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NEW DELHI/THANE: Authorities announced the apprehension of two brothers who had evaded capture for 29 years following their involvement in the tragic murder of a woman and her four children in Maharashtra's Thane district. The police arrested them in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.PTI quoted deputy commissioner of police (Crime) Avinash Ambure as reporting that a team from the MBVV police apprehended Anil,...

THANE: A 52-year-old man riding a mobike was killed while his 17-year-old riding pillion suffered injuries in a hit-and-run case on the Eastern Express highway on Sunday evening, officials informed.Yasin Tadvi, in-charge at the Thane regional disaster management group identified the deceased as Rakesh Bangera (52), a resident of Hiranandani Estate and said he was on his way to the railway station on his...

NEW DELHI/GURGAON: Two employees of a private company lost their lives, while another sustained critical injuries in Gurgaon, Haryana, when a truck collided with their motorcycle.Police said on Friday they were returning from a friend's birthday party. Naveen Ram, originally from Bihar, has filed a complaint in which he states that he is employed at a private company alongside Arun Ram and Vakil Ram,...

KOLKATA: At least two people were killed and six others injured in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri as a mortar shell floating on flood waters blew up. The mortar shell, as believed by the local police officers, belonged to the Army and was carried away by flood waters flowing down from the hills.Deputy superintendent of police, Crime, of Jalpaiguri Bikramjit Lama said that the identities of the two killed in the...

DEORIA: Six people, including two women, were killed in violence apparently stemming from an already resolved land dispute in Fatehpur village, 20 km from the district headquarters, on Monday morning. Five of the deceased were from the same family. Fourteen people have been detained by police.Post-mortem examinations of the six bodies had been conducted by late Monday evening. Police sources privy to...

NEW DELHI: Two people were killed after a fight over talking to a girl in Delhi. Two men have been killed and one has been injured during a fight between two groups in the Bhalswa area of northwest Delhi over talking to a girl, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on the night of September 30, they said.On receiving information about the clash, police personnel reached the spot near Samta Vihar...

NINEVEH: At least 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraqi state media said early on Wednesday, with local sources saying the toll was expected to rise. The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said,...

KALYAN: Fed up with the treatment of his 10-year-old mentally challenged daughter, a drunk man strangled her to death in Dombivli.Manoj Agrahari, 38, has been arrested on the complaint of the girl’s mother Lilavati. Lavli was being treated in a hospital in Thane and Manoj was finding it difficult to meet the expenses. Frustrated, he used to say, “There is no use of a retarded daughter, she should be...

KOHIMA: Eight people were killed as an SUV fell into a gorge after being hit by a goods vehicle in Nagaland's Tseminyu district on Wednesday, officials said. The accident happened near K. Station, about 65 km from state capital Kohima, in the early hours, they said. The impact of the crash was such that the truck also slipped off the road and fell into the gorge over the SUV, they added. The SUV was...

RAIPUR: The murder of a Sikh trader, after an argument while watching the Bollywood blockbuster "Gadar" on mobile phone on September 15, has triggered a political controversy and led to a market shutdown in Durg-Bhilai twin cities for half a day on Monday.The family of the victim, Malkeet Singh, has not yet performed his last rites, demanding justice. Five suspects, including a 17-year-old, have been...