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Jaipur, Dec 12 (PTI) It was just another day in the field for Guddi Devi, working and seeing her five-year-old son play when he suddenly disappeared into a borewell pit, dug by his father in the farm. An unconscious Aryan was brought out of the 150-ft borewell pit last night after a 56-hour-long operation. He was declared dead at a hospital on Thursday. "The child's post-mortem was done today and the body was handed over to the family. Aryan was one of Guddi Devi's five children," Nangal Rajawatan's subdivision officer Yashwant Meena said. The incident occurred Monday afternoon in the Kalikhad village of Rajasthan's Dausa. Drilling machines brought from Jaipur, Dausa, and Sawai Madhopur bored into the ground for hours, testing the patience of the kin. All this while, Aryan's mother kept on fainting, while his father cursed why he ever dug the pit. The hole was dug three years ago but it could never be put to use and the work never finished. An officer involved in the rescue operation said first, an attempt was made to pull the boy out by throwing a rope but it was unsuccessful. Then, a pit was dug parallel to the borewell hole to reach the boy via a tunnel. That failed too. An oxygen pipe was inserted through the hole to ensure that Aryan could get sufficient oxygen and a camera was also put down to see his movements, but it was not possible to keep a constant watch on him due to the underground water. Finally, the boy was rescued last night from the same pit into which he had fallen. Hopes of his wellbeing, however, were shattered when doctors at the district hospital declared Aryan dead. Police were hard-pressed to control the crowd that had swelled outside the hospital by then. PTI AG VN VN VN
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) Pledging to act against a "few elements" speaking the language of proscribed terror group The Resistance Front (TRF), Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday that every citizen of the Union territory has the onerous responsibility to build a terror-free and drug-free society. He said this while addressing the provincial 'Arya Mahasammelan' at Sher-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) here. "... There are a few elements who speak the language of the (terror group) TRF. Police administration and security forces are committed ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russian oil imports is way less than exaggerated media numbers," brokerage CLSA said in a report. While ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha on Thursday demanded sending the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, to a parliamentary panel for comprehensive discussion and deliberation. As soon as the Bill was taken up for discussion in the House, Mahua Moitra (TMC) moved an amendment seeking to send it to the select committee for greater scrutiny. Opposing the Bill, Harish Chandra Meena (Congress) demanded that the government send the Bill to joint parliamentary committees for comprehensive discussion and deliberation. The Bill in the current form creates ...Read More >
Jaipur, Feb 3 (PTI) Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena will not attend the ongoing Budget Session of the state Assembly due to ill health, Speaker Vasudev Devnani said on Monday. Meena had sought permission to remain absent from the House due to health reasons. His request was approved on Monday, Devnani informed the House at the beginning of the Zero Hour. "I have to inform the House that Assembly member Kirodi Lal has sought permission to remain absent from the meetings of the House due to ill health till the end of the session," he said. Amid the uproar by members, the Speak ...Read More >
Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 26 (PTI) Lightning strikes killed four people in separate incidents in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district on Thursday, officials said. In the Aklera area of the district, Premchand Meena and Kailash Tanwar died after being struck by lightning when they were working in their fields. At Rajpura village, a woman identified as Santosh Bai was hit by lightning when she was out in the field. She was rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared her dead. In another incident, Kajod Bheel from Badiya Ratadevi village died after he was struck by lightning around 3:30 pm. Hi ...Read More >
Pune: The Indian Gig Workers' Front on Saturday evening suspended the ongoing strike of cabs and autorickshaws operating on applications till Tuesday, after leaving many commuters, including those arriving at the airport on Saturday morning, hassled. Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of the front, said, "We have a meeting on Tuesday with senior officials of the state transport department. If its decisions don't meet our expectations, the strike will resume." Several commuters had a harrowing experience on roads on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. Cabs and autos were hard to come by. T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) It has been 30 years to the day since he made his debut with "Barsaat". Bobby Deol's career has been a rollercoaster ride since, the dizzying highs and terrible lows that could make for a film script all its own, and it is almost as if a star has been reborn -- complete with a new fan base and roles in all shades of grey. The chocolate box hero, better known as Dharmendra's son when he hit the screens in "Barsaat" opposite another debutante and star kid Twinkle Khanna on October 6, 1995, has evolved into the character actor who grabs attention with his turn as the villa ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jun 27 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught an additional superintendent of police for alleged bribe money of Rs 9.35 lakh, an official statement issued here on Friday said. Jagaram Meena, the accused additional superintendent of police (ASP), was coming to Jaipur from Jhalawar in a car on Friday evening. The ACB team stopped the car at Shivdaspura toll post and found Rs 9.35 lakh during search. The ASP could not answer about this money, the statement said. The ACB later searched the house of Meena in Kesar Nagar, Jagatpura. About Rs 30 lakh were found in the house. AC ...Read More >
