Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the pr...Read More
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More
Kolkata: Breaking the syndicates dealing with illegal immigration by identifying the gang heads and double-checking all received ID documents from the source to examine their authenticity were the two reasons behind the changes introduced in passport verification, said Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma on Thursday, stressing the aim was to ensure illegal immigrants could not stay on."We have re-evaluated the passport verification system. Our primary target is to identify syndicate members ...Read More
Lucknow Rape Case: A three-year-old girl was raped and hospitalised on Thursday. According to police, she is said to be in a critical condition. The crime took place late Wednesday night when the girl, the daughter of daily wage labourers, was sleeping under a metro station. The accused took the girl away while her parents were sleeping and raped her at a secluded place, police said. Following the report, senior officials, including the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Ashish Kumar Srivas...Read More
Kanpur: Thousands of devotees on Thursday took holy dip in river Ganga and donated cloths, grains among needy persons on the auspicious occasion of Ganga Dussehra. The devotees started thronging ghats since early morning hours for the holy dip. They performed religious rituals and offered flowers and other devotional articles to the Ganga on the occasion. Ganga Dussehra is regarded as one of the most significant festivals devoted to the Goddess Ganga as it is believed that Ganga descended on the...Read More
New Delhi: IIT Delhi and AIIMS have joined hands to establish a Centre of Excellence for AI in healthcare, which will focus on developing AI-based solutions for supporting key national health programmes in the country. The institutes signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the centre. Last year, the two institutes were awarded a grant of Rs 330 crore by the Ministry of Education under the initiative 'Make AI in India, Make AI Work for India'.M Srinivas, Director, AIIMS Delhi, exp...Read More
Thane: A magistrate's court in Thane remanded mechanical engineer Ravindra Verma to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly leaking sensitive information on naval establishments to Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs). ATS is probing the phone numbers used in the communication, confirming that the woman chatting with Verma was using Indian numbers. Investigators also launched an investigation into the bank accounts, which are said to be of Indian banks and used in transferring money to his acc...Read More
Ahmedabad: Infocity police in Gandhinagar registered a theft case on Wednesday after materials worth Rs 3.81 lakh were stolen from the GNLU metro station at Koba village. This was the third theft reported on the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail network in the past two weeks.Ravindrasinh Bihola, a 27-year-old security guard, filed the FIR with Infocity police. He stated that he was posted at the GNLU metro station for the past three months. He was on night duty from 8 pm to 8 am. According to his...Read More
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reports that seven new deaths related to Covid-19 have occurred in the last 24 hours, with three in Maharashtra and 2 each in Delhi and Karnataka. As reported by the ministry, 564 additional cases have been confirmed since yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases to nearly 5,000. Kerala is among the worst affected states with highest number of active cases at 1,487, with Delhi having 562 and Maharashtra 526. Meanwhile, active cas...Read More
Gandhinagar, Jun 5 (PTI) National Security Advisory Board chairman Alok Joshi on Thursday emphasised the need for intelligence sharing among government agencies for better results and asserted that one of the challenges agencies face is breaking the silos in which they operate. Joshi, who was addressing delegates at the 'Police Technology Summit 2025' at Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar, headed the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO...Read More
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): As the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Sonam Raghuwanshi in Meghalaya continues to remain unsolved, CCTV footage from a hotel surfaced on Thursday showing Sonam and her husband Raja checking out on May 22. Sonam was clearly seen wearing white attire while leaving the hotel. A woman's white shirt was also recovered near Raja's body on June 2. To understand the investigation's progress, Free Press spoke to a senior police official in Indore, who said, "Consideri...Read More
Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. "PEPE is showing strength after a clean breakout above the key resistance zone," UniChartz shared in a recent post on X, highlighting a decisive shift in the meme coin's short-term momentum. The breakout reflects renewed buying pressure as the price pushed beyond a major barrier that had previously capped upside moves. The analyst further noted that PEPE is now "in the process of...Read More
New Delhi: OpenAI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government's IndiaAI Mission to launch the OpenAI Academy in India. As part of the agreement, the partnership will deliver artificial intelligence (AI) training content through both the OpenAI Academy and the IndiaAI FutureSkills portal. It also includes public sector training programmes available in English, Hindi and four regional languages. This marks the platform's first international rollout....Read More
Mumbai: MNS workers attacked an autorickshaw driver here and forced him to apologise for allegedly using objectionable language against a Marathi-speaking passenger as well as party chief Raj Thackeray recently.The incident involving the passenger took place in Dadar on Wednesday.The passenger shot a video of the driver using objectionable language against him and Thackeray. He later posted the video, which shows the number plate of the autorickshaw, on social media, a police official said.After...Read More
Mumbai: The birth of three penguin chicks at Mumbai's Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo has sparked an unexpected row not over their care, but their names. BJP functionary Nitin Bankar from the Byculla Assembly constituency has objected to the chicks being given English names, insisting they be named in Marathi instead. The BMC is expected to respond by June 10, after which Bankar will decide his next move. Speaking to The Free Press Journal, Bankar said, "When penguins were brought from a...Read More
KATRA, Jun 5: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha inspected arrangements in Katra on Thursday ahead of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's scheduled Public Meeting on 06th June. The Lieutenant Governor reviewed the preparations to ensure the smooth conduct of the event and directed the officials for strict security, safety measures and seamless coordination among all departments. Hon'ble Prime Minister will dedicate the iconic Chenab Bridge, the tallest railway bridge in the world, Cou...Read More
