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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...