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Delhi government's electric buses got a bumper response from the people, as about one lakh commuters hopped on brand new electric buses in just three days to enjoy free rides. Of the total commuters, 40 percent were female passengers. Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot took to Twitter to share the overwhelming response from Delhiites. He wrote in Hindi, which could be translated as, "It is a matter of great pleasure that our 150 new e-buses carried about 1 lakh passengers within 3 days, of which 40% are female passengers. We will continue to work in the same way towards strengthening the public transport of Delhi under the leadership of CM @ArvindKejriwal." (sic) CM Kejriwal had flagged off 150 electric buses on Tuesday, May 24, announcing free travel for Delhiites on e-buses from May 24 to 26 to promote clean mobility. SELFIE COMPETITION To promote e-buses, CM Kejriwal has also kicked off a selfie competition where passengers post a selfie while travelling on a Delhi elec...

The body of a girl, reported missing 11 days ago, was found with her limbs tied in a well in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi, PTI reported. The UP police said the body of the 16-year-old was found after some villagers noticed a foul smell coming from the well on Friday (May 27) night. Superintendent of Police (SP) Anil Kumar told mediapersons today (May 28) that some people in a village falling under Unjh police station detected a foul smell arising from the well that belongs to a farmer known as Amar Pal Singh. The SP said a sack was pulled out of the well, wherein the girl's body was found with her hands and legs tied. Further, he said the body seemed to be thrown in the well almost 10-12 days ago.  On May 16, a missing report was lodged at Gopiganj police station by the girl’s father, as per the SP. The father had told the police that the girl left their house at 8 pm on May 16 to answer nature's call but never came back.  "It seems that someone who knew the girl killed her an...

The  controversial slogans raised by a minor boy  during a massive rally by the People’s Front of India (PFI) in Alappuzha last week has brought into the spotlight a campaign it has been running for the past six months called ‘Save the Republic’. Meant to ensure “Muslims the rights envisaged in the Constitution”, among other topics, the campaign has now evolved into a full-blown offensive against the RSS. The PFI, facing cases over the rally, has disowned only the wording and style of the slogans raised, not the content – with the belief in PFI circles being that “RSS terrorism” needs to be strongly countered. PFI state president C P Muhammed Basheer told the media: “We are not ready for any compromise. The RSS cannot silence the PFI. Let the RSS denounce its ideology of hate.” He also said that Muslims in the country were “fighting for existence”, and that neither the CPM-led LDF nor the Congress-led UDF could put up a strong fight against the RSS. “Our fight is to protect Co...

  The Narcotics Control Bureau or NCB team that arrested Aryan Khan and 19 others in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case did a "shoddy" probe and the special investigation team or SIT created to re-investigate the case found "grave irregularities" in their action. The irregularities included not conducting mandatory medical test of the accused, no video recording of the raids or no corroborative evidence against WhatsApp chats. Narcotics Control Bureau director general SN Pradhan told Press Trust of India that it was a case of "underwhelming evidence" as compared to the golden principle of gathering "overwhelming evidence" against the accused. The NCB also said in a statement it applied "the touchstone of the principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt" while re-probing this case. Officials from the special investigation team found the NCB team did many "grave irregularities" and were allegedly just trying to "implicate" ...