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London’s Walbrook Street yielded an astonishing discovery in 1952: a remarkably preserved 1800-year-old Roman temple dedicated to Mithras. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons The most amazing secrets about history can be revealed when people are just trying to cure their own pain. The cold fall of 1952 saw a group of construction workers clearing out a…

NEW DELHI: A Bhopal court on Wednesday denied permission for a second post-mortem in the death case of Twisha Sharma, the daughter-in-law of a retired judge, though it directed police to preserve her body.Advocate Ankur Pandey said the family’s plea for a fresh autopsy and body preservation was only partly accepted. Meanwhile, according to ANI…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking the disqualification of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak from contesting elections, while also rejecting a demand to de-register the party itself. Calling it “highly misconceived” the court refused to entertain the sweeping reliefs sought by the petitioner, as per a report…

Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has sparked international outrage after posting videos mocking detained activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, with several governments condemning the treatment as humiliating and inhumane. The footage, shared on social media after Israeli forces intercepted the convoy in international waters, showed activists kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads…

India football team head coach Khalid Jamil played it safe, sticking with almost the same group that defeated Hong Kong in March for their first win in the qualifiers Panaji: The India probables for Unity Cup in London and tri-nation tournament in Tajikistan raised a few eyebrows.While many would have expected Khalid Jamil to wipe…

KHARTOUM: A drone attack on Tuesday killed 28 people and injured 23 others when it struck a Sudanese market in the paramilitary-controlled town of Ghubaysh in West Kordofan, a medical source and three witnesses told AFP.Two witnesses said the drone hit a crowded restaurant at the town’s main market, attributing the attack to Sudan’s army,…

BENGALURU: A 24-year-old woman died by suicide by hanging herself following alleged mental harassment and dowry-related torture by her husband and in-laws in Karnataka’s Ballari district, police said on Tuesday.The deceased, identified as Aishwarya, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her parents’ residence in Kampli town on May 17, officials said, according to…

Punjabi singer Inder Kaur was allegedly murdered in a chilling plot orchestrated by a Canada-based suitor who traveled to India via Nepal. LUDHIANA: Punjabi singer Yashinder Kaur, popularly known as Inder Kaur, was allegedly murdered in a chilling plot police say was orchestrated by a Canada-based ‘suitor’ who travelled to India via Nepal, killed her…

A post-mortem examination of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, who died in Bhopal earlier this month, has concluded that the cause of death was “antemortem hanging by ligature,” while also documenting multiple simple blunt-force injuries on her body. BHOPAL: A post-mortem examination of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma, who died in Bhopal earlier this month, has concluded that the…

Man arrested after wife accuses him of ‘love jihad’ ULHASNAGAR: In an alleged case of ‘love jihad’ to have emerged from Ulhasnagar, a 27-year-old Hindu woman has accused a Muslim man of concealing his identity, posing as a Hindu to develop a relationship with her in order to marry her and forcing her after their…