Man has been held with country-made firearm and live cartridges in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, the police said on Sunday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, with the arrest of a 40-year-old street vendor for allegedly possessing a country-made firearm and three cartridges in Nagpur city, police on Sunday claimed to have busted a racket involved in the illegal trade of crude weapons. The suspect was identidied as Jalim Natthu Shahu. He was intercepted on Saturday evening while he was riding a two-wheeler, an official said, as per the PTI. "Police found a desi katta (country made firearm) and three live cartridges in his possession," the official said. Shahu's interrogation disclosed that he had procured weapons from his native place in Uttar Pradesh. Police have registered a case under Arms Act. Prostitution racket busted, 2 women rescued, 2 men booked in Nagpur Meanwhile, in an another incident in Nagpur, a prostitution racket operating from a hotel in Manish Nagar area of Nagpur was busted and two women were rescued, a police official said on Sunday, as per the PTI. A person identified as Bilal alias Bunty Ahmed Ali and his accomplice Vishal have been booked and efforts are on to nab them, the Beltarodi police station official added, the news agency reported on Sunday. A case was registered under IPC and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the official said. 21-year-old man held by crime branch with firearm in Mumbai's Khar The Mumbai Crime Branch's Unit 9 on Wednesday nabbed a 21-year-old man allegedly with illegal firearm and live cartridges in Khar area of the city, an official said. According to the police, the officials of the crime branch Unit 9 received information regarding the suspect who was in possession of illegal firearm. The police traced the suspects location in the jurisdiction of Khar police station and nabbed the suspect from Chitrakar Dhurandar Road in Khar. The suspect was Identified as Srikrishna Vivendra Pal Sharma, 21, a resident of Mira Road. He is originally from Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. The police have seized a stainless steel, locally manufactured pistol along with four live cartridges from the possession of the accused. "An FIR has been registered at the Khar Police Station under sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act and sections 37(1)(A) and 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act," the official said. (with PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 10:08 PM IST | Nagpur | mid-day online correspondentCongress leader Rahul Gandhi has no fire while his party is playing with fire by attempting to create Hindu-Muslim divide for electoral dividends, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. In an interview to PTI, Singh also indicated that the BJP will implement its big-ticket plans like rolling out of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and implementing the 'One Nation One Election' push if it retains power for the third consecutive term. The defence minister also said that he was confident that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will cross 400 seats and the BJP will get over 370 as these projections were made after detailed assessment of the ground situation and not made only for public consumption. On the overall political landscape, the defence minister accused the Congress of attempting to disturb social harmony and trying to create tensions on religious lines. "They are attempting to create Hindu-Muslim divide for electoral gains. The Congress is trying to create tensions on religious lines," he alleged. "The Congress wants to disturb social harmony. They look at the Muslim community only as a vote bank. I have a suggestion for them -- politics should not be done only for forming governments. The aim of politics should be for nation building," he said. "Rahul Gandhi has no fire but Congress is playing with fire," he said. Singh said people of the country will repose their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP's tally will improve significantly based on the performance of the government in the last five years. "Our seats will increase in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and we will get some seats in Tamil Nadu. Our account will open in Kerala as well. We are winning a good number of seats in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana," the senior BJP leader said. "We will increase our tally in Odisha, Jharkhand and Assam. We are sweeping Chhattisgarh," he said, asserting that the BJP will cross the 370-mark. Asked whether the BJP's seats in Maharashtra will come down, he did not give a direct reply but said there may be some adjustments here and there. The BJP leader also came down hard on the Congress for its plan to "redistribute" wealth, saying it will have disastrous consequences for the country's economy. "The concept of redistribution of wealth will trigger recession. Argentina and Venezuela implemented it and faced disastrous consequences. The investors will lose confidence in India," Singh said. On the BJP's big-ticket plans like implementation of the UCC and 'One Nation One Poll' push in