Heavy rain lashed many districts of Kerala on Friday, disrupting normal life and causing waterlogging.

The first batch of 17 female cadets graduated from the National Defence Academy (NDA), scripting history by marching along side over 300 male cadets during the Passing Out Parade this morning.

In a significant verdict, a Kotdwar court sentenced Pulkit Arya and his accomplices to life imprisonment for the murder of Ankita Bhandari. The court found them guilty under IPC sections 302, 210b, and 201. Ankita, a resort receptionist, was murdered after allegedly resisting pressure to provide ‘special services’ to guests.