New Delhi: Days after a 39-year-old newlywed woman was found hanging inside her house in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh area, a case of dowry death has been registered and her husband arrested, police said on Thursday.Based on the statements given by the woman’s family members during inquiry, an FIR under BNS sections 80 (dowry death) and…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Cell-6 unit has arrested three absconding accused from West Bengal who were allegedly involved in multiple serious offences, including criminal conspiracy, use of explosives, and Arms Act violations registered at Shibpur Police Station. The accused were on the run after a case was registered on May 7 under various sections…
Bengaluru: A retired senior manager of Indian Airlines was duped of Rs 2.1 crore in an online stock market investment scam after she came across an advertisement on Facebook that promised huge returns.Suma (name changed), a resident of Benson Town, said she saw the advertisement in June 2025 and gave a missed call to the…
The maternal mortality ratio fell to 37 deaths per 100,000 live births — a 19% drop from pre-pandemic levels and considerably lower than national average Chennai: When India’s second Covid wave hit Tamil Nadu in 2021, pregnant women bore a disproportionate share of the damage. Hospitals overflowed, lockdowns kept expectant mothers away from clinics, and…
HYDERABAD: A day after Hyderabad police arrested 66 persons for allegedly facilitating SIM cards illegally to cyber fraudsters, Union minister of state for rural development and communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani on Thursday held a review meeting with Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar.“Chaired a meeting with officers from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Hyderabad police…
Kolkata: Former TMC MLA Aditi Munshi and her husband Debraj Chakraborty moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking anticipatory bail over apprehensions of arrest in a disproportionate assets case. The application is likely to be heard on Friday by a bench headed by Justice Jay Sengupta. The couple’s move comes after Chakraborty was recently…
Ahmedabad: The maximum temperature on Thursday moved down a bit on the heat-o-meter, albeit the difference wasn’t that noticeable for those outdoors. According to India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) forecast, it was 41.7 degrees celsius, 0.2 degrees lower than normal and 2 degrees less than the 43.7 degrees recorded for the three days straight. The met…
Yamunanagar: An exclusive district court in Jagadhri, dedicated to heinous crimes against women, has sentenced a 36-year-old woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering her three-year-old daughter at a hotel in Amritsar in 2022.The convict, Maninder Kaur alias Simmy, a resident of Yamunanagar, had allegedly conspired with her lover to eliminate her children, whom they…
Ambil Odha PMC colony will soon go up for redevelopment Pune: The civic body has planned the redevelopment of dilapidated municipal colonies built several decades ago. The administration has sent notices to the occupants of seven housing complexes located across civic areas to vacate the premises to facilitate rebuilding.Pune Municipal Corporation officials said around 1,900…
Guwahati: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is set to dominate the opening session of the 16th Assam assembly, with opposition MLAs saying on the first day that they will strongly oppose the Bill.The Bill is scheduled to be tabled during the ongoing session that began on Thursday.The state govt is preparing to table the UCC…
