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08 Jul

CBI arrests 3 Railway employees in Balasore train incident

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Latestaccident, INDIA

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Balasore triple-train accident that claimed more than 290 lives, has arrested three railway employees, officials said on Friday. They said the arrested include senior section engineer Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer Mohammad Amir Khan and technician Pappu Kumar under sections 304 and 202 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The sections under which the three have been arrested relate to criminal homicide not amount to murder and destruction of evidence, they added.' The central probe agency had formally taken over the probe into the train accident in Odisha's Balasore on…

06 Jul

Woman shot dead by daughter’s ex-boyfriend in Delhi

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, LatestINDIA

A 55-year-old woman in north Delhi's Sarai Rohila was allegedly shot dead by her daughter's ex-boyfriend at their home. Police said the accused man allegedly came to retrieve the gifts given to his partner but instead fired at her and her mother. The deceased Poonam (55) was shot in the head and died on the spot, police said. Her daughter, a 27-year-old chartered accountant, called the police and alleged that her ex-boyfriend had killed her mother. The absconding accused works as a salesman in a saree shop in the Kotwali area. Police said the woman and the accused were in…

01 Jul

Four accused in abduction, killing of Jharkhand Principal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsCrime, Featured, LatestINDIA

Four people wanted in a sensational kidnapping-cum-murder case of a Jharkhand college principal and hiding in the national capital were arrested in a joint operation by the Delhi Police with its Jharkhand counterparts. Among those arrested are the brother and nephew of the deceased. On June 9, the complainant, Fatmakhatoom, 48, said that on June 8, around 10 am, her husband Mulla Najiruddin, principal of a college in Jharkhand's Godda, went to Bhagalpur in Bihar on some urgent work. According to Fatmakhatoom, Naziruddin's driver Aman Raj was also with him in a Mahindra SUV. “Around 6:30 p.m., when he was…

29 Jun

‘Presumed human remains’ found in wreckage of Titan submersible

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Human remains have been recovered from the wreckage of the Titan submersible, which was returned to land Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The return of debris to the Port of St. John's, Canada, is an important part of the investigation into why the submarine exploded and the five people on board were killed. The Titan submarine, owned and operated by OceanGate Expeditions, suffered a catastrophic explosion earlier this month while sailing to see the wreckage of the Titanic. The twisted parts of the 22-foot submersible washed ashore at a Canadian Coast Guard pier on Wednesday. Officials said its landing…

29 Jun

Seven killed, 16 injured as Rath touched overhead power lines in Tripura

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Seven people, including two minors, were killed and 18 injured when a chariot caught fire during a Rath Yatra procession after it touched a high-tension wire at Kumarghat in Tripura's Unokoti district on Wednesday evening. The condition of six of the injured is said to be critical. They have been referred to Agartala Government Medical College.The incident took place at Kumarghat area around 4:30 pm during the 'Ulta Rath Yatra' festival of Lord Jagannath. The festival marks the return of the deities – Lord Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Jagannath – to their sacred abode after a week of Rath…

26 Jun

Karnataka man slits wife’s lover’s throat, drinks his blood

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A man slit a man's throat and drank his blood in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, when his friend captured the incident on his mobile phone. The man was arrested after the video of the incident went viral. The accused, identified as Vijay, slit Marash's throat after suspecting him of having an affair with his wife. On June 19, Vijay takes Maresh to a nearby forest where he attacks him. Vijay's friend John, who was with them, recorded the crime on his mobile phone. The victim was treated at a hospital for his injuries and is now back home. Police arrested Vijay based…

23 Jun

All 5 on Titanic Submarine dead after a ‘catastrophic implosion’

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All the fears came true and the submarine Titan was destroyed. The fate of submarines is similar to that of visiting the wreck of the famous ship Titanic. According to the sources of the USA Cost Guard, the submarine collapsed shortly after diving under the water. Five people in the submarine died. The wreckage of the submarine was found around noon on Thursday US time. Incidentally, the submarine Titan was missing since last Sunday. In a press conference on Thursday, the US Navy said that the submarine Titan had broken down very close to the wreckage of the Titanic. The…

16 Jun

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekar Offers Rs 10 Cr Donation for Odisha Train Accident Victims

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Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the prime accused in a Rupees 200 crore extortion case who has been put behind bars in Delhi's Mandoli Jail, has provided Rs 10 crore to Indian Railways to help the victims of horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore district. He has also written a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw seeking his permission to accept the amount and claimed that the fund is from his "legitimate source" of earning. In his letter, Sukesh said the provided fund can be used for the education of children who lost their parents in the accident. Terming the train accident…

16 Jun

Union Minister’s House Set On Fire In Manipur

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This time the home of the central minister was affected by tribal violence in Manipur! A frenzied mob attacked the house of Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in the Kongba area on Thursday night. His house was set on fire by throwing petrol bombs! According to administration sources, Minister Ranjan was not at home at that time. The attack on Meitei community leader Ranjan's house is believed to be due to the death of several people in the firing by miscreants in the area. Ignoring the curfew, more than a thousand people gathered in the…

10 Jun

Rate of road accident deaths drops in Kerala since AI cameras came up

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Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that since the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, the death rate in road accidents has come down in the state. The AI cameras installed across the state became operational on June 5. "Kerala reports an average of 12 road accident deaths per day, but since the introduction of AI cameras, the number has come down to 5-8," Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron has uploaded 19,790 cases to the Integrated Transport Monitoring System,…