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AICC Media Coordinator and in-charge for Mizoram Mathew Anthony said that Gandhi would be in Mizoram from October 16 and on the first day, would interact and walking along with the people from the Chandmari junction to the Treasury Bhawan in Aizawl. Before returning to Delhi on October 18, he would attend a number of organisational and campaign related events. The Congress was voted out of power in 2018 by the Mizo National Front (MNF). State Congress chief Lalsawta recently said that the party would field candidates in all the 40 Assembly seats and the Central Election Committee would soon…

A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal issued notice to the Union government and others in the matter and sought their response by November 3. The elections – which were set to be held on August 12 – were stayed by a bench of Justice Vinod S, Bhardwaj of the High Court just one day before they were supposed to be conducted. The special leave petition stated that the impugned HC order has caused grave prejudice to the WFI and the wrestling athletes in India because the United World Wrestling (UWW) – the international governing body for…

The incident is said to have taken place in June this year.The accused minor boy allegedly showed pornographic clips to the 7-year-old boy, and sodomised him.The boy eventually told his parents about the incident, following which they confronted the accused’s kin. Both families reside in the same locality, and are neighbours.A “compromise” was reached between both families, with the parents of the 7-year-old boy demanding the accused minor be sent off somewhere else. Later, the accused boy was sent to a relative’s place.However, the 12-year-old accused came back a few days ago, following which the father of the Class 3…

Additional Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey, who presided over the case, gave the time for additional arguments or clarifications since both the defence and prosecution completed their arguments last week. The court also directed all the accused to be present in court when the judgment is pronounced. Vishwanathan tragically lost her life on September 30, 2008, when she was shot dead on Nelson Mandela Marg while returning home from work in her car. Five individuals – Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, Ajay Kumar, and Ajay Sethi – were arrested in connection with the murder and have been in custody…

Manama : Heads of local Majlises in Muharraq have lauded the keynote speech delivered by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa while opening the second session of the sixth Legislative Term of the National Assembly, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. In statements to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA), they commended HM the King’s order to preserve the historical and cultural identity of Bahraini buildings and cities, as well as revive the Isa Al Kabeer Palace. They also praised HRH the Crown Prince and Prime…

West Champaran’s Superintendent of Police Amarkesh D. said that the accused had kidnapped Aashish Kumar on Wednesday and killed him on the same day. After murdering him in a gruesome manner, they demanded a ransom of Rs 20 lakh from his father Nagnarayan Shah, a prominent jeweler of the city. “The accused, after kidnapping Aashish, first gouged out both his eyes, tied his hands and brutally assaulted until he died. After committing the crime, they hid the dead body with stubble and then sought ransom of Rs 20 lakh from Nagnarayan Shah,” the SP said. “The entire conspiracy was hatched…

The left-handed opening batter established himself as an all-time great during a record-breaking England career during which time he played 161 Tests, 59 of those as captain, and scored an England record 12,472 Test runs.”Today I am announcing my retirement and the end of my career as a professional cricketer,” Cook said in a statement on the Essex website.”It is not easy to say goodbye. For more than two decades, cricket has been so much more than my job. It has allowed me to experience places I never dreamed I would go, be part of teams that have achieved things…

The 18th edition of the annual sporting venture coming up this Sunday features some of the top-ranked athletes from around the globe.Here are the excerpts from today’s elite athletes’ press conference held ahead of the annual race.Talking to the media, reigning champion Chala Regasa from Ethiopia said “It feels great to be here and I am very excited to run in the Delhi Half Marathon. I am feeling in good shape”Daniel Ebenyo, the favourite for this year’s race has already proved his mettle with a silver medal in the World Half Marathon championships held at Riga at the beginning of…

The deceased was identified as Areeb, a resident of Gali Kuan Wali Chitli Kabar area. His father works as a scrap dealer.According to police, the incident occurred on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday near Matia Mahal Chowk near Hotel -Al Yameen.”The information regarding admission of Areeb was received at 1.48 a.m from LNJP Hospital. He was declared brought dead by the doctors,” said a senior police official.”An FIR under section 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered,” said the official. During the probe, four persons have been arrested and have been identified asShezan…

According to outage monitoring portal Downdetector, the outage started around 7.30 pm before being fixed in about an hour. “Twitter seems utterly broken again. Probably just Musk playing 5D chess and us unable to comprehend the genius of it,” an X user posted. Another posted: “Everyone running to Instagram to find out if Twitter is down”.While 52 per cent users on Downdetector reported issues with X mobile app, around 44 per cent cited problems with the website. X was up again after almost an hour-long outage. –IANS na/vd