if it retains power, Singh said it fulfils promises that it makes to the people of India. In its manifesto, the BJP pledged to implement the UCC if it returns to power after the general elections. It also mentioned that the party will move forward with a resolve to realise the idea of 'One Nation, One Election'. "We always fulfil our commitments. We will never allow any question mark on our credibility and will not compromise on the country's unity and integrity. We implement whatever we say in our manifesto. We have to do whatever we say," Singh said. "We will go for 'One Nation One Election. We will take views of every quarter, including all political parties on it," he said. On the UCC, the defence minister said even the Constitution-makers felt a need for it, as it is mentioned in the directive principles. "The Congress wants to create fear psychosis; they want to use the Hindu-Muslim card," he said. "They do not have any issue. They want to form a government by dividing the society in the name of caste, creed and religion and they have always done it," he alleged. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 May,2024 10:06 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIA 38-year-old doctor was reportedly stabbed to death by three bike-borne attackers in northeast Delhi's Karwal Nagar area on Friday night, the police said, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, the doctor was identified as Rajkumar aka Bunty, an ayurvedic practitioner. He used to run a private clinic at the ground floor of his house, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East) Joy Tirkey said, Rajkumar sustained a stab wound on the left side of his chest. He was taken to GTB Hospital, where he was declared dead, as per the PTI. Rajkumar's brother Ravi told police that he saw him standing outside his clinic when three men came on bike and stabbed him, police said, the news agency reported. Ravi was standing on the first floor of the house when the incident happened. By the time he came down, all the attackers fled, they said. Police said the reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained. The CCTV installed in the lane has been scanned. "Efforts are being made to identify the culprits," a police officer said. Two siblings found dead inside shop, father absconding in Delhi Two siblings have been found dead inside a shop owned by their family in Delhi, the police said on Saturday, reported the PTI. Their father has been reportedly absconding since, an official said, as per the PTI. The siblings, a 13-year-old girl and her younger brother were reportedly found dead inside their father's grocery shop in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area on Saturday, police said. The news agency reported, the children's father Manish, who is suspected to have killed the two siblings, is absconding and efforts are on to nab him, they said. A call regarding the incident was received at 7.15 pm, police said. According to the PTI, Manish's wife told police that both the children had gone to school but they did not return home. Initially, she thought that they were with their father as he would often pick them up from their school, they said. "She tried to contact Manish but his mobile phone was not reachable. In the evening, when other family members opened the shutter of their shop, they found the two siblings lying inside in an unconscious condition," an officer said, reported the PTI. They were taken to hospital where doctors declared them dead, he said, adding that their school bags were also lying inside the shop, located on the ground floor of their house, the police said, as per the PTI. (with PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 10:01 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentIn a show of solidarity with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) organised a walkathon on Sunday, the IANS reported. Delhi CM Kejriwal is currently in jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. The event, took place in Delhi’s Old Rajendra Nagar and Karol Bagh, saw AAP supporters marching with flags adorned with CM Kejriwal’s photo alongside the slogan ‘Jail ka jawab vote se (Answer to jail through votes)', as per the IANS. According to the IANS, several AAP leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, Delhi state convenor Gopal Rai, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, Lok Sabha candidate Somnath Bharti, Mayor Shelly Oberoi, MLA Durgesh Pathak, MLA Vishesh Ravi, and MLA Shiv Charan Goel participated in the protest event. Expressing their discontent over the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal, Gopal Rai said, "There is anger among the people of Delhi regarding the matter," the news agency reported on Sunday. "The manner in which the BJP imprisoned CM Kejriwal, despite his overwhelming electoral mandate, and without any substantiated evidence or formal charges, has sparked widespread anger among the residents of Delhi,” Gopal Rai said, adding that people are supporting us to give the answer of ‘jail’ with votes on May 25". Meanwhile, Shelly Oberoi, Delhi MCD Mayor, also highlighted the significance of the walkathon in raising awareness about