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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 15 (ANI): In the Pune Porsche crash case, the Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday rejected the Pune City Police's request that the CCL (Child in Conflict with Law) should be tried as an adult. The teen, who was driving the car that killed two people on May 19 2024, will now face trial as a minor. The incident occurred in the early hours of May 19, 2024, when a luxury car, driven by the accused juvenile, collided with a motorcycle near Kalyani Nagar in Pune. The cr ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 15 (ANI): In the Pune Porsche crash case, the Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday rejected the Pune City Police request that the CCL (Child in Conflict with Law) should be tried as an adult. The teen, who was driving the car that killed two people on May 19 2024, will now face trial as a minor. The incident occurred in the early hours of May 19, 2024, when a luxury car, driven by the accused juvenile, collided with a motorcycle near Kalyani Nagar in Pune. The cras ...Read More >
New Delhi: In cricket, some defeats leave a scar that generations remember. Something like that happened on Monday as India's narrow loss at Lord's in the third Test against England brought back the vivid memories of another heartbreaker. The match took us back to 26 years ago when in Chennai India fell agonisingly short against arch rivals Pakistan despite Sachin Tendulkar's brilliance. Mohammed Siraj's dismissal stirred the deja vu of Chennai. On a tense final day at Lord's, India needed 21 m ...Read More >
The Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) announced a nationwide liquor bandh to oppose Maharashtra's tax hikes, which it said are pushing the industry towards a collapse. More than 20,000 bars and permit rooms across Maharashtra will shut operations on July 14 (Monday) in protest against the state government's tax hikes on liquor, which they characterised as "draconian". The Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) said the nationwide bandh has been organised to oppose the stat ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 14 (UNI) In a disturbing incident of road rage, a Swiggy food delivery agent was violently assaulted by three unidentified men near Modi Hospital Junction, under the Basaveshwaranagar police limits, late yesterday night. The assault, which was caught on video and widely circulated online, has raised serious concerns over the safety of delivery personnel operating in India's IT capital. According to police, the delivery agent had stopped his two-wheeler at a red light when a veh ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: At least five people, who were sleeping on a footpath in Delhi's Vasant Vihar, were crushed by a luxury Audi car allegedly being driven by a drunk man, Delhi Police said on Sunday (July 13). The incident took place late Saturday night, at around 01.45 am, when the victims, including an eight-year-old girl, were sleeping on the footpath. The police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. The driver of the car, identified as Utsav Shekhar, a resident of Dwarka, has ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a tragic late-night incident, a speeding white Audi driven by an intoxicated man ran over five people sleeping on a footpath near Shiva Camp in Vasant Vihar, southwest Delhi. The accident, which occurred around 1:45 am on July 9, left two couples and an eight-year-old girl injured. The accused, 40-year-old Utsav Shekhar, a resident of Dwarka, was arrested on the spot by police personnel. Medical tests confirmed he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. Accor ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a horrifying incident in Delhi's Vasant Vihar area, five people, including two couples and an eight-year-old girl, were injured after a white Audi car allegedly ran over them while they were asleep on the footpath near Shiva Camp around 1.45 a.m. on July 9. Eyewitnesses on Sunday said that the driver, later identified as Utsav Shekhar (40), was drunk at the time and tried to escape before ramming into a dumper parked ahead. The victims -- Ladhi (40), her ...Read More >
Srinagar- To the world, he may be seen as extraordinarily lucky. But to 40-year-old Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the Air India crash on June 12, survival has come at an unbearable cost. Vishwas, an Indian-origin British national, was the only person to walk away alive after Flight AI171, a London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner, crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The crash claimed the lives of 241 passengers and crew membe ...Read More >
