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Hindustan Times
27-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Two held for attack on property dealer, hunt on for other accused
LUCKNOW The Lucknow Police arrested two key accused, Arshal Ghazi and Faiz Ali Rizvi, for their alleged role in a public shootout that left a hotelier-cum-property dealer seriously injured in the Sarvodaya Nagar area on Sunday evening. The incident took place after a group of armed assailants clashed earlier in the day with the victim, Majroob Mursaleen, 35, originally from Kursi in Barabanki, over food at a local hotel, police said. The video of the incident went viral on social media raising questions on the law and order in the state capital. The shooting, allegedly rooted in a long-standing family dispute, created panic among locals, said police. According to ADCP (east) Pankaj Singh, a joint team from Ghazipur police station, SWAT/surveillance team of the crime branch and the East Zone crime unit nabbed the accused near Kalyan Apartment within a day of the crime. Along with their arrest, police recovered a .32 bore country-made pistol, live ammunition and a black SUV used in the attack. 'The involvement of 10 people has come to fore, out of which two are nabbed. A team is working to nab the remaining accused,' said the ADCP East. Investigations revealed that the victim, Majroob Mursaleen, is the cousin of accused Arshal Ghazi. According to police, the accused fired four rounds at him outside a shop, aiming to settle personal scores. When bystanders gathered, the attackers fled in an SUV after removing its number plate in an attempt to evade identification. According to police, the attack was not random. 'It was a targeted hit, carefully planned with help from friends and associates and had started over a dispute over food,' said an official part of the probe. During interrogation, Arshal confessed to orchestrating the attack along with Farman, Nadeem, Samridh, Animesh, and others. A manhunt is underway to nab the remaining suspects. The case opened a can of worms as both the accused have significant criminal records. 'Arshal Ghazi has a previous case under charges of assault, Faiz Ali Rizvi has been booked under Gangster Act, attempt to murder and fraud, among others including charges under the SC/ST Act,' the Lucknow Police stated in a release. 'Even the victim, Mursaleen, has a criminal background, suggesting deep-rooted rivalries,' said the ADCP. The police lodged an FIR under multiple section including 190/191(2)/191(3)/109(1)/3(5) of the BNS, 7 CLA Act, 3/25 Arms Act.
New Indian Express
10-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
NGT directs chief secretary to institute inquiry into 2024 Chandan Jatra blast
CUTTACK: The major firecracker explosion in which 17 persons died and 25 sustained severe injuries during the Chandan Jatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri on May 29 last year is back in focus with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordering a probe into the 'grave security lapse' that caused it. The NGT's East Zone was hearing a petition seeking direction to the authorities to take steps to prohibit bursting of crackers during the rituals of Lord Jagannath in Puri. Sanjay Kumar Nayak, a resident of Aska in Ganjam district, filed the petition. Advocates Sankar Prasad Pani and Ashutosh Padhy argued on behalf of the petitioner in virtual mode. In the order uploaded on Thursday, the bench comprising B Amit Sthalekar (Judicial Member) and Dr Vijay Kulkarni (Expert Member) said, 'We dispose of the petition with a direction to the chief secretary, government of Odisha, to institute an inquiry into the incident and take appropriate action against those found guilty of gross negligence and lapse in taking proper security steps to prevent the occurrence of the incident in question.' 'For future, it is directed that no explosives of any kind shall be permitted in such religious functions where the swell of the crowd is not just in thousands but in several lakhs and even a small lapse can result in loss of lives of lakhs of people. One cannot rule out that such an incident can even be triggered by ill-intentioned and anti-social elements using more lethal explosives other than mere firecrackers,' the bench added.
Hans India
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hans India
Beauty contestants to throng Warangal on May 14
Hanamkonda: In view of the upcoming visit of beauty contestants from various countries to Warangal on May 14, district Collectors P Praveenya and Dr Satya Sharada on Friday directed officials from relevant departments to coordinate and ensure robust arrangements. A coordination meeting was held in the Hanamkonda Collectorate regarding the visit of international beauty contestants participating in the Miss World pageant in Hyderabad. The Hanamkonda and Warangal Collectors Praveenya and Satya Sharada, along with Warangal Police Commissioner Sunpreet Singh and other officials, reviewed preparations and security measures at the tourist locations. Representatives from the event management company Shoboth gave a power-point presentation outlining the locations the international beauty queens will Collectors stated that as part of their district tour, the beauty queens will arrive from Hyderabad at Haritha Kakatiya Hotel in Hanamkonda, where they will be welcomed with a Bathukamma cultural programme. They emphasised that strong police security should be in place for their visit. From Haritha Kakatiya, they will proceed to the Thousand Pillar Temple to offer prayers. Officials were instructed to set up barricades at the temple and arrange for a guide to explain its significance. Additional arrangements to be made at the temple include a photo shoot area, vehicle parking and sanitation. Discussions were held with the event management company, police, tourism, and other department officials regarding the logistics. After visiting the temple, the beauty queens are expected to tour Fort Warangal. They will return to Haritha Kakatiya for dinner and then depart for Hyderabad. Warangal additional collector Sandhya Rani, East Zone DCP Ankit Kumar, ASP Manan Bhatt, district treasury officer Srinivas Kumar, and officials from the tourism and other department attended.
