Bengaluru: A 37-year-old paying guest (PG) accommodation owner has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman staying at his accommodation near a private college in Soladevanahalli, north Bengaluru. The incident occurred in the early hours of Aug 2.Police identified the accused as Ashraf R, originally from Kerala. The survivor, in her early 20s, had moved into the PG about two weeks ago. According to her complaint, Ashraf called her out of her room around 1.30am under the pretext ...Read More
Imphal, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) To further strengthen policing capabilities, the Manipur government on Sunday announced to set up a new police station in the state capital Imphal and to create 12 posts of Sub Divisional Police Officers (SDPO) across nine districts of the state. A senior police officer said that the strategic move is intended to bolster policing capabilities, improve supervision of investigation, and enhance overall law and order management in both existing and newly created dist...Read More
Bhubaneswar: A year before his retirement, vigilance sleuths on Sunday uncovered substantial alleged illegal assets belonging to Boudh motor vehicle inspector (MVI) Gopal Chandra Hansdah (59). The assets unearthed included 1kg of gold, 2kg of silver, bank deposits of Rs 1.34 crore, and 44 plots of land.Hansdah, who draws a monthly salary of about Rs 1 lakh, was detained for questioning to ascertain the sources of his assets. "The land holdings comprised 43 plots in and around Baripada town in Ma...Read More
Hyderabad: A dispute erupted on Sunday between the Telangana Jagruti president and BRS MLC K Kavitha, and the former BRS minister Jagadish Reddy.Without mentioning any names, Kavitha hinted at Jagadish Reddy, claiming that 'insiders' in the BRS had leaked her letter to KCR. She accused them of only surviving in his shadow.During a press conference, Kavitha challenged Jagdish Reddy's earlier remarks about her. "I have reliable information that insiders supported MLC Chintapandu Naveen's comments ...Read More
Hyderabad: Telangana has been recognised for its highest organ donation rate across the country under the Jeevandan programme by the central health ministry. The Union health minister, JP Nadda, presented the award to the Jeevandan team on behalf of the Telangana govt at the 15th Indian Organ Donation Day, organised by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), in New Delhi on Saturday. According to officials, Telangana recorded an organ donation rate of 4.88 donors per milli...Read More
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, has expressed his profound grief over the untimely and heartbreaking demise of the young daughter of Amod Ashok Nagpure, Senior Superintendent of Police, Udhampur. In his condolence message, the Chief Secretary said that he was deeply saddened by this tragic loss, for which words fall short in the face of such an unimaginable tragedy. He remarked that his heartfelt condolences go out to SSP Nagpure and his family during this incredibly difficult time. Pr...Read More
Dibrugarh: A local businessman was allegedly murdered in a plot orchestrated by his wife Bobby Gogoi and teenage daughter in the Barbaruah area of Dibrugarh. The mother-daughter duo, along with two others -- identified as Dipjyoti Buragohain (21) and his accomplice, a minor (17) -- were arrested by police on Sunday morning, eight days after the crime.The victim, Uttam Gogoi (52), a resident of Lahon Gaon in Barbaruah, was found dead at his residence on July 25. What initially appeared to be a ro...Read More
Mangaluru: The govt first-grade colleges in the Mangaluru division of the department of collegiate education are likely to operate without guest faculty, as their appointment for the new academic year was reportedly delayed. Their tenure for the last academic year ended on Saturday.Though the govt, learning from the mistakes of last year, decided to issue an early recruitment notification of guest faculty to govt first-grade colleges across the state, it was delayed due to the annual and regular...Read More
Hyderabad: The Centre has awarded the Telangana government for securing the maximum number of organ donations in the country. In an event observing the National Organ Donation Day in Delhi, Union health minister J.P. Nadda presented the award to representatives of the state's Jeevandan programme on Saturday. While the national average in 2024 stood at 0.8 organ donations per 10 lakh population, Telangana reported a significantly higher rate of 4.88 per 10 lakh, according to the Union health min...Read More
RAIPUR: Some selfie crazy youths in a forested village in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district had a narrow escape when a wild tusker menacingly advanced towards them when they were filming it. The incident took place near the village of Ganeshpur under Pratappur forest range, officials said on Sunday. The forest officials issued a warning to the forest dwellers and others not to risk their lives by going close to the wild animals in the forest to take selfies after the video of the incident went ...Read More
