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Before and after Red Fort blast, the 2 clerics arrested, 800 kilometres apart | India News

Before and after Red Fort blast, the 2 clerics arrested, 800 kilometres apart | India News

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Two clerics, 800 kilometres apart – in Kashmir’s Shopian and Haryana’s Faridabad – are among those arrested by the J&K police in the alleged terror module that has now been linked to the Red Fort blast. While one, police claim, indoctrinated some in the module, the other rented his premises to a doctor who allegedly stockpiled explosives there. In Shopian’s Nadigam area, the family and colleagues of cleric Irfan Ahmad Wagay never had an inkling he was on the police radar. “I have never seen him do anything but pray,” said his wife, Fatima, sitting at their home. Wagay, locally known as “mufti sahab”, is one of the seven men who were arrested before the Red Fort blast as part of the J&K police’s probe into the “inter-state and transnational” module, linked with proscribed terrorist organisations, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. Story continues below this ad Fatima and three of Wagay’s sisters told The Indian Express that he was taken from their Nadigam home on October 18. “He came home from Srinagar on Saturday as he …

Maharashtra: Women in Yavatmal villages walk kilometres daily for water

Maharashtra: Women in Yavatmal villages walk kilometres daily for water

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The water crisis in parts of Maharashtra has deepened, with women in the villages of Arni tehsil, Yavatmal district, facing severe challenges in accessing water for daily use. Villagers are forced to walk 2 to 3 kilometres each day to fetch water as the wells and handpumps are running dry. Often made on foot and across rough terrain, the journey has become a daily struggle, especially for women who bear the brunt of household water collection duties. While speaking to ANI, Pooja, a resident of one of the affected villages, said, “We are scared of slipping and falling. The paths are uneven, and it`s a long walk. But we have no choice. We need water.” The water crisis has also affected the women of Borichivari village in Taluka Peth of Nashik district, who are bearing the brunt of the hardship, walking over two kilometres daily under the scorching sun to fetch water, often unsafe and insufficient for their families` needs. Women from Borichivari village descend into a deep, narrow well to fetch water, and above …

“Walked 45 Kilometres, Saw Dead Bodies On The Way”: Indians Deported From US

“Walked 45 Kilometres, Saw Dead Bodies On The Way”: Indians Deported From US

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New Delhi: Long-haul flights to South America, violent seas in tottery boats, hikes through treacherous terrain, dark cells at the US-Mexico border and a deportation flight back to India – the promise of an American dream fell flat for 104 Indian migrants who returned to India after US President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on illegal immigration. Harvinder Singh, a native of Punjab’s Tahli village, said he was promised a work visa in the US by agent whom he paid Rs 42 lakh. At the last minute, Singh was told the visa did not come through and was later put on consecutive flights from Delhi till Qatar and then Brazil. “In Brazil, I was told I will be put on a flight from Peru, but there was no such flight. Then taxis took us further to Colombia and further to the beginning of Panama. From there, I was told a ship will transport us, but there was no ship either. This is where our donkey route, which lasted two days, began,” he told reporters. After walking …

Bescom removes over 7,000 kilometres of cables passing over its infrastructure in Bengaluru

Bescom removes over 7,000 kilometres of cables passing over its infrastructure in Bengaluru

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Bescom and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are presently taking up drives to remove illegally laid OFCs. | Photo Credit: file photo   The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) removed a total of 7,175.48 kilometres of optical fiber cables (OFC) and data cables out of the total 9,250.25 kilometres of cables found on electrical infrastructure in Bengaluru since August 2023.  Bescom and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are presently taking up drives to remove illegally laid OFCs. Even among cables passing on electrical infrastructure, OFCs had the bigger share. Around 4,714 kilometres of such OFCs were identified, out of which over 3,994 kilometres were removed.  Apart from this, over 2,989 kilometres of dish cables were identified, and over 1,843 kilometres of the same were removed, while over 1,336 kilometres of data cables were removed out of the identified 1,546 kilometres.   Bescom started this drive after a 21-year-old student from Christ University suffered severe burns in a freak accident in August 2023. When the student was walking, a tanker pulled the overhanging OFCs …

At About 8 Kilometres Per Day, Highway Awarding Under Roads Ministry Touches Six-Year Low Between April & August

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The pace of highway building has dropped to 19.35 km per day on average for the April and August period this year from last FY’s 20.89 km/day. (Getty Image for Representation) Speaking to News18, a ministry official seeking anonymity said the pace of awarding will improve in the coming months and the Model Code of Conduct for Lok Sabha polls impacted the process adversely The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has managed to award just 1,152 kilometres of national highway projects in the first five months of the current financial year, touching the six-year low at about eight kilometres per day on average. As per the ministry documents, as of August 31, total awarding of highway projects stood at 1,152 kilometres for the current financial year. From the last financial year, awarding of new projects has been a challenge. Even in 2023-24, the ministry fell behind in awarding new projects. Against the target of 13,290 kilometres of award, the ministry managed to award just 8,581 kilometres of national highway in 2023-24. During 2023-24, …

Delhi Woman Dies After Car Drags Her For 12 Kilometres On New Year Morning

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Anjali, 20, died after she was hit by a car and dragged for several kilometres New Delhid: A 20-year-old woman was killed after her scooty was hit by a car and she was dragged under the vehicle for several kilometres in Delhi this morning. Five men were in the car, a Maruti Suzuki Baleno, and they have been arrested, the police said, according to news agency ANI. The arrested men include a credit card collection agent, a driver and a ration shop owner, a police officer told NDTV. The incident happened in Delhi’s Sultanpuri this morning, several hours into the New Year celebrations that began at midnight. After hitting her scooty, the car drove on even as her limbs got entangled with the car’s underbody, the police said. The woman’s scooty that was involved in the accident The police control room got a call at 3.24 am that a car was seen dragging a body. The police got another call at 4.11 am about a woman’s body lying on the road. After that, the police …