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THANE: A man in Maharashtra's Thane city allegedly beat a close relative to death and caused injuries to her 14-year-old son during a heated dispute, as reported by the police on Sunday.The police took into custody a 30-year-old individual named Sanju Vilas Lokhande in the early hours of the day, charging him under sections 302 (pertaining to murder) and 307 (related to attempted murder) of the Indian...

KALYAN: The Kalyan GRP arrested a 45-year-old man who assaulted a woman home guard after she stopped him from boarding the ladies compartment. The incident took place on Thursday night, when home guard Neeraj Mukadam was on duty in first class ladies compartment in a local train between Vashind and Asangaon station, said the Kalyan GRP.Mokadam stopped the accused who was trying to enter the ladies...

Chennai: The government will hold at least 1,000 free health camps across the state on Sundays starting October 29 to screen people for common ailments during monsoon, said health minister Ma Subramanian on Saturday.The camps will screen people for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, cholera and typhoid seen during the rainy season, he told reporters. “We are told there will be heavy rain on Sunday and...

PALGHAR: Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a 57-year-old woman whose body was found abandoned in a field in Maharashtra's Palghar district. The official announcement was made on Saturday, confirming the apprehension of Rajesh Bijire Sonar (21) and Karan Man Singh (30), both residents of Saphala, for their involvement in the murder that occurred in June, this year....

MUMBAI: A security guard was arrested by the Malwani police recently for molesting a minor girl in a housing society at Malad West. The Malwani Police registered a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.Police said the guard used to drop the 10-year-old victim home and had molested her on a few occasions in the past. The latest incident occurred a few days ago when the girl was...

Kolkata: A snatcher, identified as Faizal Rehman, has been arrested from the New Market area following a complaint filed by a woman who alleged her chain was snatched around Mahalaya when she was in the area to shop.Cops used CCTV footage to identify the culprit. Police are probing Rehman’s involvement in other snatchings in the area. He was produced in court and taken to police remand till November...

CHENNAI: A bilingual open symposium curated by the Onemai Foundation in collaboration with The Forest Way and Marudam Farm School is being held at the DakshinChitra Museum at Muttukadu on the outskirts of Chennai on October 27 and 28. The symposium is a closing event to the art exhibition called ‘Bhin Bhini, Changing Climate, Uncertain Livelihoods’, curated by Krishnapriya C P.The exhibition...

KOLKATA: The detective department has decided to slap Section 305 of IPC, pertaining to abetment of suicide of a minor, on all the 12 youths arrested in the Jadavpur University ragging case, in which a first-year student of Bengali department died on August 10 following a fall from a balcony of Main Hostel.It is, however, not yet known whether the murder charge mentioned in the FIR will be dropped or...

NEW YORK: A 21-year-old Indian-American driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female juvenile during a food delivery in California. Identifying Sandeep, a resident of Sunnyvale, California, as the "primary suspect," the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) in a statement on Wednesday said, "The investigation revealed that while working as a food delivery driver, the suspect forced...

JHANSI: Tension prevailed in Srinagar police station area of Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district when two communities clashed over playing of colours during Durga idol immersion procession on Tuesday. However, police deployed near the spot immediately acted by detaining three from the spot.Superintendent of Police, Mahoba, Aparna Gupta, said that dispute broke out between two communities while taking the...