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French prosecutors on Tuesday appealed for witnesses after a former teacher was charged with the aggravated rape and sexual assault of 89 minors over more than five decades across multiple countries, in what authorities described as an unusually extensive abuse case.Prosecutor Etienne Manteaux said the suspect, Jacques Leveugle, a 79-year-old former educator born in 1946…
Representative image (AI) French prosecutors on Tuesday announced that a 79-year-old former educator has been charged with aggravated rape and sexual assault involving 89 minors, with the alleged crimes spanning more than five decades and multiple countries.Speaking to reporters in the southeastern city of Grenoble, public prosecutor Etienne Manteaux said that the accused, Jacques Leveugle…
The tragic suicide of three minor sisters in Ghaziabad on February 4 has reignited a nationwide discussion on digital addiction, with renewed demands to restrict or ban social media access for minors in India.Amid the growing calls for regulation, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has pushed back strongly against the idea of banning social media for…
NEW DELHI: Father of the three minors who died by suicide in Ghaziabad opened up about the incident as he got emotional on camera. He said that his daughters were “angry” because he had “snatched away” their phones, given their obsession with the Korean drama, games and reels.“I used to pamper my children a lot……
Pune’s Porsche crash claimed 2 lives NEW DELHI: Noting that there have been frequent cases of drunk minors snuffing out innocent lives while driving cars, SC Monday said their parents are to be blamed for allowing them to drink and drive. It, however, granted bail to three accused in Pune Porsche accident case in which…
BAREILLY: An FIR has been registered under Section 3 of the stringent Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act against five minor Muslim girls — aged between 15 and 17 — for allegedly getting their 16-year-old Hindu friend to wear a burqa in Moradabad.The incident took place on Dec 12, 2025, but has…
Mutual fund investments can be made in the name of a minor (below 18 years) across all categories — equity, debt, hybrid, gold/silver and international funds — but they come with specific operational, documentation and tax rules that parents must understand before investing. Here is a clear question-and-answer explainer, as reported ET, covering how it…
Elon Musk, X’s chief, said that he is unaware of naked underage images being generated by the artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, and added that it doesn’t produce anything illegal. He also said that there are exceptions when adversarial hacking of Grok prompts does something unexpected. “I am not aware of any naked underage images generated…
MEERUT: A court in Bulandshahr sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl, and sent his father to three years in prison for kidnapping. The court of additional district judge Manoj Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 46,000 on the son and Rs 3,000…
BENGALURU: City police have warned hotels, pubs, other commercial establishments, and event organisers not to allow crowds beyond the holding capacity at their venues and all parties must end by 1 am for New Year’s Eve (NYE) and New Year celebrations.Speaking to TOI, city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said: “If their venue is full,…