Hyderabad: Contrary to widespread and distressing reports circulating on social media and some unofficial sources earlier today, Jubilee Hills MLA Maganti Gopinath of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has not passed away. He remains critically ill but is showing signs of recovery after being rushed to AIG Hospital in Gachibowli on Thursday with heart-related issues. BRS MLC Dasoju Shravan provided a crucial update, stating, "Maganti Gopinath is recovering." Shravan clarified that Gopinath is res...Read More
Dehradun, Jun 5 (PTI) Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Central Command, on Thursday flagged off a motorcycle expedition 'Kumaon Quest' aimed at engaging the youth, promoting women empowerment and border tourism in Kumaon hills. The nine-day expedition will navigate through the rugged and picturesque terrain of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand with focus on promoting national initiatives such as the Agnipath Scheme, Join Indian Army and the Vibrant Village ...Read More
Raipur: Top Maoist leader Tentu Lakshmi Narasimhachalam alias Sudhakar, who carried a collective bounty of Rs one crore in three states, was on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in the Indravati National Park area under Bijapur district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh, police said. This was the second major breakthrough made by the security forces in their ongoing battle against Leftwing extremism in Bastar, in the last fortnight. On May 21, CPI (Maoist) general secretary Na...Read More
Guwahati: Relief operations in Sikkim continue with the IAF employing four Mi-17 and two Cheetah helicopters into service. A defence spokesperson said, "On Thursday they were able to reach isolated and severely affected areas of Chaten. The helicopters were airborne at dawn and evacuated more than hundred survivors, including children, within a short period, in the tiny weather window available. They have delivered much needed succour to civilians, service personnel and foreigners who have been...Read More
Hyderabad, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The woman, whose body was found stuffed in a travel bag in Hyderabad's Bachupally area, has been identified by the Cyberabad police. The victim is a Nepalese, who was allegedly murdered by a youth, who is also from Nepal. A day after the decomposed body of the woman was found, Cyberabad police on Thursday achieved a breakthrough. Police identified the accused through the CCTV footage. The youth allegedly killed the woman on May 23 and, after stuffing the boy...Read More
Maharashtra FYJC Admission 2025: The Maharashtra School Education and Sport Department is releasing on its official website, mahafyjcadmissions.in, the Merit List of students who have registered for Class 11 or FYJC admission for the year 2025-26. The FYJC General Merit List released on the website will be provisional and should contain all the necessary details of the students who have registered. In case, the students find any error or need any correction in their details, they will need to ...Read More
Maligaon, June 5 (MExN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) celebrated World Environment Day 2025 at Rang Bhawan, Maligaon with the theme 'Beat Plastic Pollution' on June 5. The event commenced with lighting of lamp by Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager of NFR along with Shalini Shrivastava, President of Northeast Frontier Railway Women's Welfare Organisation (NFRWWO). A major highlight was signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NFR and Cotton University to foster collabor...Read More
Guwahati, Jun 5 (PTI) The flood situation in Assam improved on Thursday even though two more people lost their lives and over 5.5 lakh people across 12 districts are reeling under the deluge, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person each died in Hailakandi and Sribhumi districts. With this, the total number of people losing their lives in this year's flood and landslide has increased to 21. The report s...Read More
Shimla, June 5 (PTI) Thunderstorm, hail and gusty winds lashed Himachal Pradesh's Shimla in the past 24-hours, since Wednesday evening, the local meteorological office said. Light to moderate rains occurred in some parts of the state with Nagrota Suriyan logging the highest rainfall of 59.2 mm, followed by 39 mm in Bharwain, 20.4 mm in Shillaroo, 14.2 mm in Kufri, 13.2 mm in Guler, 11.4 mm in Shimla, 11.3 mm in Kotkhai, 11 mm in Kahu and 10 mm in Karsog, it said. According to the weather offic...Read More
Bengaluru, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Envisioned by Sadhguru, the Cauvery Calling movement enabled the plantation of 1.36 crore saplings across 34,000 acres in the Cauvery basin during 2024-25. To date, a total of 12.2 crore saplings have been planted, supporting 2.38 lakh farmers in adopting tree-based agriculture, the Isha Foundation said in a statement on Thursday. Remarkably, in the last year alone, 50,931 farmers and citizens actively participated in this large-scale ecological effort, stated...Read More
The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has initiated an online demand survey to engage citizens in the planning of four upcoming multi-storey residential projects. The initiative covers key locations, Gomti Nagar, Gomti Nagar Extension, Aishbagh, and Basantkunj, and aims to incorporate public preferences on flat sizes, income categories, and amenities. The survey went live on Thursday following directions from LDA vice chairman Prathamesh Kumar. Residents can now visit the official portal (htt...Read More
Hyderabad: Two officials of Medchal and Malkajgiri districts were caught red-handed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 on Thursday, June 5. Bill collector of Shamirpet ward office, K Ram Reddy and computer operator in Thumkunta municipality, A Sravan, of Medchal-Malkajgiri district demanded a bribe for an official favour "to complete the mutation process of the house of the complainant." Citizens facing bribe demands from public serva...Read More
RCB Stampede: India's head coach Gautam Gambhir was on Thursday scathing in his criticism of everyone involved in organising Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL victory celebrations, which led to the death of 11 fans due to stampede. Gambhir, who has been part of two IPL title-winning celebrations in Kolkata and also during India's 2007 T20 World Cup winning campaign, urged everyone to be "responsible citizens" and not conduct a function when people are not ready for it. "I was never a believer of...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 5 (PTI) India head coach Gautam Gambhir didn't specify which three of the five Tests will Jasprit Bumrah be available but insisted that the bowling unit has enough quality to handle the workload in absence of its the pace spearhead during the upcoming series against England. "We have not already taken that call that which three games we want (him) to play," Gambhir said, though it is not certain if Bumrah would play only three Tests. India's chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar had i...Read More