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Delhi police on Friday told a metropolitan court there was enough evidence to put outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on trial in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers. The city police told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal that a "prime facie" case was made out against Mr Singh and co-accused and suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar. "Accused persons must be charged for the offences for which they have been charge-sheeted," public prosecutor Atul Srivastava, representing police, told the court. He told the court there was enough evidence to frame charges, including under 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354-A (sexual harassment) and 354-D (stalking) of IPC, against Singh. The court will now hear the matter on August 19, when the advocate for the complainants is likely to make arguments on the point of charge. The

In a shocking incident, a passenger travelling on one of the trains of Indian Railways claimed that "66 per cent" GST was charged on a meal. He took to X, formerly Twitter, and said that he was charged Rs 660 as total tax on the dish which was worth Rs 1025. He was shocked by the total bill which amounted to Rs 1620 for "veg meal + matar paneer". Sanket Shelke said on the social media platform, "What is happening in the IRCTC FOOD system. On food we have 66% CGST & IGST." He tagged the official account of Ministry of Railways Railways along with the account of Union Minsiter Ashwini Vaishnaw. Along with the post, he also shared the bill he received that showed Mr Shelke ordered 9 quantities of veg meal. It also showed CGST and SGST to be Rs 330.28 each. @IRCTCofficial , @eCateringIRCTC , @RailwaySeva PNR- 8405082013 What is happening in the IRCTC FOOD system. On food we have 66% CGST & IGST. #IRCTC @RailMinIndia need to take a look at this @

Referring to the recent incident of water cannon being used at Philippines supply boat by Chinese coast guard ship, India on Friday said that issues in the South China Sea need to be resolved peacefully while urging China and the Philippines to adhere to international laws. "Let me emphasize where we are on the South China Sea developments. We've always felt that the issues need to be resolved, disputes peacefully, and the rules-based order, and we would certainly urge parties to follow that as well as ensure that no such incidents do not happen," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said when asked whether the tension between China and Philippinesis concerning India. He further stated, "I mentioned specifically that I have already made a comment regarding the need to adhere to international law. I think I'd leave it at that." The "excessive and offensive" use of a water cannon by Chinese ship to block a Filipino supply boat

A first-year student of Jadavpur University in Kolkata died after allegedly falling from the second-floor balcony of the main hostel, police said on Thursday. Swapnadip Kundu (18), a resident of Bagula in Nadia district, was an undergraduate student of Bengali (honours). He allegedly fell from a hostel building around 11.45 pm on Wednesday, they said. "He received multiple injuries and died at 4.30 am during treatment at the KPC Medical College," a police official said. Governor CV Ananda Bose, who is also the Chancellor of the university, visited the hostel and assured Swapnadip's father of stern action against those responsible for his son's death. Classes for the first year began a couple of days back, as another student of that year alleged that ragging by a few seniors was behind his friend's death. Initial probe revealed that the student was bullied allegedly by some senior boarders of the hostel, the police officer said adding that he called up his mot

Businessman Sujit Patkar, who is in judicial custody for alleged involvement in irregularities in obtaining contract to run jumbo COVID-19 treatment centres in Mumbai, on Thursday moved an application before a special court seeking to retract his statements claiming these were recorded by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under "force, coercion and undue influence". Patkar, reportedly a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, is currently in judicial custody after being arrested in the case on July 19. The application, moved through his lawyer Subash Jha, said during the probe the ED recorded his statement under duress, force, coercion and undue influence on July 21, 23, 24, 25 and 26. "The statements which seek to implicate Patkar and other accused and have been recorded under duress, coercion, undue influence and force are retracted herewith and the same be not acted upon and/or read in evidence in any proceeding," the application said. The pl

Appealing with "folded hands" for an end to the three-month-long cycle of violence in Manipur, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday urged warring Kuki and Meitei communities to hold talks, as Lok Sabha adopted a resolution calling for the restoration of peace in the northeastern state. Intervening in the debate on the no-confidence motion after Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders slammed the government's handling of the Manipur situation, Mr Shah urged them not to politicise the issue of ethnic violence in the state. "I agree with the opposition that there is a cycle of violence in Manipur ... Nobody can support such incidents. Whatever happened is shameful, but to politicise those events is even more shameful," Shah said. The minister said 152 people were killed, 14,898 people arrested and 1,106 FIRs registered since violence erupted on May 3. Lok Sabha also adopted a resolution read out by Speaker Om Birla appealing for peace in Manipur that was enth

Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, will be able to make a soft-landing on the Moon's surface on August 23 even if all the sensors and two of its engines do not work, ISRO chairman S Somanath said on Tuesday. The entire design of the lander ‘Vikram' has been made in a manner that makes sure that it would be able to handle failures, Mr Somanath said during a talk on ‘Chandrayaan-3: Bharat's Pride Space Mission', hosted by the non-profit organisation Disha Bharat. “If everything fails, if all the sensors fail, nothing works, still it (Vikram) will make a landing. That's how it has been designed -- provided that the propulsion system works well,” Mr Somanath said. Chandrayaan-3 blasted into Space on July 14 and it entered into lunar orbit on August 5. There will be three more de-orbiting manoeuvres -- exercises to bring it closer to the Moon so that Vikram lands on the Moon's surface on August 23. These de-orbiting manoeuvres wi