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India Today
31-05-2025
- India Today
Pune law student arrested in Gurugram for offensive Op Sindoor-linked remarks
A Pune law student, identified as Sharmistha Panoli, was arrested by Kolkata Police from Gurugram on Friday night for allegedly making offensive remarks while replying to a post on Operation the video was deleted later, according to police sources, Panoli had uploaded it on Instagram that contained "disrespectful and derogatory remarks" targeting a particular clip went viral, sparking outrage and leading to a police complaint being filed at a police station in Kolkata. Following that, an FIR was registered against her by Kolkata "The case pertains to an Instagram video by a woman named Sharmistha Panoli that hurt the religious sentiments of members of a particular community," a senior police officer claimed that repeated attempts to serve a legal notice to Panoli failed as she and her family had allegedly absconded. Following this, a court issued a warrant of arrest, based on which she was arrested from following the controversy, Panoli tendered an unconditional apology on social media and deleted her videos and wrote on X, "I do hereby tender my unconditional apology. Whatever was put are my personal feelings and I never intentionally wanted to hurt anybody, so if anybody is hurt I'm sorry for the same. I expect co-operation and understanding. Henceforth, I will be cautious in my public post. Again, please accept my apologies."advertisement
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Auto, taxi drivers in U'khand offer free rides for soldiers going back to duty amid India-Pakistan tensions
Dehradun/Pithoragarh: As tension brews along the India-Pakistan border, an unlikely group has quietly mobilised in Uttarakhand -- auto-rickshaw drivers in Dehradun and taxi operators in the hills of Pithoragarh. With an intention to do their bit to help armed forces personnel, they've begun offering free rides to soldiers rejoining their units on emergency call, and to the families seeing them Dehradun, nearly 100 auto rickshaw drivers have joined the effort, ferrying uniformed personnel and their relatives free of charge from key city junctions like the railway station and Rispana bridge. "Those participating in the initiative have pasted stickers on their vehicles mentioning the free offer," said Pankaj Arora, president of Doon Autorickshaw Union (DAU), which launched the service three days ago, following the start of Operation a ceasefire was declared on Saturday, Arora said the service would continue for at least a week. "Many might also be returning from the units after the ceasefire was announced. We believe this is the least we could do in service of the nation in this crisis situation," he Pithoragarh, Bhupendra Singh, a taxi driver, has been offering free rides to Delhi for soldiers returning to base from leave. Singh, whose father fought in the 1971 war, said, "So far, I have offered the service to more than 50 army personnel from different places of Pithoragarh to Delhi without taking any fare. My father is an Army veteran and fought in the war against Pakistan. Hence, I know the value of the men in uniform during wars. I will continue to offer this service in the coming days."Singh's company, which runs eight cars, is part of a small but growing local network of drivers responding to the call of duty in their own way. Narendra Singh, another Pithoragarh resident involved in the initiative, said, "We posted our mobile numbers on social media to enable the armed forces personnel to contact us for the service. We pick them up from their home and drop them off at their destination. Our service will continue till the tensions are completely over."Dehradun/Pithoragarh: As tension brews along the India-Pakistan border, an unlikely group has quietly mobilised in Uttarakhand -- auto-rickshaw drivers in Dehradun and taxi operators in the hills of Pithoragarh. With an intention to do their bit to help armed forces personnel, they've begun offering free rides to soldiers rejoining their units on emergency call, and to the families seeing them Dehradun, nearly 100 auto rickshaw drivers have joined the effort, ferrying uniformed personnel and their relatives free of charge from key city junctions like the railway station and Rispana bridge. "Those participating in the initiative have pasted stickers on their vehicles mentioning the free offer," said Pankaj Arora, president of Doon Autorickshaw Union (DAU), which launched the service three days ago, following the start of Operation a ceasefire was declared on Saturday, Arora said the service would continue for at least a week. "Many might also be returning from the units after the ceasefire was announced. We believe this is the least we could do in service of the nation in this crisis situation," he Pithoragarh, Bhupendra Singh, a taxi driver, has been offering free rides to Delhi for soldiers returning to base from leave. Singh, whose father fought in the 1971 war, said, "So far, I have offered the service to more than 50 army personnel from different places of Pithoragarh to Delhi without taking any fare. My father is an Army veteran and fought in the war against Pakistan. Hence, I know the value of the men in uniform during wars. I will continue to offer this service in the coming days."Singh's company, which runs eight cars, is part of a small but growing local network of drivers responding to the call of duty in their own way. Narendra Singh, another Pithoragarh resident involved in the initiative, said, "We posted our mobile numbers on social media to enable the armed forces personnel to contact us for the service. We pick them up from their home and drop them off at their destination. Our service will continue till the tensions are completely over." Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