New Delhi: A speeding Audi car injured over five people sleeping on the pavement in southwest Delhi's Vasant Vihar early this week. Among the injured is an eight-year-old girl, who, along with another victim, is in critical condition. Police arrested the driver, a property dealer who was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the accident.The victims, all originally from Rajasthan, have been identified as Ladhi (40), Bimla (8), Sabami alias Chirama (45), Narayani (35), and Ramchandra (45). They we ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Auto and cab drivers comprised around 30 percent of people who died suddenly due to suspected heart attacks in Hassan district during May and June this year, a state- government appointed investigation revealed. The investigation was initiated following rising concern over a spate of sudden deaths among young individuals. The committee, headed by Dr KS Ravindranath, Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Bengaluru, was tasked with analysing the causes and patt ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A shocking case has come to light from Telangana's Ghatkesar where police on Wednesday, July 9, arrested the wife, the daughter and her lover, of a man after his body was found disposed of in the Edulabad pond. The deceased has been identified as Vadluri Lingam, 45, who worked as a security guard in BN apartments, Noorkhan Bazar through an agency called Om Sri Sai Security Services. The accused have been identified as Vadluri Sharadha, wife of the deceased, Vadluri Manisha, daughter ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 10: iQOO is a brand name that has become synonymous with performance-oriented smartphones that punch above their weight. Recently, the company introduced the iQOO Neo 10R in India as the ultimate performance smartphone in the mid-range segment. Since its launch on 11th March 2025, the Neo 10R has quickly gained a reputation as the go-to gaming phone in the sub-Rs. 30,000 segment. Also Read | Is It Dry Day Today on 10 July 2025 for Guru Purnima? Know if Alcohol I ...Read More >
Lucknow, July 9 (UNI) In a major push to boost investments in the alcohol-based industries, the Uttar Pradesh Excise Department, in collaboration with Invest UP, attracted investments worth Rs 3,600 crore during a day long Excise Investors' Summit here today. The summit was aimed to promote investments in alcohol manufacturing, distribution, and marketing sectors by creating an investor-friendly policy ecosystem and providing stakeholders with comprehensive information on existing policy framew ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Bungalow No 48 in Pali Hills was a dream for many but not for its owner, filmmaker Guru Dutt. For his wife, singer Geeta Dutt, it was a haunted space, for him, never the sanctuary he longed for. In time, he had it demolished - that too on his birthday. The heartbreaking story of the palatial house that never became a home for the celebrity couple has been vividly captured in two books, Bimal Mitra's "Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari" and Yasser Usman's "Guru Dutt: An Unfinished ...Read More >
Kochi, July 8 (UNI) The southernmost Indian state of Kerala is bracing for a potential outbreak of Nipah, a zoonotic virus transmitted from animals to humans, and also through contaminated food or direct human-to-human contact. The incubation period for the virus ranges from 5 to 14 days, after which symptoms become visible. The Nipah virus has a high case fatality rate, ranging from 40% to 75% in humans, said Dr Naresh Purohit, advisor to the National Communicable Disease Control Programme. T ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A mother killed her newborn Sunday midnight due to post-partum depression and financial problems. She drowned the newborn in a water pot while her family members were asleep.The deceased is Hemanth Kumar, a 38-day-old baby, while the accused mother is Radha Mani, 25, a homemaker residing in Visveswarapura in Nelamangala on the outskirts of Bengaluru.Based on preliminary investigation, police said Radha was sleeping in her mother's home opposite her own residence Sunday night. She was ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 7 (PTI) Guru Dutt's legacy is not of awards but of silence, the kind that lingers on after the screen fades to black, says Mahesh Bhatt about the legendary filmmaker who "let beauty crumble into truth". Dutt, regarded as amongst the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema with films such as "Pyaasa", "Kaagaz Ke Phool" and "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam", would have been 100 on July 9. He was found dead, possibly from a cocktail of sleeping pills and alcohol, in 1964 when he was just 39. "He t ...Read More >
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray-led MNS party leader Javed Sheikh's son Rahil Javed Sheikh, is in the legal hotseat after he allegedly misbehaved with Marathi social media influencer and actress Rajshree More, reportedly under the influence of alcohol. More filed an FIR at Mumbai's Amboli Police Station, and has demanded strict action. Rajshree More, a Marathi social media influencer, and also actor Rakhi Sawant's close friend, shared a video of the incident on her Instagram handle. In the video, the a ...Read More >
Chennai : In a meaningful step towards transforming liver cancer care in India, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), Chennai, announced the launch of the Apollo's Advanced Liver Cancers Clinic the first-ever all-under-one-roof integrated clinic dedicated to primary liver cancers and liver metastases. The clinic was inaugurated by Mr. Radhakrishnan Thiagarajan, IPS (ADGP - Retd.) in the presence of Mr. Karan Puri, Chief Executive Officer, ACC & APCC and Dr. Sujith Kumar Mullapally, Consultant - Me ...Read More >