Imphal, June 29 (UNI) A series of successful operations carried out by Manipur Police and security forces during the last 24 hours led to the arrest of several individuals involved in vehicle theft, insurgent activity, and the recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition. Police arrested a vehicle lifter identified as Syed Riyaj from his residence at Lilong Chaobok in Thoubal District. The arrest was made under Lilong Police Station. Authorities seized a blue two wheeler without registration number, along with a key and an Aadhaar card believed to be linked to the suspect. In a s ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhishek Kumar (23), who is from Shanti Nagar in Sector 11, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused.Dr Amit Bansal, who runs these 22 centres, is prime accused in the case, sources said. Bansal, against whom Punjab Police has registered multiple FIRs, is alleged to be engaged in illegal sale of drugs from his de-addiction centres.Privately-run drug de-addiction centres in Punjab are ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Police have found that the email address used to send explicit and threatening messages to an 18-year-old South Asian University female student who has alleged sexual assault was being accessed by one of her friends, an officer said on Thursday. The first-year BTech student, who lives in the varsity hostel, has accused four people, including a security guard, of sexually assaulting her on the campus premises. She was found injured with her clothes torn on October 13, a day after being reported missing. An FIR was registered on Tuesday on her complaint, in which she al ...Read More >
Aryan Meena, who lived in the Dausa district of Rajasthan state, was trapped in the narrow well for three days after falling into it while playing on Monday afternoon. The boy, wearing pants and a t-shirt, had to endure plummeting winter temperatures inside the well as well as hunger and thirst. Children and even adult people dying from falling into open borewells is not uncommon in rural India where they are dug to pump water for irrigation and drinking and left abandoned after they run dry. ...Read More >
A sub-adult tiger spotted moving between Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh has prompted wildlife authorities to explore the possibility of developing Ratanmahal in Dahod as a tiger sanctuary as part of the Union govt's Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves (TOTR) Project. The three-year-old male tiger, first sighted near Gujarat border in Feb, has been frequently captured on camera traps in Ratanmahal's core area since late May. This marks the second tiger sighting in the region within six years. A National Tig ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday stated that the mega railway manufacturing unit at Kazipet was being developed with modern, state-of-the-art technology with a cost of Rs.521 crore. Speaking after inspecting the unit, he informed that the civil construction works at the manufacturing unit would be completed by December, 2025, while the entire project was expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The Union Minister stated that the manufacturing unit has high potential and has been designed flexibly to manufacture coaches, engines and metro trains. Ashwini ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " against the Left parties. The minister was responding to allegations of voter fraud in Thrissur consti ...Read More >
Rajgir, Apr 2 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram and Delhi registered notable wins on the second day of the 16th Sub-Junior Men's National Hockey Championship at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium here on Thursday. In the first match of the day, Andhra Pradesh secured a 3-1 win against Puducherry in Pool A of Division C. Surya Ganesh Kataru Pradeep (13'), Chaitanya Lanka (19') and captain Maduru Ganga (27') found the back of the net for the winners. For Puducherry, Dharshan (58') scored their only goal of the game. In the same division, Mizoram beat Assam 6-0 with Joseph Malsawmtluanga (5', 33', 54') ba ...Read More >
According to sources, Yadav may replace former Transport Minister and Najafgarh MLA Kailash Gahlot, who resigned recently and joined the BJP. Tarun's wife Meena Yadav, an independent councillor, also joined AAP. Ahead of the Delhi polls, the Aam Aadmi Party has inducted yet another person into its fold. Tarun Yadav, a social worker from Najafgarh, joined the party in the presence of Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and MLA Durgesh Pathak Wednesday. According to sources, Yadav may replace former Tran ...Read More >
Surat: A pilgrimage turned into a nightmare on Thursday morning when a bus carrying 20 pilgrims -- nine of them from Surat -- plunged into the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand, leaving three dead, eight injured and nine missing. Among the deceased was 17-year-old Dreamy Soni, a bright student from Surat who had recently passed her Class 12 science exam with 89% and dreamed of joining an IIT.The incident occurred near Gholtir village on the Badrinath National Highway, between Rudraprayag and Gauchar ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 6 (PTI) With several businessmen in Bihar flagging security concerns in the aftermath of the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka, the Bihar government on Sunday came out with an assurance that all such issues will be looked into and addressed. Chief Secretary (CS) Amrit Lal Meena, whom a delegation of Bihar Industries Association (BIA) had met a day earlier, said security will be given to the business community as per norms. "A delegation met me. I have assured them of appropriate security as per norms. Some of them have also asked for arms licences, which in any case is given to ...Read More >
