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Ludhiana, Jan 22 (IANS) In a distressing incident in Punjab, a garment manufacturing unit owner in this industrial city has allegedly humiliated three sisters, their mother and a youth, blackened their faces with ink, and paraded each with a placard hanging around their necks that read “I am a thief”. They were accused of stealing garments. The incident took place in Ludhiana’s Ekjot Nagar area. They were reportedly beaten, had their faces forcibly blackened, and had the words “I am a thief, I admit my guilt” written on the placards. They were then paraded in the area, according to police reports.They were teased by passersby, as some of them recorded the incident on the camera of their mobile phones. One of the victims was a young woman whose marriage is scheduled soon.Following a publi...

Imphal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) which has a lone MLA in the 60-member Manipur Assembly, in a letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday reiterated that the party would play as an opposition party in the state as it withdraw its support from the BJP government in 2022. JD-U state President Ksh Biren Singh in his letter to the Governor said that his party does not support the BJP-led state government in Manipur and their lone MLA Mohammad Abdul Nasir be treated as an opposition MLA in the house. In the last Assembly elections in Manipur, held in 2022, the JD-U won six seats, but subsequently, five of its MLAs joined BJP leading to the party’s strength in the house reduced to just one. “Opposing the five MLAs joining the BJP, a complaint was lodged before the Assem...

Amritsar, Jan 22 (IANS) As part of its 49th Raising Day celebrations, the Indian Coast Guard has launched the 'Samudra Ke Prahari Sarhad Se Samandar' Motorcycle Expedition. The event was officially flagged off at the Attari Border in Amritsar by Inspector General Bhishma Sharma, PTM, TM, Commander Coast Guard Region (West), and Dr Atul Fulzele, Inspector General, BSF Punjab Frontier. Organised by the Indian Coast Guard Air Station in Daman in collaboration with Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, the expedition spans 2,300 km over 10 days.The route traverses significant border towns and coastal cities, including Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Vadodara, and Daman, before culminating at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai on February 1, celebrated as Coast Guard Day.The expedit...

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed January 29 for hearing the matter where it has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024. “We will take it up at 2 pm next Wednesday (January 29),” said a bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan as it deferred the hearing due to paucity of time. The CJI Khanna-led Bench asked senior advocate Karuna Nundy, representing the associations of medical professionals, to provide a copy of interlocutory applications filed to the other side. Meanwhile, the West Bengal government has approached the Calcutta High Court, challenging the verdict of a Kolkata special court awarding life impriso...

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and urged him to allocate adequate funds to the state for schemes in the cooperative sector, especially for computerisation of primary agricultural credit societies and the Institute of Cooperative Management (ICM). Agnihotri said the state has already provided land at Panjawar in Una and has provided a grant of Rs 5 crore for setting up the ICM. He sought Rs 10 crore as a grant-in-aid to set up the state-of-the-art cooperative training institute. The Home Minister assured that he was aware of the cooperative sector proposals and funds would be released soon to ensure the timely completion of the project. He also assured that the Centre would accord all pos...

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday cleared the appointment of four additional judges in the Telangana High Court and two additional judges in the Andhra Pradesh HC. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Smt. Tirumala Devi Eada Alias Thirupathamma K, to be an Additional Judge of the Telangana High Court with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office till 01.06.2026 and (ii) Smt. Renuka Yam, (iii) Shri Narsing Rao Nandikonda, and (iv) Shri Madhusudhan Rao Bobbili Ramaiah, to be Additional Judges of the Telangana High Court, for a period of two years, with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices,” said a notification issued by the Union Minis...

Amaravati, Jan 22 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday expressed their profound grief over the death of three students of a Vedic school in a road accident in Karnataka. A vehicle carrying 14 students of the Veda Patasala overturned in Sindhanur of Raichur district late on Tuesday night. The students of the Veda Patasala run by Mantralayam Mutt in the Kurnool district were on their way to Hampi to participate in a spiritual event there.Three students Abhilash, Sucheendra and Aryavandan, all aged between 18 - 22 years, died on the spot. Vehicle driver Shiva too died in the mishap. The injured were shifted to Sindhanur and Raichur government hospitals for treatment.Chief Minister N Chandrababu ...

Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Aryan Sharma, the co-social media in-charge for Purnea's independent MP, Rajesh Ranjan (alias Pappu Yadav) lost his life in a tragic road accident in Bihar’s Buxar district on Wednesday. Three other occupants also sustained critical injuries in the accident. Aryan along with his parents and driver was on the way to Prayagraj for the Mahakumbh.The vehicle they were in, a Scorpio SUV, met in a severe collision with an uncontrolled container truck in Sonvarsha village, under the jurisdiction of Sonvarsha police station in Buxar.The police said the container truck struck Aryan's Scorpio SUV head-on and dragged it for 100 meters as the truck driver attempted to flee.Aryan, who was driving the vehicle at the time, succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Aryan's father, Bamba...

Bhopal, Jan 22 (IANS) The Congress targeted the Mohan Yadav government on Wednesday over allegations of irregularities in the purchase of utensils for Anganwadi centres in Madhya Pradesh. Congress MLA and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Hemant Katare alleged that the Women and Child Development Department has spent Rs 5 crore to purchase utensils for 1,500 Anganwadi centres.Citing media reports on this alleged scam, Katare said that 3,100 jugs, 6,200 serving spoons (ladle) and 46,500 spoons were purchased for Rs 5 crore, and has demanded an investigation into it."It implies that one jug was purchased for Rs 1,250, while one spoon for Rs 810. The matter is related to children and should be investigated," Katare said.Notably, the utensils were purchased ...