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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Ganesh Chavan (35), the district head of a private finance firm, allegedly burnt a drunk man alive in a car in Latur to claim a Rs 1 crore term insurance payout and wipe out mounting debts, police said on Monday.The meticulously planned crime was aimed at ensuring the insurance benefit reached his family…

FBI foiled a suspected New Year’s Eve terror plot in California, releasing surveillance footage of the extremists just before their arrest.Four alleged members of a far-left pro-Palestinian anti-government group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front were apprehended last week while travelling east of Los Angeles to test improvised explosive devices (IEDs), officials said. The group…

SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Monday said political parties shouldn’t interfere in power projects under execution in the Kishtwar region and that law enforcement agencies should take action against those obstructing the work.The statement came days after construction firm Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd. (MEIL), building an upcoming 850-megawatt Ratle hydropower project on the Chenab…

SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah drew Monday a red line within INDIA bloc on Congress’s “vote chori” (vote theft) and EC’s special intensive revision (SIR) pitch, saying both are exclusive to the party and not part of the opposition alliance’s agenda.“Every political party has the autonomy to set its agenda. Congress has chosen SIR and…

Arjuna Ranatunga. (Photo/social media) Sri Lankan authorities plan to arrest the country’s former men’s cricket team captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, on corruption charges linked to his tenure as petroleum minister, a court was told on Monday.Ranatunga and his brother are accused of altering the procedure for awarding long-term oil procurement contracts and instead making spot purchases…

Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, right, with Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri during the ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’, at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) Sunil Chhetri has played long enough, seen enough, and carried Indian football on his shoulders for years. Yet, when Lionel Messi stood in front of him at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday,…

NEW DELHI: Allrounder Axar Patel has been ruled out of the remaining two T20Is against South Africa due to illness.Axar is currently with the Indian team in Lucknow, where he will undergo further medical assessment, the BCCI informed on Monday. Are selectors confused? First Ravindra Jadeja now Axar Patel | Musical chairs! “The Men’s Selection…

NEW DELHI: An encounter is under way in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district after security forces established contact with terrorists in the Majalta area, officials said on Tuesday.According to the IGP Jammu Zone, contact was established with terrorists at village Soan following specific input from the Jammu and Kashmir Police. In a post on X,…

NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected in…

NEW DELHI: As toxic smog continues to engulf the national capital region, a new survey has found that 82 per cent of Delhi-NCR residents have at least one person in their close social circle suffering from serious health conditions that they attribute to long-term exposure to air pollution.The survey, conducted by community platform LocalCircles, revealed…