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Police in Patiala recovered the body of 25-year-old Neha, found stuffed inside a blue plastic drum near the DMW Railway Colony. Her family identified her through social media photographs. Two local youths, known drug users often seen with the victim, have been detained for questioning.

A Cuttack court acquitted Md Abdur Raheman, who spent over a decade in jail, of all terror charges. The judge cited a severe lack of evidence, noting no proof of students joining extremist groups or Raheman's links to banned outfits. This acquittal follows a previous conviction where he had already served his sentence.

Pole vaulters Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar etched their names in history, jointly setting a new national record of 5.45m at the National Senior Athletics Federation Competition. Both athletes achieved the Commonwealth Games qualifying mark. Elsewhere, Murali Sreeshankar and Sarvesh Anil Kushare also secured gold and CWG berths in their respective events.