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The Juvenile Justice Board has directed that a 16-year-old minor involved in a murder case be tried as an adult, the Delhi police said on Sunday. The order was passed by Principal Magistrate Sahil Khurmi on Saturday. The application seeking trial of the juvenile as an adult was moved by the investigating officer Inspector Manoj…
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In a move to create a safe, clean, modern and inspiring learning space for children, the Delhi government has launched Mission Kayakalp in government schools across the Capital. Giving details about the programme, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said, under the initiative her government is planning to carry out extensive infrastructure works in selected…
Ancy Sojan, having eclipsed Anju Bobby George’s 22-year-old National mark of 6.83m set at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has a clear target: the Asian Games gold in Aichi-Nagoya in September this year. “I want to bring the gold medal with a high class jump. I am aiming for the Asian Games record also so that…
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MeitY has summoned the Meta over a recent report about the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) advertisements on Instagram. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed Meta to disable the advertisements and content promoting and facilitating access to child sexual exploitative and abuse material (CSEAM) on…
The owner of a private bus on the Manjaly-Aluva route has appealed for ₹1 contributions from bus operators, workers and passengers in protest against a ₹7,500 fine imposed by the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) for allegedly failing to operate a scheduled noon trip. The bus owner has shared a Google Pay QR code on social…
The Panangad police have arrested Mithun Prakash, a 34-year-old history-sheeter from Panangad, on the charge of attempting to sexually assault a woman passenger who boarded his autorickshaw in Vyttila. A former private bus employee, he allegedly deviated from the route and tried to take her to a secluded plot. He reportedly allowed her to…
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The prolonged delay in restoring the trenched Nandanath Kochacko Road, which links the NH Bypass with the Thammanam-Pullepady Road, is forcing commuters to take longer routes via the congested SA Road. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The long-overdue digital survey for the three-decade-old project to augment east-west connectivity in the city by widening and extending…
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Arjuna Ranatunga. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES Arjuna Ranatunga has never been one to soften his words, and ahead of the India-Sri Lanka Test series in August, the 1996 World Cup-winning captain gave a frank assessment of where the game is headed and who is to blame. “T20 cricket has, in many ways, killed…
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As many as 256 criminal cases are pending against lawmakers, including sitting or former MPs and MLAs, of Kerala till April 4, 2026. Trial is yet to begin in a large number of such cases due to the delay in serving summons and warrants to the accused, according to the State police. The delay in completing…
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If Bengaluru’s roads belong to the vehicles, its foopaths seem to belong to everyone but the pedestrians. From dangling cable wires and piles of construction debris to discarded furniture, garbage and parked vehicles, footpaths provide space for almost everything except those who walk. As roads get choked, vehicles too spill onto the whatever is left of…
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