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26 Jul

Woman raped by man she met on dating app

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsCrime, India, LatestINDIA

A woman was allegedly gang-raped by a man she met on a dating app and his friend at a hotel in Haryana's Gurugram. According to the police, the victim said in her complaint that she met the accused through a dating app who later invited her to a hotel in Gurugram's Sector 50 area on June 29. The woman, in her complaint, further alleged that the duo recorded the entire act and threatened to make her video viral. At the hotel, she said the man and his friend offered her food, after which she passed out, police said Tuesday. "They…

17 Jul

One killed, three injured in cloudburst at Kais village near Kullu

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, LatestINDIA

One person lost his life in a cloudburst at Kias village in Kullu, DSP headquarters Rajesh Thakur said, adding that three people were injured and nine vehicles were damaged in the rain-related incident on Monday. “One person was killed, 3 injured and 9 vehicles damaged in a cloudburst at Kias village in Kullu, Thakur told news agency ANI. Rains in Himachal Pradesh have wreaked havoc in the hill state, causing cloudbursts, landslides and floods that have so far killed 108 people, according to government data released last week. Among all the affected states in North India, Himachal Pradesh has been…

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

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsFeatured, International, Latestinternational

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

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsFeatured, India, Latest, TripuraINDIA, tripura

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’

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsFeatured, LatestINDIA, international

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…