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NEW DELHI: Child marriage persists in several Indian states despite years of campaigns promoting girls’ education and delayed marriage, with West Bengal and Jharkhand reporting the country’s highest share of girls marrying before the legal age of 18 years, according to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2024.The report – released by the…

The workers fell 35ft to their death. Flagging lapses in safety measures, the VJTI probe also found that the platform’s railing was low MUMBAI: Nearly a month after two workers died after a platform they were on crashed 35ft to the ground at a casting yard site for the Coastal Road phase 2 project in…

AI-generated image used for representational purpose. INDORE: In a twist to what was assumed to be a murder case, a young woman whose father and brother were jailed on charges of ‘killing’ her after she went missing, walked into a police station nearly a month later, prompting police officials to reopen the case.The dramatic event…

61-year-old mentally challenged homeless woman was gangraped in Velachery early Thursday (Image used for representational purpose only) CHENNAI: A 61-year-old mentally challenged woman was gangraped in Velachery during the early hours of Thursday. Police have arrested two guest workers from Bihar in connection with the incident. A 15-year-old boy, who was also detained for inquiry,…

A charred SUV with three bodies inside and a fourth one found in a nearby field along a road in Ajmer district’s Arai area early Thursday led police to uncover suspected murders rather than a road accident. AJMER: A charred SUV with three bodies inside and a fourth one found in a nearby field along…

Jet once stuck at Nagpur MRO for 6 yrs aborts Delhi-SF flight NAGPUR: An Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight that returned to the national capital after remaining airborne for nearly nine hours on Wednesday was the same aircraft that was grounded at Nagpur’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for six years due to…

BEOs in Bareilly were ordered to collect 1,500 quintals of straw for stray cattle housed in local cow shelters (image enhanced with AI) BAREILLY: In a bizarre administrative direction, block education officers (BEO) in Bareilly were ordered to collect 1,500 quintals of straw for stray cattle housed in local cow shelters. The order by Basic…

BJP national executive member and former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday CHANDIGARH: BJP national executive member and former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday voiced his resentment at the appointment of his former Congress colleague Kewal Singh Dhillon as Punjab BJP president.On Dhillon being projected as BJP’s Jat Sikh face,…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was in Dubai when the IPL auction took place. Rajasthan Royals picked him up for Rs 1.1 crore in the 2025 auction – a move that has paid rich dividends ever since. The teenage sensation has become a crucial part of the Rajasthan Royals setup thanks…

BHOPAL: Giribala Singh, a retired district judge who once served in Bhopal’s district and sessions court, is now at the centre of the Twisha Sharma death case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The 63-year-old was arrested by the CBI on Thursday, a day after the Madhya Pradesh high court quashed the anticipatory…