A representative image of a lifeless hand extending from beneath a white shroud NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead inside her home in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Thursday, with police launching a manhunt for her husband, who is accused of firing multiple rounds before fleeing.Investigators are also looking into allegations by…
Madikeri: The shocking case of US tourist’s sexual assault has raised uneasy questions, as investigators examine conflicting statements, digital evidence and prior interactions during the survivor’s stay in Kodagu district. Key details of the remain undisclosed by authorities.According to police sources, the Washington-based tourist alleged she was sexually assaulted on April 12, the day she…
During routine repairs in 1799, French soldiers near Rosetta discovered a granodiorite slab inscribed with three scripts. This artefact, the Rosetta Stone, proved to be the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Image credits: via Wikimedia Commons There is something rather sneaky about history. World-shattering revelations can happen when one doesn’t think they’re coming. Sometimes…
Nandigram/Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday pointed to Bengal’s poor fiscal health and said state govt would fulfil its promise in phases as it worked to revive the economy after “49 years of Left and TMC misgovernance”.“The condition of the state’s exchequer is bad. But we will fulfil our promises in stages. Centre is helping…
Surat: A 38-year-old tailor was stabbed to death at a garment unit in Puna on Friday after a quarrel with a co-worker, police said, adding that the dispute was triggered by the accused seeking the victim’s daughter’s phone number.Mohammad Chand (38), a native of West Bengal, worked at a garment unit in Puna. Police said…
A former Google contract worker told GB News how his team’s jobs went to India, Ireland and the Philippines. A former Google contractor, Stephen Vivien, said it was mean, harsh and dehumanizing when he was asked to train his replacement and his whole team’s jobs were sent to India, the Phillipines and Ireland. Vivien said…
Chennai: A 70-year-old woman suffered injuries on her ear, after an unidentified man who entered her house at Perumpedu near Ponneri late on Friday, cut her earlobes, and fled with her earrings while she was asleep. The stolen earrings were imitation jewellery and not original gold, said police.The victim, Lakshmi, who lives alone after the…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a 38-year-old business consultant from Dudulgaon of Rs 5.23 lakh by offering him a franchise of a logistics services provider.The suspects collected money from the complainant between May 21 and June 20 under various pretexts. The complainant lodged a complaint with the Dighi police on Monday.According to a Dighi police officer, the…
Heart donated in Panchkula gives Sudanese teen in Delhi new life NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy from Sudan, who had come to Delhi for treatment, got a second chance at life after a donor heart was flown in from neighbhouring Haryana’s Panchkula, where a 41-year-old woman was declared brain dead and her family consented to…
An illegal car-rental kiosk masquerading as a “Prepaid Cab – City & Outstation” counter outside Kolkata airport has finally been shut down, nearly nine months after airport authorities ordered it to cease operations. The closure marks the end of a prolonged standoff that had allowed the outlet to function despite repeated allegations of overcharging passengers…
