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News18
8 hours ago
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- News18
Woman Carries Paralysed Husband On 150 Km Kanwar Yatra, Internet Says ‘Mahadev Kripa Karengay'
Accompanied by their two young children, Asha embarked on the journey from Haridwar to Modinagar on foot, carrying her husband, Sachin, on her shoulders. Kanwar Yatra is going on in full swing. During this sacred pilgrimage, undertaken during the holy month of Sawan in devotion to Lord Shiva, thousands of Kanwariyas travel long distances to fetch holy Ganga water and offer it to Mahadev. Several heartwarming stories are emerging from this auspicious yatra, and the latest one going viral is about a woman named Asha. In a heartwarming display of love, devotion and unshakeable faith, the woman from Bakharwa village in Modinagar has touched hearts across the country by carrying her paralysed husband on her back for 150 km during the Kanwar Yatra. Accompanied by their two young children, Asha embarked on the journey from Haridwar to Modinagar on foot, carrying her husband, Sachin. He has been paralysed from the waist down following a spinal cord surgery last year. हरिद्वार में महिला ने पति को कंधों पर उठाकर भोलेनाथ के दर्शन किए सावन की आस्था में प्रेम और समर्पण का अनोखा संगम दिखा वीडियो देख सोशल मीडिया पर यूजर्स भावुक होकर कर रहे सराहना #Haridwar | Sawan 2025 | #KawadYatra | @JhakkasKhabar | — प्रतीक खरे/Pratik khare 😷 (@pratik_khare_) July 14, 2025 This powerful moment, captured on camera, has gone viral on social media, prompting an outpouring of admiration and respect. In no time, the video gained traction online. Social media users were quick to respond to the emotional clip. Calling the man lucky, the internet community showered the woman with praise for her unwavering dedication and devotion. 'This man is very lucky to have such a wife. Many, many salutes to such women of the country," wrote a user. Another commented, 'Salute to the power of women, faith, and devotion. In today's era, seeing such a thing gives satisfaction to the mind." 'Bolo Har Har Mahadev… Jarur sidhh hogi is behen ki prarthana (Her wishes will surely be fulfilled soon)," said an individual. An X user posted, 'I humbly pray to Lord Shiva that her wishes be fulfilled. Har Har Mahadev." During a media interaction, she expressed, 'Mai apne pati ko kandhe pe bithakr aa rahi hu. Dedh ghante ka operation hua tha spinal cord ka, aur tabse inke paer chalne band ho gaye hai. Bs Bholenath se yahi ikcha mangi hai ki mere liye jaise pehle khade the, mere liye waise khade ho jaye, mere sath khade ho (I am carrying my husband on my shoulders. He had a half-hour-long operation on his spinal cord, after which his legs stopped moving. I just want to request Lord Shiva to make him stand again on his foot for me, the way he stood before with me)." Sachin had been a dedicated Kanwariya. He had been walking the pilgrimage every year from the past 13 years. However, after his paralysis last year, he believed his spiritual journey had come to an end. But his wife, Asha, refused to let his tradition be broken. With immense love and devotion in her heart, she carried her paralysed husband on her back to complete the pilgrimage. Asha's strength and unwavering belief have become a symbol of true devotion this year. Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Cops crack down on criminal gang, arrest kingpin
Lucknow: Lucknow police dismantled a notorious criminal network by first apprehending three key members of the gang, which ultimately led to the capture of their elusive leader, Suraj Soni. The operation began with the arrest of the three associates, who were caught following a meticulous investigation involving surveillance inputs and tips from informants. They were identified as Sachin alias Kallu (22) of Raebareli, Priyanshu alias Pranshu Tiwari (24) of Para, Lucknow and Sujit Soni (28) of Sitapur. Suraj faces over 20 criminal cases, including theft, burglary, arms offences and Gangsters Act cases across multiple police stations in Lucknow. His associates, Priyanshu and Sujit, have 11 and six cases respectively, while Sachin is involved in four cases. During interrogation, they confessed to operating under Suraj, who masterminded multiple burglaries by conducting reconnaissance of locked houses. The DCP of south zone said that during questioning, the trio revealed Suraj's hideouts in Amausi, where he was living secretly while continuing his criminal activities
News18
a day ago
- News18
Court acquits 5 in 2009 case of rape of Dalit teenager