KARIMNAGAR: The police arrested a 24-year-old youth for illegally cultivating marijuana (ganja) plants in the backyard of his house in Narsingapur village of Jagtial district on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police conducted a special search operation and found four ganja plants being illegally grown by the accused, identified as Motuku Raju. The plants, weighing approximately 241 grams, were seized. Raju was taken into custody and shifted to the Rural Police Station. A case has been regist...Read More
Bimalgarh (Odisha) [India], August 3 (ANI): A railway employee was killed and another seriously injured in an IED blast allegedly triggered by Naxalites near Rejanda, close to Topadih village in Odisha Bimalgarh district, on Sunday, officials said. According to officials, the deceased has been identified as Etwa Oram, a railway employee and resident of Bisra. His colleague, Budhram Munda, sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment. The incident, which occurred near the Odisha-Jhark...Read More
Guwahati: A 30-year-old man Nirmol Namasudra, of Amtoli village died after allegedly being assaulted by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Assam's India- Bangladesh Katigorah area in Cachar district, prompting public outrage and protests, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Friday night near the India-Bangladesh border in Katigorah. The victim, who sustained serious injuries, died at a hospital on Saturday. The death has triggered widespread protests, with locals gathering...Read More
A video has emerged showing a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj offering prayers, flowers, and milk in the Ganga floodwaters outside his home. Sub-Inspector Chandradeep Nishad of the Uttar Pradesh Police was seen performing a brief ritual at the doorstep of his residence in Daraganj, one of the localities affected by the rising water levels of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. Both rivers have crossed the danger mark due to rains, submerging several low-lying areas in the city. In the vide...Read More
Rajkot: Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) on Thursday commissioned the country's first 'Make in India' one megawatt (MW) green hydrogen plant, at Kandla. This is the first phase of a planned 10MW facility and is the first such development at an Indian port.Union shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the plant, calling it a "new benchmark" in the execution of green hydrogen projects. "DPA has demonstrated a shining example of speed, scale and skill," he said.The plant was set up in four m...Read More
Sundargarh: In a tragic incident, the body of a missing minor girl from the Talasara police station area in Sundargarh district was discovered hanging from a tree in the Lulukidhi forest near the Chhattisgarh border on Sunday. The girl, who had been missing since Friday, was found following an extensive search operation conducted by the Talasara police with the assistance of a scientific team and sniffer dogs. According to police sources, the minor was last seen on Friday when she reportedly me...Read More
New Delhi, August 03: India Post has announced a major operational shift: from September 1, 2025, its long-standing Registered Post service will be merged with Speed Post for all domestic mail. The move, aimed at streamlining services, will bring faster delivery, improved tracking, and reduced operational costs under a single, unified system. The change marks the end of an era for Registered Post, once a trusted and economical option for secure, addressee-specific delivery. While the service it...Read More
Jammu, Aug 3 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said the prime objective of his administration is to empower the youth to become informed and action-oriented citizens and drive growth and development in the Union Territory. The innovative ideas of the youth, their dreams, aspirations and their inclination for change will play a crucial role in societal transformation, Sinha said. Addressing the Viksit Bharat-Yuva Connect Programme's valedictory event at the Unive...Read More
Rourkela: The body of a minor girl, who was missing since last Friday, was found hanging inside a jungle near her home in Odisha's Sundargarh district on Sunday morning, police said. The incident happened at Lulkidihi village under the jurisdiction of the Talwara police station in the district. According to the police, the girl had gone to the forest to graze cows and goats on Friday. When she did not return home in the afternoon, her father searched for her in the locality and reported the mat...Read More
Hyderabad: Six IT employees were held by the Telangana State Task Force team of the Prohibition and Excise Department for allegedly consuming drugs at a private farmhouse party in Chevalla on Saturday, August 2. According to reports, the accused have been identified as Abhijit, Simpson, Parthu, Goyal, Yeshwanth and Sevio Dennis, who all tested positive for drugs. Apart from LSD blots, hash oil and liquor, officials from the excise department also seized three luxury cars and mobiles of the accu...Read More
