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41-year-old Nitin Murkute, an Indian-origin man in the US, died during a cricket match in North Carolina, leaving behind his wife and two children. Murkute collapsed during the league match and was later pronounced dead. His friends have started raising money for the family as his wife Rashmi, is in the US on a non-working H-4 visa. Nitin was an active player associated with the Triangle Cricket...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has termed the police investigation in a case of mob attack during the 2020 North East Delhi riots as "poor," but has also refused the plea of a gunshot victim to probe his case as a standalone offence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna recently said that it was "evident" the investigation in FIR No 64/2020 was "selective and poor". However, complainant Mohammad Nasir's grievance...

KOLKATA: Aerial rescue of stranded tourists and locals at Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang in North Sikkim — that had got separated from the rest of the state following the Teesta flash flood — began five days since the disaster on Monday.Multiple Army helicopters began lifting tourists from relief camps to safer terrains where from the tourists were facilitated to get back to NJP or Bagdogra for safe...

KOLKATA: Hostel campuses in the city, from north to south, are reeling under the grip of dengue and other virals. Jadavpur University has at least 12 dengue cases and 15 fever cases. University officials have pointed out that the situation is "grave" and has deteriorated in the last 12 hours with two more students being admitted to a private hospital, taking the number to three at present. Medical...

NEW DELHI: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a 43-year-old man in the Alipur area of north Delhi, police said on Saturday. The arrested suspects are identified as Mohammad Irshad (29) and Dinesh Kumar (38), both hailing from Bihar.According to the police, Irshad had rented a pan shop from the victim. It is alleged that Irshad carried out the killing to evade paying...