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The petitioner, a Roman Catholic, got married in 1988 and had three children. She was divorced in 1997. Her husband stopped paying maintenance for the children when her youngest daughter turned 18 years old. The petitioner has two sons aged…

In a shocking road accident as many as ten persons including four women and six children were killed when an auto rickshaw in which they were travelling fell into a road side agricultural open well between Mupkal and Mendora under Mupkal…

A fire broke out in Thirupathi Ezhumalaiyan temple at the 'Laddu' preparation centre. Laddu preparation is being done in a big hall with 150 gas burners. As the preparation was going, a spark of fire fell on the ground which has stains of…

This is the second case of gang rape in Nagaon district in eight days. A minor died in Assam’s Nagaon district after she was gang-raped by three – two of them juveniles – and set on fire. The incident happened at Lalunggaon, about 125 km…

The Thiruvananthapuram City police have widened the scope of their efforts to trace the whereabouts of Liga Skromane, a Latvian national who went missing from Kovalam over a week ago. The 33-year-old woman, missing since March 14, was…

‘Petrichor’, a 36-minute loop video that explores deteriorating water bodies in and around Fort Kochi and Mattancherry will be on at Lulu Mall, Cochin. The aim is to create awareness on water conservation. The initiative, taken up jointly…

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be  launching a communication satellite GSAT-6A onboard GSLV-Mk-II  from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 4.56 pm on March 29. The rocket will take off from the second…

A 28-year-old teacher was kidnapped by three persons in a car near her apartment  and assaulted before she was left on the roadside near Kasavanahalli in an unconscious state in the early hours. The victim, who sustained multiple injuries,…

World Sparrow Day Where have the house sparrows gone? It is a question ornithologist, researchers and bird watchers in the city have been asking for long. As we observe World Sparrow Day, experts say before we can ascertain…

In a chilling incident, a Class X student was murdered with sharp objects in Nigdi area in Pune, police said on Tuesday. The victim, a resident of Chinchwad’s Purnanagar locality, was a student of Nigdi’s Amrita Vidyalayam and was appearing…