region’s expanding biodiversity…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath distributed certificates, financial assistance, kits, cheques and other benefits to beneficiaries of various schemes in Deoria on Saturday. A short film was also screened on the occasion.These beneficiaries included Sushil Kushwaha who received a subsidy of Rs 4 lakh for agricultural equipment, Priyanka Gupta, beneficiary of a…
Rajkot: A surveillance and enforcement drive conducted by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) across food establishments led to 154kg of stale and inedible food being seized and destroyed.The drive focused on checking the quality of raw materials and the use of approved starch in farali items, including farali pattice, which are in high demand during…
Jodhpur: A nine-year-old girl from Pachpadra gave a new lease of life to three critically ill patients after her family decided to donate her organs following her brain death at AIIMS Jodhpur.Anjali, a Class 4 student, suffered severe head injuries in a road accident on Aug 19 while on her way to school. Her father,…
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq backs NC MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi urges for the restoration of Article 370 and statehood to the union territory. SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday backed National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi and criticised the governing party for failing to honour its election promises.He urged all political parties in J&K…
Moment Energy co-founders Gabriel Soares, Edward Chiang, Sumreen Rattan and Gurmesh Sidhu Six years after four engineering graduates began experimenting with used electric vehicle batteries in a British Columbia garage, their clean technology company has opened the largest second-life battery manufacturing plant of its kind. Moment Energy, founded in 2020 by Simon Fraser University graduates…
Former Australia cricketer Usman Khawaja has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after it complained to a British broadcaster for an interview with the sons of former Pakistan Prime Minister and World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan.Khawaja, who was born in Islamabad, reacted after reports claimed the Pakistan team had threatened to boycott the second Test…
