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NOIDA: A couple died and their three children were found poisoned at their home in Greater Noida’s Ecotech 3 area on Thursday, triggering an investigation into suspected poisoning. The children, aged 10, 8 and 4, were hospitalised and are now stated to be out of danger.According to police, the couple, Shravan Pal (40) and his…
A wedding celebration turned into a scene of devastation in Pakistan’s north-west after a suicide bomber blew himself up among guests, killing at least seven people and injuring around 25 others, officials said. The attack took place on Friday night in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.Police said the blast occurred at the…
MUMBAI: The suicide of a student at IIT Kanpur this week has once again drawn attention to a deepening mental health crisis across India’s premier technical institutes, with figures showing that the Kanpur campus alone accounted for nearly 30% of all IIT student suicides over the past two years. According to data maintained by the…
NEW DELHI: Two deaths allegedly linked to pressure from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls took place on Thursday in West Bengal, officials said. A booth-level officer, Ashok Das, and a 60-year-old senior citizen, Putu Sheikh, lost their lives amid growing anxiety over the SIR exercise.Das, an assistant teacher at Baharu High…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A Times of India report on a fan’s harrowing suicide attempts moved legendary playback singer Kumar Sanu to act, turning a disturbing news story into a moment of compassion and concern.Shaken after reading about the incident, Sanu personally reached out to find out how the man was doing and even spoke to the psychiatrist…
BENGALURU: Days after 23-year-old dental student Yashaswini B was found hanging in her bedroom, her mother has accused six of her daughter’s lecturers of abetment to suicide.Based on her complaint, Suryanagar police in Bengaluru Rural district have registered a zero FIR, which has been transferred to Bommanahalli police.Initially, police had registered a case of unnatural…
A new audio recording purportedly featuring Maulana Masood Azhar, the elusive chief of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), has surfaced on social media, boasting that his organisation now commands “thousands” of suicide bombers who are prepared for immediate deployment. The clip has surfaced at a time when Pahalgam attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri…
NEW DELHI: A new audio recording, purportedly featuring Maulana Masood Azhar, the elusive chief of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), surfaced on social media, boasting that his organisation now commands “thousands” of suicide bombers prepared for immediate deployment.The clip surfaced at a time when Pahalgam mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri was captured on…
HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad allegedly poisoned her 11-month-old son before dying by suicide at her home near Meerpet on Friday, police said.Authorities said the woman, identified as Sushmitha, had been facing marital disputes with her husband, Yashwanth Reddy. According to police, she allegedly administered poison to her son, Ashwanth Nandan Reddy, and subsequently…
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