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Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded the highest number of arrests with 1,983 criminals caught and 1,180 injured. Since 2017, the Uttar Pradesh Police has recorded nearly 15,000 encounters, in which more than 30,000 criminals were arrested, while over 9,000 suffered gunshot injuries in the leg, and 238 were killed during operations targeting fugitives and repeat offenders, officials said on Thursday. Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna said acting on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s directives, the department has maintained an aggressive crackdown on crime. “Over the last eight years, 14,973 operations have been carried out, resulting in the arrest of 30,694…

HP govt not in favour of felling apple-laden trees on encroached forest land: CM. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday said that the state government is not in favour of felling apple-laden trees from encroached forest land and that it should be given time to auction the produce. The forest department has begun an eviction drive following a high court order last week, which expressed concern over the re-emergence of encroachments in forest land where encroachers were removed from earlier. The high court had directed the forest department to remove apple trees and orchards from the…

The court also fined the father ₹3 lakh and directed that if the amount is recovered from him, it be given to his daughter. A Kerala court on Thursday sentenced a man to three life terms, till his death, for repeatedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter for three years, from the time she was five years old till she turned eight, at their rented accommodation near Karimanoor here. Idukki Fast Track Special Court judge Manju V sentenced the man to life in jail till his death for various offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Special Public…

Railway unions flag ‘graft’ in allotment of newly-built staff quarters, deplorable status of old ones. Railway employees’ unions have flagged concerns over staff housing facilities, including alleged corruption in the allotment of newly-constructed quarters and poor condition of old flats, and requested the ministry to intervene in the matter. The Indian Railway Signal and Telecom Maintainers Union wrote to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on July 13, saying the functioning of the housing committees where residential facilities are provided to the staff is “very opaque and unfair”. Indian Railway Employees Federation’s National President, Akhilesh Pandey, highlighted severe anomalies in the allotment…

In the CCTV video clip, the men are seen casually walking through corridor as they pull out pistols and enter Room 209, where Chandan Mishra was admitted. Chilling footage of several armed men entering a room to shoot gangster Chandan Mishra has emerged from Patna’s Paras Hospital. In the hospital CCTV camera footage as seen on Thursday, five men are seen casually walking through a corridor as they pull out their pistols from under their shirts and enter Room 209, where Chandan Mishra (alias Chandan Singh) was apparently admitted while out on medical parole. Cocking their guns, they enter and…

Kerala Nurse went to Gulf nation in 2008; went through many upheavals to since land in jail for murder; Grand Mufti’, Islamic law become key to saving her now. When Nimisha Priya from Kerala’s Palakkad district went to Yemen for work, hers was a story identical to those of numerous other young women in her state. Within less than a decade, she had got married, had a child, and opened her own clinic, even as the Arab Spring and a civil war led to major geopolitical changes in the region. By 2018, she was in jail for murder. Come 2025,…

The cabinet also said that India is on track to fulfil its commitments under the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), held in Glasgow. India has surpassed its target of installing 50% of its power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, achieving a key nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement five years ahead of the 2030 target, the Union Cabinet said on Wednesday. “India’s achievement of 50% non-fossil fuel installed capacity ahead of the target year is a testament to its ambition, innovation, and commitment to sustainable development. It affirms that development and decarbonisation are not contradictory goals,…

COVID-19 scam: HC grants bail to Sujit Patker; ‘prima facie complicity but jail stay not needed’. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to businessman Sujit Patker, alleged aide of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, in the COVID-19 jumbo centre scam, noting that despite prima facie complicity, extended incarceration is not necessary as the investigation is complete. A bench of Justice Amit Borkar stressed that factors including the time spent by the accused in jail and the delay in the commencement of the trial should be evaluated in the light of the “overarching principle that bail is the rule…

Assam CM Himanta Sarma hit back at Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress leader was conveniently forgetting that he himself is out on bail in multiple criminal cases registered across the country. Congress leader and the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that his party will overthrow the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Assam in the coming assembly election next year and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma would be in prison for corruption. Sharma hit back saying Gandhi was conveniently forgetting that he himself is out on bail in multiple criminal cases registered across the…

Mamata Banerjee led a protest in Kolkata against the harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, joined by senior Trinamool Congress leaders. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday afternoon led a protest in Kolkata against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. Senior leaders of the party, including Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, also joined Mamata Banerjee as she took to the streets along with thousands of people. The march began from College Square in central Kolkata around 1.45pm and will terminate at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala. The nearly 3-km-long route was…