the power of voting and the importance of protecting democracy and the Constitution. We may consider interim bail to Kejriwal in view of Lok Sabha elections, SC tells ED The Supreme Court on Friday said it may consider granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, in a ray of hope to the AAP chief arrested in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told the Enforcement Directorate(ED) that arguments on Kejriwal's plea against his arrest are likely to take time and therefore it was considering hearing the probe agency on the issue of interim bail to him on account of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. Delhi goes to polls on May 25. It then told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, to be ready with the case on May 7. (with IANS and PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 09:52 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentA woman and her two minor daughters were allegedly killed by her brother-in-law in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, reported the IANS. "The 28-year-old woman's body was found lying in a pool of blood at her home on Saturday. Her throat was slit by a sharp-edged weapon. The main accused has been arrested and the bodies of two girls are being searched," ASP Anil Sonkar told media persons on Sunday, as per the IANS. The suspect who was identified as Shahbaz Khan has been arrested, and he has confessed to the crime, police said, the news agency reported. The victim's husband lives in Vishakhapatnam, the police said. The victim, along with her two daughters, was living in her in-law's home in Govindgarh, 30 km from Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said. Search for the bodies of two minor girls who were strangulated to death and thrown in Govindgarh pond (also called Raja Talab) was still underway, the police said, the news agency reported. The police said the exact reason for the crime was still unknown. Two siblings found dead inside shop in Delhi, father absconding Two siblings have been found dead inside a shop owned by their family in Delhi, the police said on Saturday, reported the PTI. Their father has been reportedly absconding since, an official said, as per the PTI. The siblings, a 13-year-old girl and her younger brother were reportedly found dead inside their father's grocery shop in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area on Saturday, police said. The news agency reported, the children's father Manish, who is suspected to have killed the two siblings, is absconding and efforts are on to nab him, they said. A call regarding the incident was received at 7.15 pm, police said. According to the PTI, Manish's wife told police that both the children had gone to school but they did not return home. Initially, she thought that they were with their father as he would often pick them up from their school, they said. "She tried to contact Manish but his mobile phone was not reachable. In the evening, when other family members opened the shutter of their shop, they found the two siblings lying inside in an unconscious condition," an officer said, reported the PTI. They were taken to hospital where doctors declared them dead, he said, adding that their school bags were also lying inside the shop, located on the ground floor of their house, the police said, as per the PTI. (with IANS and PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 09:43 PM IST | Bhopal | mid-day online correspondentTwo siblings have been found dead inside a shop owned by their family in Delhi, the police said on Saturday, reported the PTI. Their father has been reportedly absconding since, an official said, as per the PTI. The siblings, a 13-year-old girl and her younger brother were reportedly found dead inside their father's grocery shop in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area on Saturday, police said. The news agency reported, the children's father Manish, who is suspected to have killed the two siblings, is absconding and efforts are on to nab him, they said. A call regarding the incident was received at 7.15 pm, police said. According to the PTI, Manish's wife told police that both the children had gone to school but they did not return home. Initially, she thought that they were with their father as he would often pick them up from their school, they said. "She tried to contact Manish but his mobile phone was not reachable. In the evening, when other family members opened the shutter of their shop, they found the two siblings lying inside in an unconscious condition," an officer said, reported the PTI. They were taken to hospital where doctors declared them dead, he said, adding that their school bags were also lying inside the shop, located on the ground floor of their house, the police said, as per the PTI. According to a police officer, it is suspected that Manish killed his children by giving them some poisonous substance or by smothering them. "The matter is being investigated from all possible angles and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem," the officer said, adding the actual cause of death will be ascertained only after the report comes. During investigation, it was found that