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 21 (PTI) A special court in Muzaffarnagar district on Monday acquitted five persons in a 2009 case of abduction and gang-rape of a minor Dalit girl, citing lack of evidence, a lawyer said. During the pendency of case, two other accused had died. Special Judge (SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act) Asha Rani Singh acquitted all five people, saying that the prosecution has failed to prove the allegations against them, according to defence lawyer Satyendra Kumar Singh. Police had filed a chargesheet against seven people Sachin, Renu Singh, Yogendra, Shikhar Chand, Shimla, Bhopal and Jagdish under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc), 376D (gang rape), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC. During pendency of the case, Bhopal and Jagdish died. It is alleged that a 15-year-old Dalit girl was abducted and gang-raped by six persons, while Shimla facilitated the abduction. The girl was abducted in a car from a village under Budhana police station in Muzaffarnagar district on August 2, 2009. According to the defence lawyer, those acquitted by the court are Sachin, Renu Singh, Shikhar Chand, Yogendra and Shimla. PTI COR NAV RT RT view comments First Published: July 21, 2025, 23:00 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Indian Express
3 days ago
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- Indian Express
The artist behind Sachin Tendulkar's portrait at Lord's: ‘I got on very well with him… never seen him play'
When celebrated painter Stuart Pearson Wright first met Sachin Tendulkar in 2007 at his home in Mumbai, he had neither seen him play nor was he aware of his stardom. A rare Britisher with no interest in cricket, Stuart blames his aloofness towards sports to his PE teacher at school who ignored kids who were not good at football. Commissioned by the MCC to draw a portrait of the Indian batting legend, which now hangs at the Lord's museum and will later be relocated permanently to the pavilion, Stuart says his ignorance about Sachin wasn't a deterrent as he wasn't sketching his biography. His work was an effort to 'capture the sense of the individual' and his art was a response to the 'person's humanity'. 'A lot of portrait painters say they are trying to capture the soul of the subject, and I feel that's a bit of a cliche,' Stuart tells The Indian Express after the unveiling at Lord's last week. It was a rare outing to a sports arena for the artist who once requested a filmstar he met on the street to pose for him and has painted the portraits of best-selling author J K Rowling, King Charles, Prince Philip and the late Queen Elizabeth's Corgis, a composition that was not for the public eye. The Sachin portrait drew long queues during the Lord's Test between India and England. It's from the time Sachin was in his early 30s, still six years away from retirement. 'People call him a god… it's extraordinary… but for me, he was just another guy I was drawing. When I met him in 2007 to take his picture for the portrait, I got on very well with him. I found him very quiet and humble. I've never seen him play but someone told me that off the pitch he is quiet but when you see him bat he becomes like a tiger,' says Stuart. The face has those steely eyes and that fierce focus that was visible when he took on a Glenn McGrath or a Wasim Akram. Stuart captures what he always looks for — the sense of individuality. In Sachin's case, it's that feline alertness when batting, the tiger inside a soft-spoken man. 'My portraits aren't always as photographic as this one, but Lord's specified in the contract that they wanted this particular painting to be a very photographic style of likeness. If you look at my other paintings, you'll see I often elongate or distort facial features of it,' he says. Meeting his subject after 2007 at the unveiling, Stuart says Sachin has changed. 'He's got a good skincare routine. He's eating the right things. He is disciplined in his life as he is in his cricket. So, I think it really shows in his face,' says the artist, who took 5-6 weeks to complete his work, an oil painting on an aluminum surface. 'He was happy with my work, it was first approved by him,' he says. The 'work' started with the artist drawing a sketch with a charcoal stick. 'I started with the head first. And then did the shirt… A lot of people have commented on the ear. The ear seems to be a very popular ear. I enjoyed painting his chest hair. A cathartic process, just painting little hairs onto the aluminum panel,' says Stuart about the Sachin portrait. Now approaching 50 and settled in the countryside, the artist's big break came in 2001 when, as a 25-year-old, he won the prestigious BP Portrait Award for work that is now part of the National Portrait Gallery in London. 'That was a big prize… I got 25,000 pounds and was able to buy a house, where I lived and worked,' he says. The award led Stuart to getting a lot of commissions and that would be the period of his career where the artist slogged. 