Assault could have been fatal, Bibhav Kumar evasive: Delhi Police says in its remand paper

Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar

New Delhi: The Delhi Police in its remand paper submitted late Saturday evening seeking seven days custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar regarding the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal said that it was a ‘serious case’ where the ‘brutal assault’ could have turned ‘fatal’. Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal, who sent Kumar to five-day police custody, was told by the investigating agency that he...

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Consecutive terrorist attacks in Kashmir ahead of LS polls: Ex-sarpanch killed, tourist couple injured

J&K: Injured VDC guard succumbs in Udhampur

Srinagar: Terrorists struck at two places in Kashmir Saturday night, killing a former sarpanch in Shopian and injuring a tourist couple from Rajasthan in Anantnag, two days ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Baramulla. The first attack took place on an open tourist camp near Pahalgam and the second on the former sarpanch at Hirpora in south Kashmir, officials said "Terrorists fired upon and injured a woman, Farha, a resident of...

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RCB beat CSK by 27 runs to secure fourth play-off spot in IPL

IPL, RCB, CSK 2

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs to secure the fourth and final play-off spot in the Indian Premier League here Saturday. Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad had already qualified for the play-offs. Sent into bat, RCB posted a challenging 218 for five against CSK in their must-win. Skipper Faf du Plessis (54) and Virat Kohli (47) shared 78 runs for the...

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Ukraine’s divisive mobilisation law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops

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Kyiv: A divisive mobilisation law in Ukraine came into force Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine's second-largest city. The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. It also provides incentives to soldiers, such as cash bonuses or money toward buying a house...

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Whither Human Rights

On 13 May this year, a headline was published which read: “UNlinked body defers NHRC-India accreditation for second year in a row.” Beneath this was the line “The decision could now affect India’s ability to vote at the Human Rights Council and some UNGA bodies.” NHRC stands for the National Human Rights Commission and this column is...

Missing man’s body fished out of reservoir

Koraput: The body of Suku Pradhani, a 35-year-old man who was missing since Thursday in a boat capsize incident at Jabagad river ghat under Bilaput panchayat and Nandapur block in Koraput district, was fished out by a team of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), Saturday, informed Nandapur Tahasildar, Anadi Charan Sahu. According to reports, the fire...

Man, son held for woman’s murder in Odisha’s Keonjhar district

Dhenkikote: A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her neighbours following a fight over the erection of a fence at Parabha Sahi, Khantaghar village under Dhenkikote police beat house limits in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, Friday night. The deceased was identified as Kuntala Nayak, 55, wife of Banshidhar Nayak in the village. On being informed, police arrested...

Returnees brace up for migration

Elections end, migration resumes in Rayagada district

Rayagada: There seems to be no let-up in migration from Rayagada as labourers from the district have again started migrating to their work places in other states to earn a livelihood after the first phase polling in the district ended, May 13. According to reports, Rayagada district has turned into a hub for trafficking of thousands of...

At 12, this cycling prodigy completed Firefox MTB Shimla

  Rourkela: At a tender age of 12 he is competing with people much older than him in an arduous game like mountain terrain biking, and winning too. Meet Tanush Kohli, 12, a Standard VI student of Delhi Public School (DPS) in Rourkela, who made the sport a passion ever since he turned eight when he first...

 

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