Nagpur, Jun 7 (PTI) Aryan Meshram from Akola struck an unbeaten 85 off just 53 balls to help Neco Master Blaster register a thumping 9-wicket win over Nagpur Titans in the Vidarbha Pro T20 League here on Saturday. Neco Master Blaster chased down the target of 133 with 25 balls to spare. Batting first, Nagpur Titans were restricted to 132/6 in their 20 overs. Neco Master Blaster openers easily chased down the target to register their first win. Neco Master Blaster will meet Nagpur Heroz on Sunday. PTI PDS PDS UNG ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly opening fire at a minor boy in northwest Delhi's Azadpur area to settle a personal rivalry, an official said on Friday. The accused, identified as Tanish alias Lala, was nabbed for allegedly opening fire at Aryan (17) after a brief chase in the Majlis Park area, he said. "On July 7, at 10.14 pm, information was received from Trauma Centre, Civil Lines, that Aryan had been admitted with gunshot injuries. His mother, Neetu, told the police that Aryan was standing near the foot overbridge opposite the MCD Colony in Azadpur wit ...Read More >
The Rajasthan government orchestrated a significant bureaucratic reshuffle affecting the transfer and postings of numerous administrative and police officers, including the replacement of the Jodhpur Police Commissioner. Key positions reshuffled include Range Inspector Generals across multiple ranges and the Superintendents of Police in 30 districts. The Rajasthan government has executed a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, which saw the transfer and posting of 12 IAS, 91 IPS, and 142 RAS offic ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family on Saturday, accusing them of shielding each other in corruption cases and questioning the constitutional propriety of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's recent tweet defending his brother-in-law Robert Vadra. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, Trivedi took a sharp dig at LoP Gandhi, saying, "He stood in support of his 'hardworking farmer' brother-in-law Robert Vadra (in a sarcastic tone), after the Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet aga ...Read More >
Kota: A 55-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances at the house of his female acquaintance in Balajinagar Colony under Baran City police station late Thursday night. The deceased, identified as Anuj alias Annu Singoria, a clerk at the Baran district court and resident of Baran City, was reportedly thrashed before his death, prompting police to register a case of murder.According to Baran City police, Anuj had gone to the house of Rajesh Meena (35), his acquaintance. Around 10:3 ...Read More >
State Education Minister orders strict probe and action against accused A government school teacher in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district has been arrested for allegedly recording private and inappropriate videos of students on his mobile phone, police said on Friday. The teacher, Shambhulal Dhakad, was posted at Anvalheda School in the Begun panchayat area. The incident came to light after some parents and villagers learned about his misconduct and informed the police and local authorities. Soo ...Read More >
Jaipur, Nov 13 (PTI) Counting of votes for the bypoll in Rajasthan's Anta assembly constituency will be held on Friday amid tight security arrangements, officials said on Thursday. Voting was held in Anta on Tuesday. "Counting will be held at the seminar hall of the government PG college in Baran district under CCTV surveillance on Friday. All preparations for the counting have been completed," an official of the election commission said. A high voter turnout of 80.21 per cent was recorded in the polling. The constituency has a total of 2,28,264 voters, including 1,16,783 men and 1,11,477 w ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 4 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 11 paise to 87.29 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by sustained foreign fund outflows and concerns over trade tariffs. Forex traders said the weakness in the dollar index and easing crude oil prices supported the rupee at lower levels. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 87.21 and fell to an early low of 87.29 against the American currency, registering a decline of 11 paise over its previous close. On Friday, the rupee closed at 87.18 against the US dollar. "Indian Rupee opened at 87.20 level th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances of EVM counting being completed before postal ballot counting. INDIA bloc had, during the 2024 elec ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) Two major Left-affiliated student organisations held protests at Delhi University's North Campus on Friday demanding action against DUSU Joint Secretary Deepika Jha, accused of physically assaulting a faculty member at Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College. Jha, a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), was elected as the joint secretary of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) in the recent polls. She said in a statement that she had visited the college to address complaints of "misbehaviour and physical assault" raised by students against the teacher, ...Read More >