Arab News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
How Kawasaki Frontale banished continental woes to face Al-Ahli in AFC Champions League Elite final
AUSTRALIA: Football works in mysterious ways at times and that is certainly the case for Kawasaki Frontale and their exploits on the continent. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport For five seasons between 2017 and 2021 under the guidance of Toru Oniki they almost completely dominated the J. League, winning four league titles and finishing fourth in the only year they missed out. When you include their third-place finish in 2016, for a six-year stretch they never finished outside the top four. They were Japan's premier domestic football club by some distance. But when it came to Asia, they floundered. Think of the internet meme comparing a dog built like a bodybuilder and a small pup, and that encapsulates the exploits of Kawasaki in Japan as opposed to Asia. In six continental campaigns from 2017 to 2023, their best finish was a quarterfinal in 2017 when they squandered a 3-1 lead from the first leg to lose 4-1 in the second leg to fellow J. League side Urawa Reds, who subsequently went on to win the title. It was a loss that exposed a soft underbelly, something that had been a criticism of the team for the decade prior, having come so close but never managing to get over the line for a maiden J. League title. They finished runners-up in 2006, 2008 and 2009, and third in 2013 and 2016. That loss in the quarterfinal of 2017 came just months before they clinched their first J. League title, which seemed to flick a switch in their mentality, at least in Japan, anyway. On the continent they continued to struggle. In 2018 and 2019 they failed to get out of the group stage, winning just two of 12 games in the process. Another group stage exit followed in 2022, bookended by Round of 16 appearances in 2021 and 2023. But it fell well short of expectations for a side so dominant in arguably Asia's best league. And which had overseas and national-team stars like Kaoru Mitoma, Kengo Nakamura, Shogo Taniguchi, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Miki Yamane, and Reo Hatate. It was a squad stacked with talent, but having lost so many to European football Kawasaki have returned to the pack in recent years, struggling to maintain their excellence, with back-to-back eighth-place finishes. At the end of last season, Oniki moved to Kashima Antlers (who are currently top of the table in Japan) and was replaced with Shigetoshi Hasebe, a more pragmatic-minded coach from Avispa Fukuoka. So football being as it is, of course it is this season of change and transition that has Kawasaki on the precipice of achieving what they never could during their dominant reign — being crowned Kings of Asia. After finishing second in the League Stage of the East Zone, they found their way past Chinese heavyweights Shanghai Shenhua in the Round of 16 but arrived in Jeddah with very little expectation upon them. They needed extra time to sneak their way past perennial Qatari champions, Al-Sadd. A semifinal clash against Al-Nassr's bevy of international stars was expected to be their end point, but would still have been considered a success given their current status as a club. Hasebe and his troops had other ideas, however. Perhaps able to play without the burden of expectation, which seemed to weigh heavily on the shoulders of Al-Nassr, it was Frontale who were able to take control and look the most at ease. Tatsuya Ito's sensational volley opened the scoring, and after Sadio Mane equalized, it was the pressing of Ito that created the opportunity for their second. Yuto Ozeki, part of a new generation of stars beginning to emerge, finished off, for a surprise lead going into half-time. When the ageless Akihiro Ienaga scored to make it 3-1, very few could believe what they were seeing. With a starting XI having just one foreign player and an attack featuring players of 19 and 20, with another 20-year-old in the heart of defense, this should not have been possible. 'Our two young players stepped up,' Hasebe said after the game of Ozeki and Soma Kanda, who are both so inexperienced that neither even has a Wikipedia page. 'They may still be developing but they've gained experience at the under-20 level. Their main job was to contain (Al-Nassr midfielder Marcelo) Brozovic but they also contributed well going forward. 'Discipline and attitude were key tonight. I've spoken with the players regularly to instill this mindset and they responded well. Everyone showed great commitment. This is the football we've been working towards.' Also speaking after the game, goalscorer Ito said this was as much a victory for Japanese football as it was for Kawasaki. 'This isn't just important for our club, it means a lot for the J. League as well. It shows the level of Japanese football. Before the game, the manager told us we came here to change things and make history. I hope we can complete that mission in the next match.' Having made it this far against the odds, there would be few willing to say they now cannot go all the way and create that history, and in the process become the seventh Japanese club to lift continental silverware. It is the type of unpredictability that makes football the game we all love. Sometimes it does not make sense, but that is also what makes it so beautiful.
Sharjah 24
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Sharjah 24
Sharjah reaches AFC Champions League 2 Final
Aggregate Victory Secured After losing the first leg away, Sharjah delivered a powerful home performance, securing a 2-1 aggregate victory across both matches. Late Goals Delivered The decisive goals for Sharjah came in stoppage time, with Ousmane Camara finding the net in the 94th minute, followed by Firas Ben Al Arbi scoring in the 99th minute, ensuring the club's historic qualification. Final Opponent Awaited Sharjah will face the winner of the East Zone semi-final, which features Singapore's Lion City Sailors against Australia's Sydney FC, in the final.