Manish was upset due to some financial issue, however, further probe is underway. The statements of the family members have been taken, police said. The CCTVs in the locality are being scanned and teams were formed to locate Manish, police said, the news agency reported further on Saturday. (with PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 09:35 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentA 16-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted and chased by a man in Delhi Metro. The city police said they are looking into the matter. The alleged incident happened on Friday night at Rajiv Chowk metro station. The teenager took to social networking platform X to share his ordeal. In a series of posts, the boy wrote, "I just got assaulted in Delhi Metro right now at Rajiv chowk station. I am a 16-year-old boy and I was travelling alone in the metro." The boy said that he boarded the train, headed towards Samaypur Badli, from Rajiv chowk station between 8:30-9:30 pm. The boy alleged that the man tried to touch his private parts. "I felt something on my bottom as soon as I entered the train but I brushed it off thinking it's someone's bag or someone mistouched me but I was wrong¿I was terrified," he said in the following post. Delhi Police said that they were looking into the matter and trying to approach the boy. The boy said that he got down from the metro and a guard escorted him to the next train but the man chased him. "As soon as I reached my station (Kashmere gate) I got out and tried to go the opposite way trying to trick him and it worked for a while but eventually I had to go to the yellow line and he caught me on my way. I got on the escalator as fast as I could," he said. He said the man touched him for the third time. "I had enough and I grabbed his hair and clicked a picture of him. I was scared and shaking but I did it anyways. After that I waited a while there and he tried to argue but nothing happened," he said. The boy also shared a picture of the man. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 May,2024 09:29 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIA 14-year-old girl allegedly hacked her elder brother to death after he scolded her for talking to boys on mobile phone in Chhattisgarh's Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai (KCG) district, the police said on Saturday, reported the PTI. According the PTI, the teenager has been detained for the offence that took place at Amlidihkala village under Chhuikhadan police station limits on Friday, an official statement said. The girl allegedly told police that she and her brother (18) were at home while other family members had gone out on work at the time of the incident. He reprimanded her claiming she talked to boys on mobile phone, and asked her not to use the phone anymore. Smarting under the rebuke, she allegedly hit him on the throat with an axe when he had fallen asleep, killing him on the spot, police said, as per the PTI. The girl then had a bath and cleaned the blood stains on her clothes before telling her neighbours that her brother had been murdered. During questioning by the police, she admitted to have killed him, the statement said. A case has been registered and further investigation was underway, the news agency reported. Woman shooting video on railway tracks hit by train, dies A woman, reportedly shooting a video on railway tracks in Haridwar died after being hit by a train, the police said on Thursday reported the PTI. She was hit by a train while shooting a video along the tracks at Roorkee in Haridwar, the police said. The woman was identified as a 20-year-old, engineering student, the police said. According to the PTI, Gangnahar Kotwali police station SHO Govind Ram said that the incident occurred Wednesday evening when the victim, Vaishali was standing on the track near the Rahimpur railway gate with a friend. Vaishali was shooting a video with her mobile to be posted on social media when she was hit by a train. She died on the spot, the SHO said, as per the PTI. Following this, the victim's friend informed the Vaishali's family who then approached the police, he added. Vaishali was a resident of the Haripur Tongia Buggawala area of Haridwar district and was studying in the College of Engineering, Roorkee (COER). (with PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 06:16 PM IST | Rajnandgaon | mid-day online correspondentUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that those who talk about 'jihad' are tarnishing democracy and they should remember that India is the land of Lord Ram and Lord Krishna. Adityanath was addressing a public meeting in Farrukhabad in support of sitting BJP MP Mukesh Rajput, who is seeking re-election from the Lok Sabha constituency. His remarks came days after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Maria Alam, the niece of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, called for "vote jihad" in favour of Naval Kishore Shakya, the INDIA bloc candidate from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh. According to a statement issued by the BJP, Adityanath said the people of the SP and the Congress are trying to create divisions on religious