Dileep Case: 2017 abduction and rape case: Kerala actor Dileep acquitted; Pulsar Suni among 6 found guilty | Kochi News

2017 abduction and rape case: Kerala actor Dileep acquitted; Pulsar Suni among 5 found guilty KOCHI: The Ernakulam principal sessions court acquitted actor Dileep in the sensational 2017 abduction and rape case on Monday. Dileep was accused of conspiring and hiring a gang to execute the crime. However, the court found the gang led by…

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‘Serious problem’: Afghan capital losing race against water shortages

Representative Image (AI) KABUL: Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband’s meagre daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply residents of Afghanistan’s increasingly parched capital.Kabul faces a looming water crisis, driven by unruly and rapid urbanisation, mismanagement over years of conflict, and climate change, meaning people like Bibi…

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Traveller who visited every country says North Korea nearly put him in prison after friend scattered ashes |

North Korean officials accused the traveller’s companion of “polluting their country” after discovering a selfie video of him scattering ashes at the DMZ/ Henrik Jeppesen For most travellers, visiting twenty countries is an achievement. For Henrik Jeppesen, a Danish backpacker-turned-blogger, twenty was just the warm-up. By 28, he had stood in more than 2,000 destinations…

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Setting fire to rules

Tragedies like that in Goa nightclub remind us that many businesses & all govts are callous when it comes to safety norms The terrible fire at a nightclub in Goa’s Arpora that killed 25 people – trapping many of them in the kitchen – again spotlights the criminal negligence of safety norms in this country….

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