mariam khatoon

NEW DELHI: In what seems like a freak accident, a 13-year-old boy, who apparently wanted to listen to music on his brother's car stereo, mistakenly set off its ignition and killed two children in the Sarita Vihar area on Friday night.

“None of the politicians who had come at the time of the incident and assured me they will do something for my children has visited in the last two years,” says mariam khatoon whose husband was killed in June 2017 by ‘gau rakhshaks’ for allegedly carrying beef.

Karwan-e-Mohabbat travelled through Jharkhand from September 9 to 12.It included writers, lawyers, scientists and human right activists among others under leadership of former IAS officer Harsh Mander.

Light to moderate showers were witnessed in Patna and few other districts on Monday under the influence of cyclone Gulab, which has weakened into a depression. Weathermen have predicted similar rainy weather over the next 48 hours under the peripheral impact of the cyclone.

Karnataka's MR Poovamma came up with a personal best of 52.75 secs in the 400m but that was not enough as she missed the World Championships qualification by 0.04 seconds

Medal prospects Sudha Singh, Vikas Gowda, Krishna Poonia and Tintu Luka were named in the 110-strong Indian squad for Asian Athletics Championships which will be held in Pune from July 3-7.

Renjith Maheswary became the second Indian athlete to qualify for this year's World Championship in Moscow as he clinched a gold on the final day the National Inter-State Athletics Championships.

Krishna Poonia, Tintu Luka and Vikas Gowda were some of the medal prospects in the 108-member squad that will represent India in the upcoming 20th Asian Athletics Championships.

Preethi Pal became the first Indian woman to earn two track and field medals at the Paralympics, securing bronzes in the 100m and 200m T35 categories. Nishad Kumar won a second consecutive silver in the men's high jump T47 category. Rakesh Kumar also advanced in archery at the Games.