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LUDHIANA: A gruesome murder in Ludhiana came to light after CCTV footage captured a couple transporting a dismembered body hidden in a household drum on a bike. The case revealed that a carpenter allegedly dismantled his friend’s body while his children played on the roof, with his wife allegedly assisting in the cleanup.Punjab Police confirmed on Friday that they had arrested woodworker Shamsher Singh Shera and his wife Kuldeep Kaur in connection with the death of Davinder Singh, a 30-year-old digital printing professional from Mumbai. The victim’s body was discovered on Thursday, cut into six pieces and scattered near the Jalandhar Bypass. According to investigators, Davinder had arrived in Ludhiana by train on January 6 to purchase new machinery. Shortly after arriving, he met with his friend Shamsher. Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) Sameer Verma stated that the two men consumed “chitta”, a local term for heroin, at Shamsher’s house. While under the influence, a heated argument broke out over an unpaid debt. “During the altercation, Shamsher pushed Davinder, which knocked him unconscious. Believing the man was dead, Shamsher used a saw to dismember the body, a process that reportedly took him two and a half hours,” Verma said. CUTTING THROUGH FRIENDSHIP’S REMAINS
Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) Sameer Verma said that: “While most of the remains of Mumbaikar printer Davinder Singh have been recovered, one arm is still missing. We suspect it may have been taken by stray animals.” Both of the accused — Shamsher and his wife, Kuldeep Kaur — remain in custody facing murder and conspiracy charges as the investigation continues
A commanding all-round performance led by Nat Sciver-Brunt and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur helped Mumbai Indians (MI) cruise to a comprehensive 50-run victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) in the third match of the Womens Premier League (WPL) 2026 at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians Women were rocked early when Amelia Kerr fell for a first-ball duck, but the setback barely slowed their momentum. Wicketkeeper G Kamalini steadied the innings with a cautious 16, laying the foundation for a match-defining partnership.
Nat Sciver-Brunt then took charge, combining elegance with authority in a superb 70 off 46 balls. Her innings, decorated with 13 boundaries, kept the scoreboard ticking even as Delhi Capitals tried to claw back control. At the other end, Harmanpreet Kaur produced a captain’s knock, remaining unbeaten on 74 from 42 deliveries. The Mumbai skipper mixed timing with power, striking eight fours and three sixes to accelerate decisively in the final overs.
Late cameos from Nicola Carey and Sajeevan Sajana ensured Mumbai Indians finished strongly, scoring 78 runs in the last six overs. Despite tidy spells from Nandani Sharma, Delhi Capitals bowlers struggled to contain the experienced Mumbai middle order, conceding runs at a brisk rate throughout the innings.
Chasing 196, Delhi Capitals began cautiously but soon found themselves under pressure due to regular wickets. Lizelle Lee provided an early spark before falling to Sciver-Brunt, while Shafali Verma and Laura Wolvaardt were dismissed in quick succession, leaving the Capitals reeling inside the powerplay.
Captain Jemimah Rodrigues could not steady the innings, departing cheaply as Mumbai’s disciplined bowling tightened its grip. A brief counterattack came from Chinelle Henry, who played a lone hand with a fluent 56 off 33 balls, striking five fours and three sixes to keep Delhi Capitals Women in the hunt.
However, the required rate continued to climb as wickets fell at the other end. Middle-order contributions from Niki Prasad and Sneh Rana were unable to sustain momentum, and the Capitals eventually folded for 145, well short of the target.
After a tough opening game, the defending champions secure a dominant 50 runs victory over the Delhi Capitals 💯#MIvsDC #wpl2026 #HarmanpreetKaur pic.twitter.com/7HlDsLYSAc
— WomenCricket.com (@WomenCricketHQ) January 10, 2026
Mumbai Indians’ bowling attack delivered a polished and controlled performance. Carey and Kerr claimed three wickets each, exploiting pressure created by early breakthroughs. Shabnim Ismail set the tone with a miserly opening spell, while Sciver-Brunt capped a memorable night by picking up two key wickets.
The sharp fielding and consistent bowling ensured Delhi Capitals never built a sustained partnership, underlining MI’s dominance across all departments.
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This article was first published at WomenCricket.com, a Cricket Times company.
JAMMU: A drone from Pakistan dropped a consignment of arms and ammunition in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday, police said on Saturday.“Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of BSF and special operations group of police launched a search operation in Paloora village of Rajpura area on Friday night. A packet containing one Chinese HE grenade, 16 rounds of 9mm cartridges, one Glock pistol with a magazine, and one Star pistol with two magazines was recovered from the site,” police said.The recovery was made amid heightened security measures to thwart any attempt by terrorists to disrupt the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, police added.Earlier, on Nov 21, a Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along international border in Ghagwal tehsil of Samba, prompting security forces to conduct a search operation for suspected airdropping of narcotics, weapons, or other payloads.On Oct 27, BSF foiled a major narcotics smuggling attempt from across the border in Ranbir Singh Pura in Jammu district. Two bags dropped by a Pakistani drone were recovered, containing over five kilograms of heroin worth more than Rs 25 crore in the international market.
