Heavy traffic snarls have been reported on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad due to the Kanwar Yatra, PTI reports, with pilgrims travelling in large numbers causing significant disruption on one of the region’s busiest arterial roads ahead of Independence Day.
A Delhi court has acquitted BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the wrestler sexual harassment case, observing that the complainants had given contradictory and incorrect details that were “fatal” to the prosecution’s case. The verdict is a devastating blow for the wrestlers who staged a months-long protest at Jantar Mantar and made the former Wrestling Federation of India chief’s removal and prosecution a national cause.
Two young girls have been found dead in a Bengaluru hotel room amid a marital dispute, with the investigation now focusing on their father as the accused. The circumstances of the deaths are under active probe, with police working to reconstruct the events that led to the tragedy.
The Sebaashray healthcare initiative, long cited as the centrepiece of Abhishek Banerjee’s Diamond Harbour model of constituency outreach, now faces FIRs over alleged irregularities ranging from medical malpractice to unauthorised use of equipment — a political setback for the TMC leader at a moment when the party is already grappling with its broader crisis of legitimacy.
The Air India flight that suddenly lost 300 feet of altitude, injuring 17 passengers, is believed to have encountered multiple technical failures, according to the AAIB probe — a finding that will add to scrutiny of the airline’s maintenance and safety protocols as it continues its post-Tata acquisition transformation.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written in defence of the late Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying history will remember him kindly — an intervention that comes after Singh’s name resurfaced in public discourse following a legal development related to the coal scam case that had long shadowed his second term.
Sushant Kulkarni from Pune reports that four youths from Pune district were killed and two others were injured early Tuesday morning after their SUV lost control on the Pune-Satara lane of NH-48 at Shirwal, Maharashtra. The fatal accident occurred around 1:10 AM while the group, all aged between 19 and 20, was travelling toward the Mahabaleshwar hill station. The vehicle reportedly struck a divider, overturned, and collided with a truck. While the four deceased have been identified as Vedant Arjun Waringe, Sonling Dhirendra Thakur, Aditya Balasaheb Garud, and Nikhil Balu Raut, the two injured survivors, Dikshit Dayanand Pujari and Mayur Hanumant Shinde, have been hospitalised for treatment as local police continue their investigation and legal procedures.
BJP workers enforced a statewide bandh in Ranchi to protest police action against job aspirants who had marched toward the state assembly a day earlier over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations.
Heavy traffic jam on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway due to the Kanwar Yatra.
