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NEW DELHI: India remains among the countries with the highest number of maternal deaths globally, a major study published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health has found, with progress slowing down post 2015 after years of rapid decline.Around 2.4 lakh women died globally in 2023 due to pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, the study…
SRINAGAR: A day after an avalanche struck at Zero Point at Zoji La, located at an altitude of over 11,500 ft, killing seven people from Kargil and injuring six others, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil Saturday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of a lax response and urged the govts of Union Territories of Ladakh…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told high courts to be circumspect in exercising discretion to grant bail to the accused in dowry death cases, highlighting that the social evil continues to take the lives of thousands of women.Cancelling a Patna high court order granting bail to an accused husband, whose wife was murdered…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for comparing the current fuel crisis sitution to that of Covid-19 in his Parliamentary address on Monday. The Congress leader remarked that the PM has “forgotten what had happened then, how many people had died and what kind of tragedies…
NEW DELHI: An Indian national died in Riyadh following recent developments on March 18, the Embassy of India in Saudi Arabia confirmed in an official statement.The mission confirmed it is in touch with the deceased’s family as well as local authorities, and is providing all necessary assistance. It also expressed condolences and said it is…
The 2026 Global Terrorism Index, released Thursday, records sharpest drop in terrorism deaths in years, yet the geopolitical storm clouds gathering over South Asia, the Sahel, and the West suggest the reprieve could be short-livedThe geography of global terrorism has shifted again. In 2025, Pakistan replaced Burkina Faso as the country most affected by terrorism,…
NEW DELHI: The occultist, Kamruddin—arrested for allegedly killing three people near Peeragarhi—had started influencing five others through ritual claims and collecting money from them, said police. Investigators said chat logs and mobile records corroborated his attempts to “brainwash” them. “The individuals were residents of Jahangirpuri, Ghazipur and Loni, and had reportedly paid him money on…
Man shoots ex-girlfriend, kills self in Noida car, message on phone hints at motive NOIDA: A 32-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were found dead with gunshot wounds inside a locked car in Sector 107 on Saturday afternoon. Police are investigating the twin deaths as murder-suicide, based on a message in the man’s phone that…
NEW DELHI: Kamruddin, the 72-year-old occultist arrested for allegedly killing three people using poisoned laddoos in a car on Peeragarhi flyover, has been described by cops as a habitual offender — a shadowy figure whose criminal history stretched across Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, leaving a trail of fear and tragedy in its wake.In one of…
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday told officials any death in the state caused by banned Chinese kite strings (manjha) should be treated as murder.The CM’s directive comes after a sharp rise in Chinese manjha-related deaths in the state. At least eight people lost their lives in…
