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The ATS came into action after Prayagraj police stated in their application seeking police custody that Atiq had allegedly told them about his links with Pakistan’s ISI and banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Even as the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Vanaspati Udyan and Zoo (Ranibaug) is in the midst of a massive upgrade, the footfall at the zoo has only seen a mere 1.3 per cent spike in the past one year.

Following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao told the media that green zones and a master plan for the region covering 1,32,000 acres in 84 villages close to Hyderabad’s IT corridor, presently protected under GO 111, will be unveiled soon.

Hollywood actor and Marvel star Robert Downey Jr remembered his personal assistant Jimmy Rich on the latter’s first death anniversary on Thursday. Jimmy died in a car accident on May 5, 2021. RDJ took to his Instagram handle and posted several candid photos and some video clips of Jimmy. “For the 1 year anniversary of Jimmy Rich’s cosmic mic drop, I felt the need to share a glimpse into his lightning wit, huge heart, and at times, profound simplicity,” he wrote in the caption.

In all, the police said the accused have claimed to have sold 14 children over the past two years aged between five days to nine months. While two children — a girl and a boy — have been traced and handed over to Asha workers, the police are on the lookout for the other 12 children who were sold by the accused.

Over the last few months, the issue of pension for Central government employees has become a hot potato with Congress vowing to implement the same if voted back to power.

Slamming the Centre’s alleged “step-motherly attitude” towards the state, party general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, who led the march, said, “We will not lift the dharna till the Governor meets us as he is the representative of the Centre in the state. Yesterday, we sent a mail to Raj Bhavan that we wanted to meet the Governor. We received a reply that he was in Siliguri and we could come there to meet him. We could have gone there to meet him but we came to know that he will be there only till 4 pm. This is zamindari culture.”

Addressing an election rally in Aligarh, the CM, referring to the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in January and claims of improved law and order in the state, said the BJP government “does not only bring Ram home but also ensures that those who become a threat to our daughters and traders are eliminated”.