Bengaluru: A timely phone call from an alert citizen to the child helpline (1098) on Saturday morning thwarted what officials suspect was an attempt at child sacrifice in Sulibele, near Hoskote, about 50 km from Bengaluru. Acting on the tip-off, officials rescued an...

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For decades, acid attacks in India have been documented through statistics, court judgments and intermittent headlines. Far less attention has been paid to what follows long after the violence ends. Beyond medical treatment and criminal trials, survivors often face...

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Bengaluru: Tension gripped Jagjeevan Ram Nagar on Sunday night after stones were allegedly hurled at devotees pulling a deity’s chariot during a procession from the local Om Shakti temple, police told Press Trust of India. A police officer said a complaint was...

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NEW DELHI: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Morigaon district in Assam early Monday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The tremor occurred at 4:17:40 am IST, with the epicentre located at latitude 26.37°N and longitude 92.29°E, at a...

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Roorkee: Two youths from Meerut were killed late Saturday night after their car plunged into the Gangnahar canal near Manglaur. The victims were identified as Saurabh Sharma (23) and Ayush Sharma (21), residents of Kurali village in Meerut. Neighbours and close...

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NEW DELHI: An Indian woman who went missing on New Year’s Eve was found dead with stab wounds inside her boyfriend’s apartment in the US state of Maryland, police said. In a post on X, Howard County Police said officers located the woman, reported missing on January...

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