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The accused was questioned after being picked up on the basis of an FIR lodged against him by his mother-in-law in Kodala police station area on Thursday.     The accused planned to start business by selling his wife's ornaments, said police. (Representational) Berhampur, Odisha: A 28-year-old labourer allegedly strangled his 22-year-old wife to death and chopped her body into pieces before disposing of those into a gorge in Rushikulya River in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Bhagabanpur village in Sorada police station area. He was questioned after being picked up on the basis of an FIR lodged against him by his mother-in-law in Kodala police station area on Thursday. "Following a heated exchange of words at their home on Wednesday night, the accused strangled his wife to death and carried her body to the gorge, chopped it into five pieces with an axe and threw those into the river," a police officer said. He said though

The officers allegedly stole at least $600 in cash and other items from passengers' luggage.                                                 The two officers were arrested in July A shocking video of two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers stealing money and other items from bags of passengers at Miami International Airport has gone viral on social media. According to the New York Post, the officers allegedly stole at least $600 in cash and other items from passengers' luggage on June 29 this year. The officers identified as 20-year-old Josue Gonzalez and 33-year-old Labarrius Williams, were arrested in July when enforcement officials began investigating claims of theft occurring at the checkpoint. A video of the theft has emerged now, showing the agents working together to take money from wallets and purses that passed them on the way to the X-ray machine. In the footage, one of the officers is seen putting his hand inside a wallet and slipping the money insid

The officer has denied the charge, saying the man was already crouched in that position when he entered his office, and he, in fact, asked him why he was doing it and requested others present there to help him up.                   Udit Pawar was removed from his post, and hasn't been assigned a fresh posting so far. New Delhi: A government official in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly has been removed from his post after a video of a man allegedly being 'punished' inside his office went viral. Udit Pawar, the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Mirganj town in Bareilly district, has been accused of asking a man to 'crouch like a chicken' after he reportedly visited the officer for the third time with a request for a cremation ground. Mr Pawar has denied the charge, saying the man was already crouched in that position when he entered his office, and he, in fact, asked him why he was doing it and directed others present there to help him to his feet. The District Magistrat

Health minister Veena George has said Friday that at present, the contact list of infected persons has 1,080 people while 130 people have been newly included today in the list.             Nipah Virus: As of now, six positive cases of Nipah Virus have been reported in the state. Kozhikode: In the wake of the Nipah virus infection, all educational institutes in Kerala's Kozhikode will remain shut for a week until next Sunday, September 24. This includes schools, professional colleges, and tuition centres. Meanwhile, online classes will be ensured throughout the week, the district administration said on Friday. Health minister Veena George has said on Friday that at present, the contact list of infected persons has 1,080 people while 130 people have been newly included today in the list. Out of all this 327 people in the list are health workers. A total of 29 people in other districts are in the contact list of Nipah-infected people. Among them, 22 are from Malappuram, one from Way

Climate experts have linked the disaster to the impacts of a heating planet, combined with Libya's decaying infrastructure. Combination of satellite images showing a coastal roadway in Derna, Libya, on July 1, 2023, top, and the same flood damaged area on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. DERNA: Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing at least 4,000 people. The enormous surge of water burst two upstream dams late Sunday and reduced Derna to an apocalyptic wasteland where entire city blocks and untold numbers of people were washed into the Mediterranean. Calling the situation "catastrophic", the United Nations launched an appeal for more than $71 million to respond to the "most urgent needs of 250,000 people targeted out of the 884,000 people estimated to be in need". An AFP journalist in Derna said central neighbourhoods on either side

If convicted, Sha could face 45 to 60 years in prison, WFIU, an Indiana-based public radio station, reported. Prosecutors allege that Ji Min Sha stabbed Varun Manish Chheda (L) several times in the head and neck with a folding knife WASHINGTON: A Korean man accused of fatally stabbing his Indian-origin roommate at Purdue University in the US state of Indiana has been found competent to stand trial, according to media reports. Ji Min Sha, who was charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Varun Manish Chheda, of Indianapolis, in October 2022, was previously found incompetent to stand trial in April by a Tippecanoe County judge. In his April order, Tippecanoe Circuit Court Judge Sean M Persin wrote that Sha has reported hallucinations and has experienced chronic psychosis and delusional thoughts while in jail. According to a September 12 court filing, doctors at Logansport State Hospital found Sha competent to stand trial after months of treatment, WTHR, a television station in Indi

Buddhia used to call senior girl students to his office cabin and sexually assault them. He also threatened them to not disclose the matter to anyone. Image used for representational purposes only.  BALANGIR: In a significant judgement, the POCSO court of Balangir on Friday sentenced a school teacher to 20 years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting girl students. POCSO judge Gopabandhu Gadnaik also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on convict Biswanath Buddhia. He was working at a school in Mursing village under Deogaon block. Buddhia will have to serve an additional jail term of two years if he fails to pay the fine, special public prosecutor of Priya Bohidar said. Buddhia used to call senior girl students to his office cabin and sexually assault them. He also threatened them to not disclose the matter to anyone. The incident, however, came to light after one of the victims shared the issue with her parents. On August 22, 2022, villagers gheraoed the school demanding action against Bu

Everyone knows that Pakistan has waged a proxy war. Our Army should give a befitting reply once and for all, an elderly man who lives in Dhonchak’s neighbourhood said.                              Family members mourn the death of Colonel Manpreet Singh.  CHANDIGARH: Jagmeet Kaur, an economics teacher, with her two doting children Kabir Singh (6) and Banni Kaur (2) had just returned to Panchkula after spending time with her husband Col Manpreet Singh in Kashmir. She was devastated when the news came a fortnight later that Col Manpreet had been killed in gun battle with terrorists in Anantnag on September 13. Col Manpreet Singh, commanding officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles, was a third-generation Army officer. He was leading his troops from the front when he received critical gunshot wounds. In 2012, he was decorated with the Sena Medal for gallantry after he neutralised terrorists in J&K. Singh had spent almost five years with the same Rashtriya Rifles battalion, the first three as

Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Officer Kevin Dave when she was crossing a street on January 23. Jahnavi Kandula was a native of Kambaluru camp village in Kowthalam mandal in Kurnool.  SEATTLE: Demanding justice for Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula and the resignation of two Seattle police officers, more than 200 people from different communities held a rally at an intersection where she was struck and killed by a speeding police patrol car. Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Officer Kevin Dave when she was crossing a street on January 23. He was driving 74 mph (more than 119 kmh) on the way to a report of a drug overdose call. In bodycam footage released on Monday by the Seattle Police Department, Officer Daniel Auderer laughed about the deadly crash and dismissed any implication Dave might be at fault or that a criminal investigation was necessary. More than 200 people on Thursday took to the Seattle intersection where Kandula was fatally struc

Sunil Kanjarbhat (46), the captain of the flight, sustained multiple abrasions with trauma to the chest wall and spine. Officials gather around a damaged aircraft after it veered off the runway with six passengers and two crew members on board at the Mumbai airport amid heavy rains. MUMBAI: Neil Diwan, the co-pilot of a private jet that skidded off the runway at Mumbai airport suffered a spinal injury and has been moved to another hospital for surgery, Dr Deepak Namjoshi, the director of Criticare Asia hospital said on Friday. He said seven others admitted to Criticare Asia’s Andheri East hospital are stable and being monitored. A private jet veered off the runway while landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday amid heavy rains and all the eight people onboard have been hospitalised with injuries. The Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL belonging to VSR Ventures, had flown from Visakhapatnam. “Neil Diwan (in his early twenties) has a spinal fracture and paraplegia (a condition where both the