JAMMU: A suspicious pigeon, believed to be from Pakistan, was caught in a forward village near the LoC in Akhnoor sector of J&K on Saturday.The pigeon, caught in Kharah Balli village, was bearing coded markings, police said. The bird was first noticed by a 13-year-old boy, whose parents informed the police.“The pale grey pigeon is having red and yellow rings in legs inscribed with “Rehmat Sarkar” along with a mobile number and a name, followed by certain numbers, besides stamped wings,” police sources said. Additionally, a stamp was observed on the wings mentioning “Nowshera Aling Pigeon Club”, they said.Meanwhile, locals of Gorkha Nagar on Saturday noticed an object suspected to be a drone lying near a nallah in the area. Police have taken the object in custody for a detailed examination.
Iran pre-Islamic revolution flag was briefly hoisted on the Iranian embassy in London. A video going viral on social media shows a man climbing up the building as he tears down the Iranian regime flag and replaces it with the pre-1979 flag with a lion and sun during a demonstration on Saturday.Hundreds of other protestors gathered outside the building were also seen waving the pre-Islamic revolution flag, chanting anti-government slogans.The flag stayed in place for several minutes before being removed, news agency AFP reported.Fresh protests also flared across Iran on Friday, in Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz and the holy city of Qom, chanting slogans against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In Tehran’s Sa’adat Abad district, residents banged pots and pans and blared car horns in a show of defiance, undercutting state media assertions that calm had returned.The demonstrations, described as the biggest since the 2022–23 unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, began on December 28 amid soaring living costs and the rial’s plunge, and have since shifted into open challenges to Iran’s clerical system.
Mumbai: The Govt Railway Police (GRP) registered an FIR against a 30-year-old female passenger for using a fake season pass over a bogus app which was created by her 31-year-old male friend. Police have booked her friend as well.The FIR was lodged on the basis of a statement given by a ticket checker with Western Railway.On Jan 9, the ticket checker entered the first-class coach of an Up fast Churchgate local and started asking passengers to show their tickets. Around 10.30 am, when the train had reached Khar Road station, a female passenger produced a season pass in her cellphone. The pass validity was from Jan 1 to Jan 31 and it was valid for AC locals between Churchgate and Vasai stations. The ticket checker found something amiss when the female passenger, Priti G, couldn’t provide satisfactory answers to her queries. The checker then asked Priti to get off the train and accompany her to the TC office at Bandra station for questioning. The ticket checker then got in touch with the control room at Lower Parel and asked them to cross check Priti’s pass details on the system. It was found that no valid pass had been issued to her since 2023.Eventually, Priti admitted that her friend, Anuj Kishore, had created a fake ticketing app and forwarded it to her over WhatsApp. She downloaded the app on her phone and was using it.She was then handed over to the GRP for further investigations.
NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation (AIFF) has asked Indian Super League (ISL) clubs to send the details of the venues where they plan to play their home matches by Monday noon so that it can start working on the schedule of the delayed season which is set to start on February 14.On Tuesday, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced that the ISL, which was on pause due to the lack of a commercial partner, will start on February 14 with all the 14 clubs taking part.
The top-tier ISL will feature 91 matches on a home-and-away basis, assuming that all the 14 clubs are taking part.In a letter written to the clubs, the AIFF thanked the clubs for “agreeing to participate in principle in the Indian Super League”.“We would like to reiterate the AIFF’s proposal to organise the 2025-26 season of the ISL with co-operation from the participating clubs,” the AIFF said in the letter from its Deputy General Secretary M Satyanarayan.“In order to assist AIFF finalise broadcast partners, commercial rights partners and the fixtures for the upcoming season, we request you to confirm the details of the venue that you will play your home matches at, not later than 12 noon on 12 January 2026.”The AIFF said “upon receiving confirmation and receipt of the deposit”, it will share the draft of the framework for the governance of ISL, the draft RFPs to appoint broadcast and commercial rights partners for the 2025-26 season, seek exemption from the AFC (regarding ACL 2 slots), start work on fixtures and other allied matters, and start preparation of participation agreements to be entered with the clubs.“AIFF will also take best efforts to co-ordinate with competent authorities at venue (s), to enable seamless organisation of the upcoming season of the ISL. AIFF is also committed to liaising with the Asian Football Confederation and seeking the necessary exemptions for the upcoming season.”Regarding the financial part of the league, the AIFF said, “The 2025-26 season of the ISL is proposed to be held on a total budget of INR Twenty Four Crores Twenty Six Lakhs Seventy Four Thousand (INR 24,26,74,000/-) with an initial contribution of INR Nine Crores Seventy Seven Lakh Forty Thousand (INR 9,77,40,000/-) from the AIFF and a contribution of INR One Crore (INR 1,00,00,000/-) each from the participating clubs.“We would like to reassure you that the AIFF is in parallel taking all necessary steps to put the proposal into effect, in letter and spirit.”The AIFF had earlier said that it’s willing to accept the participation fee of Rs 1 crore per club in instalments up to June 2026, if the clubs are not able to pay immediately.
