NEW DELHI: Moments after allegedly shooting his daughter four times, Deepak Yadav called his elder brother and said something that would shake their family forever. “Bhai, maine kanya vadh kar diya hai. Mujhe maar do (Brother, I have killed my daughter. Kill me),” Vijay Yadav recalled. “He said the same thing at the police station…
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered a statewide crackdown on imposters posing as religious figures under a new drive dubbed ‘Operation Kalanemi’. The initiative aims to target those exploiting people’s faith in Devbhoomi by defrauding them in the name of religion. According to senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ajay Singh, 23 individuals pretending to…
NEW DELHI: A female student in Odisha’s college chose to burn herself when her complaint against one of her teachers remained unheard. The student, who had previously filed a sexual harassment complaint against her department head and sought disciplinary action, suffered 90 per cent burns after allegedly self-immolating on the campus premises on Saturday.A male…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that illegal religious conversions are part of a deep-rooted conspiracy against the nation and society, and declared that such acts will not be tolerated under any circumstances. He made these remarks while inaugurating the ‘Shri Tegh Bahadur Sandesh Yatra’–a tribute marking the 350th martyrdom anniversary of…
Nina Kutina, also known as Mohi, rescued from cave NEW DELHI: A Russian woman, whose visa expired in 2017, was found and rescued from a secluded cave in the Ramatirtha hills of Kumta taluk, Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, with her two young children. The 40-year-old Russian national, Nina Kutina, also known as Mohi, who…
NEW DELHI: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on early Saturday released its preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 aircraft that went down shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on 12 June. The disaster, which claimed 260 lives including 229 passengers, 12 crew, and…
Air India crash report points to possible fuel switch error; Instagram love story lands Bangladeshi woman in Indian jail The final cockpit recording from the AI-171 crash revealed startling concerns of a technical glitch after an unexpected engine fuel cut-off. Adding to the controversy, it emerged that the FAA had issued a 2018 advisory flagging…
NEW DELHI: Delhi witnesses a decline in overall crime during the first six months of 2025 since the Bharatiya Janata Party took over the administration. An 8.38 per cent reduction in crime compared to the corresponding period in 2024, including a notable 10 per cent decrease in rape and POSCO cases.The BJP came into power…
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Heavy rains and cloudbursts have battered Himachal Pradesh over the past three weeks, claiming 92 lives and causing large-scale destruction across the state.This data was released by the state emergency operation centre (SEOC) for the devastation caused between between June 20 and July 11.Of the total deaths, 56 were caused by rain-related incidents such as…