A Delhi court has acquitted six individuals accused in a case of looting and arson near a mosque in Sudamapuri during the 2020 Delhi riots, raising serious questions over the manner of investigation conducted by the police.

The Karkardooma Court acquitted the accused, Ishu Gupta, Prem Prakash, Rajkumar, Manish Sharma, Rahul alias Golu, and Amit alias Annu, citing a lack of credible evidence and multiple flaws in the prosecution’s case.

In a strongly worded judgment, the court criticised the Delhi Police’s approach to the investigation, stating, “It is unfortunate that despite glaring flaws, the SHO and supervising officers proceeded to file a charge sheet. Such actions severely erode public trust in the investigative process and in the rule of law.”

Alexander Zverev beat Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-4, to wrap up an opening round of the US Open.

Zverev fought off top-notch tennis at times from Tabilo to reach the US Open second round for the ninth time.

Zverev broke to start the match and sprinted through the opening set. Tabilo settled in and held his own in the second, serving first and leading the entire way until the tiebreak. The left-hander even had a set point on Zverev’s racquet at 5-6, Ad-out, after blasting an inside-out forehand crosscourt winner.

Rain continued to lash the entire Jammu division, barring Poonch and Rajouri districts, on Wednesday, even as authorities worked continuously to restore electricity, water supply and mobile services.

According to Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, the level of the river Tawi has receded, but the Chenab River continued to flow close to the danger mark.

Sharing an update on the current situation in the Jammu Division, which has witnessed one of the worst floods in recent years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on X that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personally following up on the situation and receiving updates.

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday placed the entire state administration on high alert as heavy rain has been lashing parts of Telangana since Tuesday night, inundating low-lying areas and snapping road connectivity to several villages.

Rivulets, lakes and ponds were overflowing due to heavy downpour, flooding the roads and villages in low-lying areas.

Heavy to very heavy rains in Medak and Sangareddy districts resulted in inundation of residential areas in some pockets. Few roads were damaged, disrupting the vehicular traffic.

Water was flowing over the Narayankhed-Kangti road, bringing the traffic to a halt. A culvert was washed away near Lakshmapur village in Kamareddy district.

As the coming-of-age sports drama film “Iqbal” completed 20 years in Hindi cinema, actor Shreyas Talpade celebrated the moment and said that “this is where it all began.”

Shreyas shared a string of stills from the film. The first had “This is where it all began” written on it. Some other images had “20 years today”, “thankful”, “grateful”, “blessed”, “thank you for all the love over the years” written on it.

The actor captioned the post: “This is where it all began! Thank you for being the biggest support in my career and making an impact in my life. Love you guys.”

Iqbal is directed and co-written by Nagesh Kukunoor. Produced by Subhash Ghai, under "Mukta Searchlight Films," the story follows a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy from a remote Indian village as he aims to overcome difficulties to become a cricketer and fulfill his dream of playing for the Indian national cricket team.

Following the Supreme Court's directive on stray dogs, the Rajasthan government has taken the "lead" in managing the animals more systematically.

The Department of Autonomous Governance has issued strict instructions to all municipal corporations, councils, and municipalities, making compliance with the Stray Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules 2023 mandatory.

Under this, feeding points for dogs will now be marked in every ward and locality, with urban bodies directed to coordinate with resident welfare associations and animal welfare organisations.

Even in cases of rabies, arrangements for food and water will be ensured at these feeding spots.

Ravi Jain, Secretary, Local Self Government Department, said, "Rajasthan is the first state in the country to issue such comprehensive orders balancing public safety and animal welfare after the Supreme Court's decision."

On the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi on Wednesday, filmmaker-actor Kunal Kemmu shared a glimpse of them praying to Lord Ganesha along with their daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu.

Kunal shared three images. In the pictures, the three are seen offering prayers to Lord Ganesha during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at home.

The couple and their daughter are dressed in traditional Indian wear and are standing together with folded hands in front of the beautifully decorated idol.

For the caption, Kunal simply wrote: “Ganpati Bappa Morya!”

Jorgen Strand Larsen came off the bench to play a starring role in Wolves’ dramatic late comeback against West Ham United and secure a place in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

In a meeting of two Premier League sides that have struggled early in their league campaign, Wolverhampton Wanderers came from behind to beat West Ham United 3-2, their first win of the season.

Also winning 3-2 were Wrexham, who struck their winner in the 92nd minute to defeat Preston North End at Deepdale. Kieffer Moore's late header gave The Red Dragons another dramatic win, following on from Ollie Palmer's late heroics in Round One, Carabao Cup reports.

League Two Cambridge United pulled off a shock result, comfortably defeating Championship opposition in Charlton Athletic.

Title holders VfB Stuttgart survived a rollercoaster evening to book their place in the second round of the German Cup, edging Eintracht Braunschweig 8-7 on penalties after a 4-4 draw on Tuesday night.

Second-tier Braunschweig entered the clash in confident spirits and stunned the visitors early. Sven Kohler's long-range strike slipped through the hands of goalkeeper Alexander Nubel in the eighth minute, giving Braunschweig a surprise lead. Stuttgart, however, wasted little time in replying, with Ermedin Demirovic heading in Maximilian Mittelstadt's precise cross just four minutes later.

Both teams continued to exchange chances before Stuttgart seized the initiative after the break. Angelo Stiller broke clear on the left and set up Demirovic for his second of the night, putting the Bundesliga side 2-1 ahead, reports.

Mobile internet, broadband services, and calling facilities remained disrupted across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as heavy rainfall continued to batter the Union Territory, damaging optical fibre networks at several locations.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah voiced concern over the widespread outage, describing the situation as reminiscent of earlier crises.

"Still struggling with almost nonexistent communication. There is a trickle of data flowing on Jio mobile, but no fixed line WiFi, no browsing, almost no apps, things like X open frustratingly slowly, and WhatsApp struggles with anything more than short text messages. Haven't felt this disconnected since the terrible days of 2014 & 2019," he posted on the social media platform X.