Delhi woman drugged and raped twice by social media friend
A 22-year-old makeup artist has alleged she was drugged and raped twice in Delhi by a man she met on social media, police sources said on Sunday. The woman told police the…
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A 22-year-old makeup artist has alleged she was drugged and raped twice in Delhi by a man she met on social media, police sources said on Sunday. The woman told police the…
Eleven people, including seven children and four women, were hospitalised after eating a birthday cake allegedly containing a dead lizard in Nalasopara East, Palghar district, on August 14. The victims complained of…
Two children fell ill after eating laddus infested with worms that were distributed at a school's Independence Day event in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, officials said. An eight-year-old girl at the middle…
Air India Express has apologised to a Tripura woman after her 30-year-old autistic son was allegedly mistreated by two airline staff at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala. Dr Ratnabali Ray Sengupta…
A US traveller, Markus, received a hand-drawn caricature of himself along with a cup of coffee for just Rs 80 at a shop in Kolkata run by artist Shyama Prasad Dey. Dey…
A section of National Highway 53 near Nilachal Bazaar in Odisha's Kendrapara district suddenly collapsed amid heavy rainfall on Wednesday, causing three trucks to overturn and fall into a ditch. The incident…
Leon, a Belgian Malinois and one of Assam's sharpest wildlife guard dogs, retired from service on India's 80th Independence Day (August 15, 2026) with official honours from the Forest Department and police.…
A licensed firearm discharged accidentally during security checks at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi on Sunday morning, injuring two AAICLAS screeners. The passenger, identified as Kamlesh Kedarnath Rai, had declared…
Bhavesh Kaware has apologised after he faced widespread criticism for insisting that only a "pure vegetarian" client could buy his Rs 6.5-crore flat in Mumbai. The demand, which he posted on social…
Ramacham, also known as vetiver or khus, is being promoted in Kerala as a crop that both prevents soil erosion and generates income. Planting it along contours on hill slopes significantly reduces…