Pathankot, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 20th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on Saturday, transferring about Rs 20,500 crore directly into bank accounts of 9.7 crore eligible farmers. The financial assistance under the scheme has helped crores of farmers not just in meeting their agricultural needs but also in sailing through any crisis. In Punjab's Pathankot, many farmers were elated on receiving the 20th instalment of PM-KISA...Read More
A Nepalese woman, who had come to Bareilly in search of a job, was allegedly beaten by a mob on suspicion of theft, police said on Sunday. The woman, identified as Sushmita Saru Magar alias Kajal, hailing from the Pokhara district in Nepal, was admitted to the hospital in serious condition, they added. According to police, the incident occurred on Saturday night when the woman was staying at the house of an acquaintance, Vinay Gangwar, in Baradari. She had stepped onto the terrace around 1 am...Read More
A 10th-grade student was brutally beaten to death by two of his classmates allegedly over a dispute about seating arrangements in class in Maharashtra's Nashik district. The tragic episode unfolded on Wednesday, at a private tuition centre in the city's Satpur area where 15-year-old Yashraj Gangurde had gone for his regular studies. He never returned home. According to police, the argument began when Yashraj got into a minor disagreement with two other students over sharing a bench. What start...Read More
A new study from IIT Roorkee has just flipped the long-standing belief about what keeps the Ganga flowing during the harsh Indian summer. New fingings show that it is in fact not glacier melt but groundwater that keeps the mighty river alive, at least until Patna. Researchers from IIT Roorkee tracked the river right from its Himalayan beginnings to its delta end, using advanced isotopic analysis. Published in Hydrological Processes, the study is the first of its kind to cover such a full-scale ...Read More
Buxar: Six people were sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday in connection with the 2019 murder of a govt school teacher in Bhikhapur village under the Itadhi police station area in Buxar district. The judgment was delivered by the court of principal district and additional sessions judge-IV, Anupam Kumari, after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence and examining witness testimonies. Monetary penalties were also imposed.According to additional public prosecutors Rajendra ...Read More
Mumbai: A routine ticket check aboard a Virar fast local turned violent on Saturday afternoon when a passenger, caught without a valid ticket, allegedly attacked railway staff and vandalised property at Borivli station.The incident occurred around 3pm onboard a Churchgate-Virar fast train between Dadar and Borivli. Shamsher Ibrahim, a Deputy Chief Ticket Inspector (Dy CTI) with Western Railway, was conducting checks in the First Class compartment when he found three passengers travelling with se...Read More
Ashraf, the owner of the PG accommodation, has been arrested ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A Bengaluru college student accused her paying guest owner Ashraf of rape and filed a complaint * Ashraf was arrested after the student filed a complaint with police * The student said Ashraf forced her into his car, drove to a room and sexually assaulted her Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Bengaluru: A college student in Bengaluru has alle...Read More
Uttam Gogoi was allegedly murdered by his wife, Boby Gogoi. A woman in Assam was arrested and her class 9 daughter was detained along with two boys on charges of murdering her husband and trying to pass it off as a stroke, before hinting at a dacoity to mislead investigators. According to police sources, Uttam Gogoi was found dead at his residence in Borbaruah area at Lahon Gaon in Jamira on July 25. The motive behind the crime could not be immediately ascertained. Uttam's wife, Boby Sonowal ...Read More
The Saundatti Police have arrested three persons on charges of poisoning the drinking water at a government school in Hoolikati village in Belagavi district. In the incident which occurred about 15 days ago, 11 students were hospitalised after drinking water at the school. Belagavi district Superintendent of Police Bhimashankar Guled told presspersons in Belagavi on Saturday that the accused had conspired to put the blame on the headmaster of the school and get him transferred from the village....Read More
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (PTI) A 37-year-old man who runs a paying guest accommodation in the city has been arrested for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman here, police said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Ashraf and a native of Kerala, had reportedly befriended the survivor, who had moved into the PG just 10 days ago, they said. In her complaint, the survivor -- a student also from Kerala -- alleged that around midnight on Friday, Ashraf took her in his car to a secluded area on the northern ...Read More