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BHUBANESWAR: Odisha erupted in joy as local boy Kishore Jena clinched silver medal with his personal best performance (87.54m) in men’s javelin at the ongoing Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced Rs 1.5 crore for the javelin star.Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Kishore for this achievement. “Our accomplishments in Men's Javelin at...

CUDDALORE: A Class 12 boy was hacked to death by an unemployed engineering graduate in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as V Jeeva (17) and the accused as S Ananth (24) - both lived in the same locality. Police have launched a hunt for Ananth, who absconded after committing the crime.Police said a few days ago, Ananth invited Jeeva to his house and attempted to...

BANGKOK: A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after a shooting at a packed Bangkok mall that left two people dead and five wounded, and sent hundreds of panicked shoppers running in terror into the streets.Witnesses told AFP of chaotic scenes as shots rang out at the upmarket Siam Paragon mall in the heart of the Thai capital around 4:30 pm (0930 GMT).The shooting comes just days before the first...

MUMBAI: Amid the beating of drums and chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya', various Ganesh mandals in Mumbai on Thursday started processions to immerse the idols of the deity, marking the culmination of the 10-day festival. By 6pm, a total of 7,950 idols had been immersed, comprising 7,513 household ones, 329 'sarvajanik' or public idols and 108 of goddess Gauri, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official...

KOLKATA: The victim was singled out for severe pre-planned ragging, which included possible sexual abuse — the inquiry committee formed by Jadavpur University to probe into the circumstances leading to the death of a fresher has concluded.The 17-year-old boy fell from the second-floor balcony of a hostel on August 9 allegedly during ragging by seniors who were staying in the facility illegally.The...

NEW DELHI: A minor girl was allegedly stabbed by a boy for refusing to marry him, police said on Monday. She sustained injuries on her neck and head in the attack. The accused was arrested using technical surveillance and CCTV footage.The incident took place around 1pm on Sunday at Molarband Extension in southeast Delhi's Badarpur area when the girl was at her friend's house, they said.The girl and the...

GHAZIABAD: A 20-year-old MCom student was shot inside her house in Nandgram by her boyfriend, who locked himself in a bathroom when neighbours arrived and consumed poison. While Deepmala, a student of a private university in Ghaziabad, succumbed to the bullet wound before she could be taken to a hospital, Rahul died during treatment at GTB Hospital in Delhi.Police said they were probing an honour...

MUMBAI: Angry that his hair was cut short, a 13-year-old boy allegedly leaped to death from the bathroom window of his 16th floor flat in Bhayander on Tuesday night. Navghar police said an accidental death case has been filed. Shatrughan Pathak, a class 8th student, was found in a pool of blood in the compound of his Sonam Indraprasth building in New Golden Nest, Bhayander (east) at around 11.30pm. The...

FARIDABAD: An 18-year-old class 12 student was stabbed to death while he was sleeping in his house in Sanjay colony in Haryana’s Faridabad, police said on Tuesday. Hearing him scream, the younger brother of the victim woke up and tried to chase the assailant but lost him, PTI quoted police as saying.According to a complaint filed by the victim's father, Santosh Bhagat, Vishal, his elder son, was...

BHUBANESWAR: A 14-year-old boy — son of a businessman — was murdered after being kidnapped in by-poll bound Jharsuguda in Odisha, police said on Wednesday.Jharsuguda superintendent of police Smit Parmar said though the family had got ransom calls hours after the kidnap on Monday night, other angles are also being probed since the boy was killed much before the deadline to pay money. The killers made...