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A bike almost touching his scooty and an ensuing argument enraged a man so much that he shot at a family, killing a 30-year-old woman in Delhi on Wednesday. The man fired a round from atop a flyover, not caring that it could have hit two children on the bike, one of whom was just four years old. Police said Heera Singh was headed to Maujpur in northeast Delhi with his wife, Simranjeet Kaur, 30, and their two young sons, who are four and 12 years old, on a motorcycle when his bike almost brushed against a scooty near the…
At least 10 flights headed to Delhi were diverted after the national capital saw heavy rain this evening. The weather office said around 7 pm that clouds have converged over the city “from all four sectors” and the rain was expected to last for two hours. Waterlogging was reported from several parts of the city, bringing back haunting memories of the flooded basement at a coaching centre in Rajinder Nagar on Saturday in which three students were killed. The road on which the coaching centre is located has been flooded again and visuals from the area show people wading through knee-deep…
Delhiites got much-needed respite from hot and humid weather as rain lashed the city on Wednesday evening, bringing the maximum temperature down to 37.8 degrees Celsius. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded its highest maximum temperature for the month this year, with the mercury settling at 39.3 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season’s normal. “Moderate rainfall accompanied with moderate thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur at North Delhi, Central-Delhi, New Delhi, South Delhi, South-East Delhi, East Delhi, NCR in the next two hours,” the Indian Meteorological Centre (IMD) said in the evening. According to the IMD, the humidity level stood…
A woman riding pillion on a bike was harassed by a group of men on a flooded road in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, a viral video showed. A group of men under the Taj Hotel bridge surrounded a bike and started splashing water on the man and woman, who were crossing the flooded road, the video showed. Lucknow: A viral video shows people mistreating a woman during rain and causing a ruckus under the Taj Hotel bridge. Police intervened, dispersed the crowd, and are identifying those involved pic.twitter.com/7TJxUYKmIv — IANS (@ians_india) July 31, 2024 When the bike crossed the group, a…
“Both Sharad and Abhik are very clear that they are attracted to men, that they are in love with each other. The difference between them is that Sharad is not ashamed of it but Abhik is very English educated and is confused.” Dr Ruth Vanita shared this afterthought on her newest novel, A Slight Angle, during a vodcast conversation with me. The story is set in the midst of socio-political tensions in pre-independence India of 1920s. Fast forward to 1980s. “At least 20 years before any country legalised same-sex marriage, young women in India were already getting married.” The Netherlands…
Olympics 2024 Day 5 Live Updates: Top-seed Carlos Alcaraz eyes a place in men’s singles quarterfinals ahead of his doubles clash with partner Rafael Nadal. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain is one win away from securing a medal after advancing to the quarterfinals of the women’s 76kg category. In archery, Deepika Kumari reached the Round of 16 after registering a comfortable 6-2 win over Quinty Roeffen of the Netherlands. Shuttlers Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu advanced to the Round of 16 of the men’s and women’s singles’ draw at Paris Olympics. Sen defeated third seed Jonatan Christie in straight sets after Sindhu…
“What is the Delhi Police doing? Have they lost it?” wondered the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, while castigating the police for a “strange” probe by arresting an SUV driver for his alleged role in the drowning of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre here. The strong words of the high court, however, did not come to the rescue of jailed SUV driver whose bail plea was dismissed by a magisterial court later in the day. Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar rejected the bail plea of five accused, including SUV driver Manuj Kathuria, who was termed a “masti-khor” (fun…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s comment that Kerala was sent a red alert about heavy rains and landslide, has been negated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who indicated that it was a case of too little too late. Not only was the rain warning way off mark, the red alerts came hours after the Wayanad tragedy, he told reporters this evening. Pointing to the continuing rescue work, Mr Vijayan also said this was “not the time for blame game”. Search operation in the landslide-hit zone of Wayanad is in progress amid torrential downpour. Around 200 people continue to be missing…
The selection of Puja Khedkar as a trainee IAS officer has been cancelled and she has been barred for taking the entrance exam for life after the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) found her guilty of faking her identity to take the exam multiple times. The UPSC has said in a statement that Ms Khedkar has been found guilty of violating rules of Civil Services Examination. “A Show Cause Notice (SCN) was issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to Ms. Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar, a provisionally recommended candidate of the Civil Services Examination-2022 (CSE-2022) on 18th July, 2024…
Puja Khedkar – the former IAS trainee officer who lied about visual and mental disabilities, and faked her identity, to pass the Civil Services entrance exam – attempted the uber-competitive qualifying test more than the six times permitted for a general category candidate. She did so by changing her name, and that of her parents, which is why the Union Public Services Commission, which administers the exam, could not detect the violation. On the question of fake certificates – one claiming a physical disability and the other membership of an OBC, or Other Backward Class, the UPSC said it had…