Mind n Metrics

Chappal in CCTV footage helps cops trace Rs 2 lakh stolen phone

When the railway police scanned the images closely, they got a close look at his gait and footwear-chappals with a loop to slip in the big toe. Two days of some clever sleuthing helped nab a person who has admitted he had lifted the phone from the train.

June 01, 2023 at 02:49AM

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Elon Musk again world’s richest person as Arnault’s LVMH sinks

Musk and the 74-year-old Frenchman have been neck-and-neck for the top spot this year in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a listing of the world’s 500 richest people.Arnault first surpassed Musk in December as the tech industry struggled and luxury showed resilience in the face of inflation. LVMH, which Arnault founded, owns brands including Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Hennessy.

June 01, 2023 at 05:42AM

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Chappal in CCTV footage helps cops trace Rs 2 lakh stolen phone

Prachanda arrives on 4-day trip, border, energy issues on agenda

Prachanda (68), who is visiting India for the third time as Prime Minister, will also call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar. For India too, one of the main focus areas will be on finalising ways to deepen power cooperation through fresh initiatives. Nepal currently exports over 450 MW of electricity to India.

June 01, 2023 at 01:48AM

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After lull, violence in Manipur amid home minister Amit Shah's call for peace

The arson was concentrated in Imphal East, but gunshots reverberated through the valley and the hills as security forces went after suspected militants targeting civilians at various places, including Bishnupur and Churachandpur. Two people were reported wounded in the crossfire.

June 01, 2023 at 12:55AM

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3 terrorists arrested with 10kg IED, weapons, drugs along LoC in J&K

The recovery included an AK-56 rifle with balance 10 rounds in the magazine (rest of the ammunition had been fired by the terrorist who was injured), two pistols with two magazines, 70 pistol rounds, one IED weighing around 10-12kg, six Chinese grenades and 20 packets of narcotics, the Lt Col added.

June 01, 2023 at 12:15AM

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60% of CSE top - 20 are women, 25% from UP

Junior minister Jitendra Singh said the fact that first four rank-holders and 60% of the top 20 are women "is a great reflection of demographic changes happening in the last nine years of the Modi government". "I hope for a hat-trick in the Civil Services Examination 2023," Singh said while felicitating the 20 toppers at his North Block office.

May 31, 2023 at 04:02AM

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Can't make citizens choose between right to edu and right to exercise reproductive autonomy: HC

"A man could then well enjoy parenthood while pursuing higher education, whereas a woman necessarily has to undergo pre and post-pregnancy care. It is not her choice, but the will of nature. What is, however, left for us to decide is the consequence we would impose upon a woman who bears a child," a single judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said in his order on the plea.

May 31, 2023 at 02:27AM

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Rs 10 lakh, job for kin of dead: Amit Shah's balm for riot-hit Manipur

The compensation payable to the kin of the victims, numbering at least 80 people from the majority Meitei and tribal Kuki communities, will be contributed equally by the Centre and the state government, officials said.

May 31, 2023 at 02:25AM

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Cross-border narco-terror root of Manipur violence: PIL

"The serious issues of narco-terrorism and external aggression posing threat to national security is prevalent in Manipur and the resultant fallout is the present human crisis wherein a large number of people have been displaced from their homes disturbing normal life in the state," said the petitioner - NGO 'People's Alliance for Peace and Progress, Manipur'.

May 31, 2023 at 02:01AM

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