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LUCKNOW: In a glaring example of medical negligence and quackery, the Ambedkar Nagar police on Friday arrested a class 12 student and an Arts graduate for allegedly conducting a caesarean surgery at an unregistered private hospital, resulting in the death of a woman during childbirth. Probe revealed the illegal hospital had been running for five…
Months after a deadly fire engulfed the Wang Fuk Court residential towers in Hong Kong, the questions surrounding accountability for the tragedy have shifted focus. A university student has been expelled by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or CUHK, for raising the question of accountability for the tragic incident that claimed 168 lives in…
Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a 22-year-old Indian student in Berkeley, has been missing since Tuesday, and the Berkeley Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating him. Authorities have classified him as an at-risk missing person.Sreenivasaiah was last seen in the 1700 block of Dwight Way on Tuesday, according to police.He is described as an Indian…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: A $29 million award to the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year old student from India who was killed in a road accident in Seattle on a cold night in January 2023, will not bring her back to life. But in a gracious gesture and empathetic language that accompanied the…
The family of a 23-year-old Indian student killed by a speeding police officer in Seattle has secured a $29 million (around Rs 260 crore) settlement, news agency AP reported.“Jaahnavi Kandula’s death was heartbreaking, and the city hopes this financial settlement brings some sense of closure to the Kandula family,” AP quoted city attorney Erika Evans…
PATNA: A 22-year-old student was allegedly kidnapped and forced into marriage in Samastipur district, police said on Wednesday.The student, Nitish Kumar, alleged that his friends offered him a cold drink laced with sedatives while he was returning from a library on Feb 7. He claimed he was rendered unconscious, abducted, and later forced to marry…
TARN TARAN: In a horrifying incident inside a Tarn Taran law college, a first-year student shot dead his classmate before turning the weapon on himself. The shocking crime took place on Monday at the Usma Law College, sending panic across the campus.According to senior superintendent of police (SSP) Surendra Lamba, the deceased female student has…
Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has approached the United Nations human rights office seeking assistance for a fair and transparent investigation into the killing of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi.Hadi, 32, a prominent figure during the July–August 2024 mass protests that led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League…
IIT-Bombay Unveils Modern Dining Facility in Hostel 4 MUMBAI: An IIT Bombay civil engineering student, Naman Agarwal (21), died by suicide on Wednesday in Powai, Mumbai. Police said the student was under treatment for depression. Faculty members ruled out academic stress as a reason for his death. “His academic records reflect that he was a…
AI-generated representational image. GURGAON: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by her neighbour in a rented accommodation located in an area under the jurisdiction of the Sector 10 police station.The survivor, a Class 8 student at a government school, is two weeks pregnant, according to people aware of the case. The 19-year-old accused,…