Dehradun, Jul 6 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that public cooperation is needed along with government's efforts to ban forced religious conversions in the backdrop of a demographic change in the state. Addressing the programme 'Developed Uttarakhand @2047, Samuhik Samvad With Ex-Servicemen' here, Dhami said that his government has taken bold steps, including strict action against land encroachment, Uniform Civil Code along, and implementing strict anti-riot ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 6 Jul: The troops of the Assam Rifles (AR) from the Wakka company operating base (COB) under the Khonsa Battalion foiled a surprise ambush by suspected Myanmarese insurgents affiliated with the NSCN (K-YA) faction, according to an AR release. The incident occurred during a routine patrol movement between Khogla and Lyangche in Longding district on 5 July, at around 4:45 am. The patrol came under heavy and sudden fire from a pre-established ambush deep inside the dense jungle terrain. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three men were arrested in connection with a fatal road rage incident in north Delhi's Kashmere Gate area, where they allegedly assaulted a man, leading to his death.The accused identified as Ritesh Kumar (27), Vicky (25), and Anil (27) were reportedly intoxicated and returning home in an e-rickshaw when the incident occurred.According to police, the incident took place around 8.35 pm on June 30 near Khoya Mandi, Mori Gate. The complainant, Gokran (40), said he and his associate Bunty ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Three men have been arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the death of a tempo driver following a road rage incident in the Mori Gate area of the capital on June 30, officials said on Saturday. According to Delhi Police 'Gokran alias Raja, resident of Maharajpura, District Jalaun, UP, age 40 years (works as a labourer in Dilshad Garden, Delhi), reported in his complaint that on 30 June he and his associate, Bunty, resident of Mansarovar Park, Shahdara, Del ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 05: A 42-year-old civil engineer from Suddaguntepalya, Bengaluru, died in his sleep after an alleged domestic altercation with his wife, who claims she acted in self-defence during a violent episode. The deceased, Bhaskar, was reportedly intoxicated when he returned to his Bhavani Nagar residence around midnight on June 27, after staying away from his family for two months. According to police, Bhaskar had been living with a domestic help, with whom he was allegedly having an aff ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Signalling the government's intent to move ahead with the impeachment motion of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that main opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion in the upcoming monsoon session scheduled for July21-August 21. Rijiju said that the government is yet to decide whether the motion would be brought in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. For the Lok Sabha, signatures of a m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Tax sceptics tend to scoff at any move to increase taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks to improve public health outcomes. The popular cynic's axiom is that if alcohol doesn't kill you, sin taxes will. So, zero sum. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says there's an impressive body of research evidence suggesting that high taxes on sin products do work. For instance, between 2012 and 2022, tobacco taxes were raised in 140 countries such that prices went up by 50% on ...Read More >
Lucknow: A man in Lucknow brutally murdered his in laws on Wednesday night in full view of his wife, who is a government school teacher. The incident took place in the Gadhi Kanaura village under the Alambagh police station limits. The accused, identified as Jagdeep, allegedly attacked his father-in-law and mother-in-law with a knife after a heated argument. According to police, Jagdeep visited his in-laws home under the pretext of meeting his child. He was carrying a bag containing a knife and ...Read More >
Guwahati: Ratul Das, caretaker of a 72-year-old woman who was hacked to death on Tuesday night, was arrested after he confessed to the crime, DCP (Central) Amitabh Basumatary said on Thursday.A mason by profession, Ratul had been working as Bandana Das's caretaker for about a year. However, he did not think twice before hacking the elderly woman to death with a sharp sickle, after Das denied giving him the money he sought.Ratul, who was detained on Wednesday after Bandana's blood-soaked body was ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) The World Health Organization (WHO) today unveiled its ambitious "3 by 35" initiative, urging nations to raise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035. The initiative comes as a direct response to the rising global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, which now account for over 75% of all deaths worldwide. "Health taxes are one of the most efficient tools we have," said Dr Jeremy Farrar, Ass ...Read More >
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