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It was alleged in the FIRs filed by the revenue officer and other tenure holders (farmers) that former Minister Azam Khan and then CO (city) Aley Hasan Khan had threatened and pressured the farmers to execute sale deeds in favour of the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.It was also alleged that the former police officer and minister had also threatened to implicate them in false cases and that they were even kept in lock-up for a day and their land was illegally merged into the campus of the university.Allowing the bail application filed by Aley Hasan Khan in all the…

The arrests were made on Sunday evening. Those arrested have been identified as Ram Ratan Shankar, Laxmi Shankar, Rajendra Sewak, Pawan Kishan, Rahul Prasad, Virendra Lal and Akhilesh Kumar.Lalganj SHO Shiv Shankar Sing, said that one Pitambar Kumar of Bindaganj had informed UP112 that Ram Ratan Shankar had organised a prayer at his residence on Sunday and was luring innocent villagers to embrace Christianity by offering them good food and English education.“A team reached the residence of Ram Ratan to find that they were organizing a prayer and over a dozen villagers were participating. They were being given religious sermons…

The dozens of homeless people, who live under tarps, cardboard boxes, umbrellas and construction sheds for most of the year along First Avenue, where the UN is located, and Second Avenue and the side streets in the area, were out by Sunday evening.Clearing them away has been an annual exercise carried out by officials of a city facing a chronic housing crisis compounded by mental health issues that overwhelm the city’s social services.Many streets along hotels where about 150 presidents and prime ministers will be staying during the high-level week will also be cordoned off for security reasons but also…

Owji added on Sunday that Iran expects all issues pertaining to the joint field to be resolved through negotiations with Kuwait, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency.Known as Durra in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, the offshore gas field was discovered in 1967. However, its development has been delayed due to a dispute over ownership between the three countries, Xinhua news agency reported.In March 2022, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait signed an agreement to jointly develop the field, but Iran has denounced the agreement as illegal and said it violated previous negotiations.In July, Kuwait said it would commence drilling and gas…

But Hasan says it is important to remember that literature remains one of the last spaces where one can breathe, perhaps even smile, though novelists are not above getting shouty.”I needed to create a character like Alif who is sympathetic and who can, however morosely and privately he does it, take the long view. As in the scene where a potential landlord is railing at him and his wife — he still wishes he could comfort the man for his sense of loss, his genuinely painful delusions about the great purity of the Indian past,” she tells IANS.The story revolves…

There are distressing accounts of stray dogs mauling and injuring 15 individuals, including seven children, within the past day.Among the victims are Rehan, 9; Mahendra, 7; and Shivani, 10; Altama, 10; Mohammad Kaif, 11; Ritesh, 4; Mohammed Sohail, 32; Abrar Ahmed, 32; Brajesh Kumar, 38; Kashi Ram, 27; Ramendra Shukla, 69, among others.The families of these dog bite victims rushed them to Khairabad community health centre (CHC) for treatment.The injured have since been discharged after receiving treatment, according to CHC officials.Meanwhile, residents of Laliapur town cornered a stray dog that had been attacking children and beat the dog to death.Municipal…

They were killed at 3 p.m. local time when a Turkish drone attacked their vehicle on a road in the Chalmir area of Sinjar mountain, nearly 120 km west of Nineveh’s provincial capital Mosul, the statement said on Sunday.The Turkish forces frequently carry out ground operations, airstrikes, and artillery bombardments in northern Iraq against the PKK, especially in the Qandil mountains, the main base of the group, Xinhua news agency reported.The PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US, and the European Union, has been rebelling against the Turkish government for more than three decades.–IANSint/khz

“The Crisis and Emergency Committee reactivated six hospitals in the city of Derna for surgeries and they are now using modern equipment,” Jalil told a press conference on Sunday in the city that was hit hardest by the floods.The official said local residents, rescuers and volunteers in Derna have been vaccinated to prevent the spread of diseases, and a committee has been set up to provide psychological support for flood survivors in the city, which is located nearly 1,300 km east of the capital Tripoli, Xinhua news agency reported.On September 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel triggered the worst floods in Libya…

Bathily made the remarks in a meeting with President of the Libyan Presidency Council Mohamed Menfi in the capital Tripoli, during which he expressed condolences on behalf of the UN after deadly floods swept the city of Derna and other areas, Bathily wrote on Sunday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.The UN envoy said he emphasised the need for transparency and accountability in the use of resources during the recovery and reconstruction process and proposed the establishment of an inclusive mechanism to oversee the recovery efforts, Xinhua news agency reported.Bathily also underlined the urgency for Libya to…

Yogi highlighted the importance of a strong legal system for safeguarding law and order and stressed that no one will be allowed to misuse the law to disrupt the system.He was speaking at an event in Gorakhpur on Sunday evening.The shocking incident took place on Saturday and the three accused were arrested hours later. Two of the accused sustained bullet injuries while one suffered a leg fracture while trying to flee from custody on Sunday, the police claimed.The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has often touted the Yogi Adityanath government’s handling of law and order in the state as one…