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KOLKATA: TMC panchayat-level leader Neelima Barman, her husband Bimal Barman (also an active member of TMC) and their daughter Runa Barman were hacked to death after being allegedly attacked by a sharp weapon by some miscreants at Sitalkuchi in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Friday, ANI reported. The couple's other daughter Iti Barman is under treatment in the hospital."Three people have...

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...

RANIPET: A 22-year-old man from Chennai was charred to death when his two-wheeler caught fire after a speeding tipper truck hit him from behind and trapped him with his bike under the heavy vehicle near Kaveripakkam in Ranipet district. The accident happened on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway. The deceased has been identified as R Manu Kashyap from Mambakkam, Chennai, a designer in a private firm...

PATIALA: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had been serving time in Patiala central jail for a 1988 road rage death case, was released on Saturday, after nearly 10 months.He emerged from the prison wearing a sky blue jacket, later than the anticipated afternoon release time, at 5.53pm.After coming out of the jail, Sidhu slammed Centre, saying democracy in chains, institutions turned slaves.“I...

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police on Saturday said that a man has been detained in Pune in connecion with a death threat message to Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and MP Sanjay RautAccording to the Mumbai Police, the detained individual is currently being interrogated. The police also mentioned that the detainee had used the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, and they will be investigating the detainee's connection...

KOLKATA: A Kolkata girl's documentary on Varanasi's obsession with death has won big at the recently concluded Life Beyond Life Film Festival (LBLFF) in Italy's Torino. This festival is a one-of-its-kind event in the world focusing on eschatological themes. Participating films dealt with the themes of terminal care, grief, transition, visions of afterlife and multiverse. Balaka Ghosh's 'Death in the...

GURGAON: A 27-year-old ragpicker was allegedly beaten to death and his associate was brutally thrashed by two men who suspected that the pair was trying to steal metal scrap in Ghata village in the early hours of Wednesday.Police said the two accused - Ankit and Munnu - have been arrested and the investigation is on.In his complaint, Issrudin Sheikh (30) said he and his friend Rafiqgul belong to...

THANE: A constable — attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai — died hours later after he was found with serious injuries on the railway tracks between Taloja (in Raigad district) and Nilajhe (in Thane district) stations near Diva in Maharashtra on Wednesday morning, Thane railway police officials said. The constable was not on duty at the time of the incident, officials said.The railway...

MUMBAI: Holding that the special CBI trial court Judge passed a wrong order in January 2018 in a 2009 custodial torture and death case, the Bombay high court setting it aside directed framing of a murder charge against three accused police officials.The forensic report had said Shaikh had died due to contusions on head, noted Justice P D Naik and said the trial court order in not framing the murder...