'I remember a period of working for six months without a single day off. I was quite obsessed,' recalls the artist who grew up in a working class family. It is those early days that gave the painter the drive to do well. 'I knew that I had to work very, very hard to earn a living, have a family, and have a nice house. That drove me to look for opportunities, like stopping John Hurt in the street,' he says. A young Stuart approached British actor John Hurt — Oscar nominee for 'Midnight Express' and 'The Elephant Man' and known for playing wand-maker Garrick Ollivander in the Harry Potter films — for a portrait after bumping into him on the street. 'He agreed, and I sold the painting to the National Portrait Gallery,' says the painter. Stuart recalls a question he was asked at Lord's. 'This guy asked me, 'What was your inspiration for the picture?' I said, well, I need to feed my family, it is a job. I think there's this myth that artists wake up in the middle of the night and they have these inspirations and they run down and start painting,' he guffaws. Stuart also has some interesting non-Sachin memories of Mumbai in 2007. He had to paint three other Indian legends — the late Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar — for the MCC with the cricketers posing for him at an art school in Mumbai. 'Mr Bedi was very funny, full of life. He just had a great personality. I remember telling him 'I am not interested in cricket'. You know what he said: 'Why the bloody hell did they send you to paint me',' recalls Stuart. Kapil, he says, reminded him of his mother, an antiques dealer. 'He was looking for a deal. He would say, I would paint something of him, he would put his signatures on it, we would sell it and share profit. I enjoyed our conversation. It never led anywhere, but it was fun,' he says. Vengsarkar 'was a difficult character,' he says, recalling an incident at the art school which had strictly instructed that the press be kept away as it was exam time. One day, a photographer walked in and started clicking pictures. 'I said, 'Who the hell are you?' He replied that he was Dilip's friend. I asked Dilip and he said, 'Yes, he's my friend'. I checked again if he was a journalist, he said 'No, no',' Stuart says. The next day, the pictures were on the front page of a newspaper and the media poured into the college. Stuart says it was like some 'Ariana Grande gig… (and) the head of the art school was very upset'. So what happened next? 'Someone once told me that you should never be on the wrong side of your proctologist or your portrait painter. So it's not a coincidence that Dilip, in the painting, has been bowled out, his wicket's down and there's dark and stormy clouds behind him like it's going to rain. His game's ruined. This is the artist's revenge.'
Hans India
3 days ago
- Hans India
Delhi Police arrests interstate burglar, stolen gold jewellery recovered
New Delhi: In a breakthrough, the South West District Police have arrested a 19-year-old interstate burglar involved in a sensational house burglary case. The accused, identified as Sachin, a resident of Amba village in Khargaon district, Madhya Pradesh, was apprehended by a dedicated team from PS Sagarpur. With his arrest, the police successfully recovered 186 grams of stolen gold jewellery. The case was initially registered on May 23, 2025, at PS Sagarpur, after a local resident, Amit Gupta, reported a burglary at his residence. According to the complaint, around 500 grams of gold and Rs 20,000 in cash were stolen when two men posing as lock repairmen gained entry into the house under pretences. While the complainant and his wife were away at a nearby market, his mother was alone at home and allowed the men in. Taking advantage of the situation, the accused distracted her, accessed the almirah, and fled with the valuables. Under SHO PS Sagarpur and supervision of the ACP, Delhi Cantt Sub-Division, a team comprising SI Kapil Yadav, PSI Mukesh, Constables Anil, Rahul, and Lalit was formed. Police analysed multiple CCTV footage, which revealed that the suspects had used public transport and strategically tried to avoid detection by routing their journey through Tilak Nagar before reaching the crime scene. Police sources confirmed that Sachin is a habitual offender with a criminal history involving four previous burglary cases. According to the press release issued by DCP South West District, Amit Goel, "The accused was born and brought up in Amba village and dropped out of school after 5th grade. He gradually developed expertise in breaking locks and turned to theft for easy money." The second accused, identified as Aasan from Bhagwanpura, Madhya Pradesh, remains at large and is reportedly wanted by other state police forces as well. Further investigation is ongoing to trace the absconding co-accused and recover the remaining stolen items.
