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After falling from a horse-drawn cart that kicked him, he was struck by a speeding e-bus on GT Road. Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident. A man died after being run over by a speeding metro feeder e-bus on GT Road near the Shastri Park area in northeast Delhi, an official on Saturday said. The victim, identified as Aamir, was on his way to Seemapuri when the accident occurred near the GT Road bus terminal, he said. According to preliminary information, a horse-drawn cart was moving ahead of Aamir and as he approached the cart, the horse reportedly…

Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is prohibited unless allowed by a court. A victim of sexual assault cannot be compelled to continue her unwanted pregnancy, the Bombay High Court has said while allowing a 12-year-old girl to abort her 28-week pregnancy despite an adverse report from medical experts. If forced to give birth to a child against her wish, the court would be depriving her of the right to decide the “path of her life”, it said. A medical board, after examining the girl, had opined that the process of termination of…

Nagaland police arrests govt employee involved in 11 burglaries worth nearly ₹2 crore. Kohima, Nagaland Police has apprehended a state government employee who was allegedly involved in a spree of 11 burglaries, including Kohima Municipal Council office, an officer said on Saturday.The arrest follows the recent Kohima Municipal Council Office heist, in which nearly ₹1 crore was stolen. The accused, identified as Kekietuo, a resident of Kohima and an employee in the office of Chief Engineer, Police Engineering Project, has confessed to all crimes during the initial investigation following his arrest on Friday, the officer said. The arrest comes after…

Himanta inaugurates two new district jails in BTR. Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday inaugurated two newly constructed district jails at Chirang and Baksa in two separate events in the Bodoland Territorial Region . The chief minister first inaugurated the district jail at Kajalgaon in Chirang, which has been constructed at a cost of ₹72.79 crore and can accommodate 500 prisoners, including 352 males and 138 females separately. He later inaugurated the district jail at Mushalpur in Baksa, constructed at a cost of ₹53.86 crore and has a capacity for 500 inmates, including standard administrative and inmate…

The Guwahati-Chennai IndiGo flight was allegedly diverted due to congestion at the Chennai airport which prevented the plane from landing in time. An IndiGo flight, travelling from Guwahati to Chennai on Thursday with 168 passengers, was diverted to Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport. In a massive scare, the pilot sounded a mayday alert before landing safely in Bengaluru. The incident took place days after an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, killing at least 270 people, including 241 passengers and crew. IndiGo Airlines has not issued a statement on the matter. The flight’s emergency landing occurred due to congestion at the…

The couple allegedly planned to go for a “honeymoon” after killing the two children. A 24-year-old woman in Rodkali village of Muzaffarnagar allegedly, with the help of her lover, killed two of her children because she considered them to be an obstacle in her love affair, police said on Friday. Muskan, the woman, has been arrested, while the purported lover, Junaid, is on the run, they said. Muskan’s two children, son Arhan and daughter Enaya, aged five and one, were found dead Thursday in their home in suspicious circumstances, Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told reporters. “Investigation revealed the…

The British F-35B fighter jet made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala on June 14. A UK Navy maintenance team attempted to fix the issue in the F-35 fighter jet that made an emergency landing at Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. However, the effort was unsuccessful. “A few days ago, the F-35 fighter jet of the UK Navy had made an emergency landing due to low fuel, after which the Indian Air Force had provided all required support, including refuelling. However, when the aircraft was going back, it developed a hydraulic failure and could not go back.…

BJP expressed outrage over the detention of Sukanta Majumdar and Rajatshubhra Bandyopadhyay, accusing the Mamata government of political vendetta. In a dramatic turn of events in West Bengal, Kolkata Police on Friday detained the state Bharatiya Janata Party president and a London-based doctor, sparking a major political controversy. Union minister and West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar had visited the residence of UK-based doctor Rajatshubhra Bandyopadhyay on Harish Mukherjee Road in Kolkata when the incident took place. The issue comes against the backdrop of Dr Bandyopadhyay’s ‘Kellogg College Lecture’ controversy with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, which took place…

The circular to the federal agency’s field formations came hours after ED withdrew the summons issued to two senior lawyers were withdrawn. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has directed its investigating officers not to issue summons to any advocate in violation of the protection extended to advocate-client privileges under Section 132 of the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BNS) and stipulated that summons could only be issued to lawyers under the exceptions provided in the law after the director’s approval. The circular to the federal agency’s field formations came hours after ED withdrew the summons issued to two senior…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he declined an invitation from US President Donald Trump for a dinner meeting, prioritising his visit to Odisha. Speaking at a public event in Bhubaneswar, PM Narendra Modi said, “Just two days ago, I was in Canada for the G7 Summit. While I was there, US President Trump called me and said ‘since you are in Canada, come via Washington. Let’s have dinner and talk.’ He extended the invitation with great insistence.” Modi said he respectfully declined the offer. “I told the US President, thank you for the invitation. But it is very important for…