IMPHAL: A grenade hurled from a motorbike towards Manipur minister Yumnam Khemchand's house in Imphal West late Saturday exploded after hitting an electricity pole near the main gate, injuring a young woman from the BJP politician's extended family and a CRPF sentry.Dinesh Chandra Das (57) of the CRPF's F30 Battalion suffered a splinter wound to his right hand, while Purnilesha Yumnam (25), the...
CHENNAI: A pedestrian died while another sustained severe injuries after being mowed down by a car on Alagappa Road in Kilpauk on Wednesday. At least three two-wheelers and an autorickshaw were also damaged in the accident. Police arrested the man behind the wheel, who said he had hit the accelerator instead of applying brake.The video of the shocking accident went viral on social media on...
CHENNAI: A lovesick man drank poison at the house of a woman after she and her parents turned down his marriage proposal in Chengalpet on Friday. Even as the shocked family was watching him emptying the poison he had brought along, Karthik, 30, attempted to stab the woman.In the melee that followed, an aunt of the woman suffered a stab injury on her neck in her bid to foil his assault. Karthik died...
THANE: At least 20 people were rescued after a major fire erupted in a 12-storey building in Bhiwandi city in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, an official said. The building with 48 flats filled with smoke after the blaze erupted at around 2.15 pm and residents rushed out, the official added. "At least 20 residents stranded on...
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