Opposition-ruled states Punjab and Telangana on Saturday sought additional fiscal support from the Centre in the Union Budget 2026-27, arguing that the proposed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) will place a heavier financial burden on states due to its revised cost-sharing formula, PTI reported.The demands were raised at the pre-Budget meeting chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, which was attended by finance ministers of states and Union Territories, along with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary. The meeting also saw participation from the Governor of Manipur, chief ministers of Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Sikkim, and deputy chief ministers of several states, including Telangana.Opposition-ruled states said the changes to the rural employment framework weaken the employment guarantee and go against the spirit of cooperative federalism.Parliament last month passed the VB-G RAM G Bill, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Under the new scheme, the Centre will bear 60 per cent of the cost and states 40 per cent, compared with the 90:10 funding pattern under MGNREGA.Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema strongly opposed the proposed changes, saying the new framework dilutes the employment guarantee while shifting a significant financial burden to states.“Proposed MGNREGA changes weaken employment guarantee and burden states,” Cheema said at the meeting, calling for the restoration of the original demand-driven structure and funding pattern of the scheme.Telangana Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said the Union government had replaced MGNREGA with VB-G RAM G without consulting states. He noted that the shift from a 90:10 to 60:40 funding ratio would further strain state finances.He also pointed out that any additional man-days beyond the normative allocation would now have to be borne by states, which would create a serious obstacle in providing demand-based work to job seekers.“This is entirely against the spirit of cooperative federalism and starving them of funds for capital outlay, which is essential for maintaining growth momentum,” Vikramarka said.The Telangana finance minister also suggested that surcharges on income tax and corporation tax be credited to a non-lapsable infrastructure fund, from which states could receive grants for infrastructure development. Alternatively, he said, surcharges should be merged with basic tax rates to expand the divisible pool of central taxes.On GST reforms, Vikramarka said GST 2.0 may boost demand but questioned its sustainability, warning that states’ revenues could fall due to rate reductions. He called for a suitable mechanism to compensate states for any revenue loss.Punjab also sought a special fiscal package, citing the “double whammy” of border tensions and floods in 2025. On GST, Cheema said Punjab is facing an annual revenue loss of nearly Rs 6,000 crore following GST 2.0 and pressed for a predictable GST stabilisation or compensation mechanism for states.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday urged the Centre to step up allocations for the state’s rural and urban infrastructure, agriculture and allied sectors in the Union Budget for FY27, citing growing development needs and the state’s proximity to the national capital, PTI reported.Saini, who also holds the finance portfolio, raised the demands at the pre-Budget meeting chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with finance ministers of states and Union Territories, according to an official Haryana government statement.The chief minister sought an increase in the general allocation under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to Rs 2,000 crore in 2026-27, saying this was necessary to sustain the momentum of rural development. He also flagged constraints under the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF), arguing that the current Rs 100 crore cap on project size was limiting execution of large urban projects, and proposed that the ceiling be raised to Rs 500 crore.Saini thanked the Centre for continuing the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment scheme and sought higher untied allocations for Haryana, along with relaxations in utilisation conditions, citing the state’s special requirements due to its location in the National Capital Region (NCR).He said the upcoming Budget would further pave the way for Haryana’s progress and reaffirmed the state’s commitment to contributing towards making India a developed nation by 2047.Highlighting Haryana’s agrarian profile, Saini said the state ranks second in the country in foodgrain production and is known as the breadbasket of India. He said around six lakh acres of land are affected by salinity and waterlogging, and sought central financial assistance to prevent further damage.He also underlined the need for modernising agriculture through digital agriculture, micro-irrigation, agri-logistics and value addition, adding that agri-processing clusters and MSMEs could become engines of rural prosperity.On the social sector, Saini said Haryana plans to open a medical college in every district, for which substantial support under centrally sponsored schemes would be required. He also sought higher assistance for social security pensions, noting that over 44 lakh people in the state receive such benefits.The chief minister said Haryana’s NCR region is being developed as a logistics hub, requiring higher central capital investment to improve connectivity and time-bound movement of goods. Stressing the importance of entrepreneurship, he said Haryana ranks fourth nationally in startups and is setting up a Rs 2,000 crore Fund of Funds to support them.He added that the state is developing 10 new Industrial Model Townships (IMTs) to boost MSMEs and attract investment, for which additional central assistance is needed.Saini also emphasised the importance of human capital, calling for greater focus on education, health and skills, particularly in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, green technology and biotechnology.
