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THANE: Two persons stabbed a 24-year-old truck driver to death in an incident of road rage in Maharashtra's Thane district. The incident took place after their two-wheeler rammed into the heavy vehicle in Kalyan taluka in the early hours of Monday, police said on Tuesday. The police have arrested Anjala Liyat Khan (23) and Mohammad Anans Asfaque Sheikh (21).The victim Bholakumar Mahanto and his friend...

KALYAN: A truck driver was stabbed to death by unidentified people while he was checking tyre near Durgadi chowk in Kalyan, on Monday morning.The deceased has been identified as Bhola Kumar Mato (24).The incident took place when Mato was coming from Bhiwandi side towards Kalyan. He was stabbed by two people who came on motorcycle, said police.Sarjerao Patil, senior police inspector of Khadakpada police...

PALGHAR: Police were rushed to tackle chaos at a hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district in the early hours of Saturday after an injured teen, who apparently tripped trying to escape cops, was declared dead, an official said on Saturday.The police asserted that Vinod Bhoir (18) likely experienced a heart attack while attempting to flee, leading to his demise. However, the family members of the young...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has acquitted two death row convicts and one lifer in a murder case due to shoddy probe into the killing of a 15-year-old boy in MP.Anguished over "disappointing, inept and unscientific police investigations", the court called for framing of a code of investigation to infuse efficiency and professionalism in the police force. Supreme Court: Benefit of doubt given due to weak...

ERODE: A wild elephant trampled a farmer to death in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as M Ramasamy, 63, of Attamokkai area in Puthu Vadavalli. Sathyamangalam forest range officer (FRO) K R Palanisamy said the farmer owned 1.5 acres of land. He used to stay in a room on his farm at night to guard the crops. On Thursday...

COIMBATORE: Four tiger cubs starved to death in the reserve forest at Kadanad, in the Chinnacoonoor area, over the past few days after their mother apparently abandoned them, forest officials said. With this, four adult tigers and six cubs have died in the Nligiris district over the past one month.Forest officials first learned of the sighting of the four tiger cubs on September 14. Immediately, a team...

NEW DELHI: A sub-inspector succumbed to his injuries and the driver of the police van was seriously injured after an allegedly speeding car hit them while they were on routine patrolling duty in Pandav Nagar area of Delhi on Tuesday. Search is under way to arrest the accused who fled the spot, leaving the vehicle behind.According to police, the deceased identified as Gangasaran, posted as a...

SEATTLE: The Seattle Police Officers' Guild on Friday said the video of police officer Daniel Auderer joking about Indian-origin woman, Jaahnavi Kandula's death, "captures only one side of the conversation" and "there is much more detail and nuance that has not been made public yet."The Seattle Police said the video fails to explain the full story/context."Some viral videos of police actions shared by...

NEW DELHI: The US has assured India of a quick investigation into the death of Andhra Pradesh student Jaahnavi Kandula, who was struck by a speeding police patrol car in Seattle in January this year.India had "strongly" taken up the case with the Biden administration after a recently released bodycam video showed an American cop "joking and laughing" about the Indian student's death.'She had limited...

MADURAI: A gang hacked a woman to death at Kattarankulam in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu after attacking the driver of an autorickshaw she was travelling in on Sunday night. The murdered woman has been identified as M Velladuraichi, 28, of Jameenthevarkulam. She was going to attend a family function at Kumarareddiapuram when the autorickshaw was intercepted by a gang. According to police sources,...