lines. "This is a conspiracy to Islamise India. Under this, they talk about vote jihad. There is no jihad in voting, we have to vote for the strongest democracy in the world so that our rights are protected," he said. Addressing a public meeting in Kaimganj earlier this week, Alam said "vote jihad" was necessary in the current situation for the minority community to oust the BJP government. Alam's remarks drew strong criticism from the BJP. Later, Uttar Pradesh Police filed a case against Alam and Khurshid. Attacking opposition parties, Adityanath said, "Those who robbed the rights of the poor... have started remembering jihad. They should know that the land of India belongs to Ram and Krishna and not jihad." "You have seen India before and after 2014. India before 2014 had lost confidence in the world and was plagued by terrorism and Naxalism. The poor were not able to get benefits of government schemes," he said. After 2014, a new look of India can be seen, he added. Addressing a public meeting in Bidhuna in Auraiya to seek votes for sitting Kannauj MP and BJP candidate Subrat Pathak, Adityanath said Lord Ram played Holi in Ayodhya recently and "such a magnificent event would not have been possible under SP, BSP and Congress governments which questioned the existence of Lord Ram". Targeting the UPA government, he said terror attacks had become a "routine affair" in the country during its tenure. "The Samajwadi Party, which backed the UPA government, went to the extent of withdrawing cases against terrorists. In response, the court had rebuked the SP, saying that if they were discussing withdrawal of cases today, they might honour them with Padma Awards tomorrow," the chief minister said. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is free from terrorism," Adityanath said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 May,2024 05:43 PM IST | Farrukhabad/Auraiya (UP) | PTIA young man attempted to snatch the mic of BJP's Vidisha candidate Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday night when he was addressing an election meeting. A viral video clip shows a youth trying to grab the microphone of Chouhan on the stage and security personnel overpowering him and whisking him away before he could succeed in his plan. Chouhan can be heard saying, "No issue". Vidisha goes to the polls on May 7. Queried about the security breach when Madhya Pradesh's former chief minister was campaigning, Kotwali police station inspector Manoj Dubey said he too came to know about the incident through social media. "We are gathering information about the incident which occurred in Madhav Nagar area of Vidisha. We will take appropriate action. The youngster has not been handed over to the police," he said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
05 May,2024 05:33 PM IST | Vidisha (MP) | PTIThe Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to change the Constitution, and warned that the "country will rise" if that happens, the PTI reported. The Central agencies had become "servants"of the BJP, he said at a rally at Dharashiv in central Maharashtra, adding that after the results on June 4, those who "troubled" his party men will be made to "pay with interest," according to the PTI. "The BJP wants to change the Constitution. The day they try to change the Constitution, the entire country will rise (against the attempt)," Uddhav Thackeray said, as per the PTI. Uddhav Thackeray also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that Pakistan was eager to make Congress leader Rahul Gandhi India's next PM, stating that none of the INDIA bloc leaders had gone and "shared a cake" with Nawaz Sharif, the news agency reported on Saturday. The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief was apparently referring to PM Modi's surprise visit to Pakistan in 2015 for a meeting with his then counterpart Nawaz Sharif. After the INDIA alliance government comes to power, GST on seeds, pesticides and agricultural equipment will be scrapped, the GST regime will be reformed, and tax terrorism will be stopped, said Uddhav Thackeray, the former Maharashtra chief minister. BJP's Hindutva regressive, our Hindutva is reformist, claims Uddhav Thackeray Amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday attacked the BJP claiming its Hindutva is "gaumutradhari" (regressive), while his party's Hindutva was reformist, reported news agency PTI. Addressing a Lok Sabha elections 2024 rally in Kankavali in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg district, his second this week, Thackeray accused the Centre of "looting" Maharashtra. Uddhav Thackeray said when INDIA alliance comes to power, he will ensure the lost glory of the state is reclaimed, reported PTI. "BJP's Hindutva is gaumutradhari. Our Hindutva is reformist," Thackeray said. His remarks come after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's blistering attack at Ratnagiri earlier in the day. Amit Shah had asked if the chief of the "nakli" Shiv Sena can mention freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in his speeches, reported PTI. (with PTI inputs)
05 May,2024 05:11 PM IST | Dharashiv (Maharashtra) | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
