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NOIDA: Authorities in Greater Noida in UP on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old man on charges of sexually abusing a female dog and subsequently throwing her from the third floor of his residence, according to official reports.The incident occurred late at night, approximately around midnight. The accused was on the balcony of his third-floor residence in the Alpha 2 area with the dog.However, a vigilant...

KALYAN: The three accused who had vandalized the car of advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, who had opposed Maratha reservation, were welcomed and felicitated by the people of Maratha community in Dombivli in Maharashtra's Thane district.Maratha Kranti Morcha protests in Mumbai demanding reservation for MarathaDuring this, the main accused Mangesh Sable said that the Maharashtra government should give a...

CHENNAI: A 55-year-old drunk man, who was fast asleep at his home in Chennai’s Kannagi Nagar on Wednesday night, died of asphyxiation after fire spread from a mosquito coil to his bedsheet. The deceased has been identified as Moorthy, who was employed as a security guard at Santhome. Moorthy reached home around 11pm on Wednesday. He was drunk. He lit a mosquito coil and slept.A spark from the coil...

NEW DELHI: At a gathering of elderly individuals embarking on a pilgrimage under a government scheme, Delhi revenue minister Atishi appreciated chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's dedication to the well-being of senior citizens in the national capital.The 80th train, part of the Chief Minister Teerth Yatra Scheme, set off for Dwarkadhish with 780 elderly devotees from the Safdarjung Railway Station.Chief...

MUMBAI: Observing that his role of “knowingly assisting” the process of money laundering is prima-facie evident, a special PMLA court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Jayram Deshpande, former sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Dapoli, arrested in March in the Dapoli-based Sai Resort case. Special judge MG Deshpande said that there is abundant material to show that Jayram had accorded sanction for...

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action taken report from Mayurbhanj SP in two different cases related to sexual assault of two minor girls by cops of a police station in Mayurbhanj district.While an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police lived with a 16-year-old girl after his wife’s death, a home guard sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl from Jharkhand by posing...

THANE: A 24-year-old woman has been duped of Rs 5.24 lakh by an online fraudster who posed as an employee of a private bank and tricked her, the police informed on Wednesday. The complainant received a call from a man who claimed to be from the 'credit card department of the bank' and told her that the premium of health insurance she had availed would be deducted soon. The accused sent her a link and...

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a vitriolic attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government over Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids against opposition leaders and multiple issues, saying the party is "playing a dirty game".A spirited Banerjee, recovering from a knee injury that has kept her sidelined for almost a month, passionately claimed that...

CHENNAI: A six-member gang hacked the son of a DMK functionary near Ennore in Chennai on Thursday morning.The murdered man has been identified as Kamaraj, 35. His father Vivekananda is a DMK functionary. The father-son duo had taken work from Chennai Corporation on a contract basis.On Thursday morning, the gang barged into their office and hacked Kamaraj to death.The gang members escaped from the spot...

NEW DELHI: A meeting of New Delhi Municipal Council was adjourned on Wednesday without many proposals being approved as chief minister Arvind Kejriwal left abruptly.Kejriwal was questioned by BJP members about what they claimed was no effective action being taken to control air pollution in the national capital and increasing stubble burning in Punjab.No comment was received from Delhi government on...