Caught playing truant, a Class XI student on Monday stabbed the headmaster at a government-aided school in Tirupattur, Vellore district, leaving him with abdominal injuries that required emergency surgery. The 16-year-old boy attacked R Babu, 53, with a sharp kitchen knife, which he appeared to have carried to school, in the stomach and head around …
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Pakadua Vivah – the practice of kidnapping ‘marriageable’ youths and often forcing them to marry totally unknown girls is an ancient custom, still prevalent in Bihar, especially in the interior areas. To what extent this practice have been followed has largely remained obscure, mainly due to the lack of data. But according to Bihar police data, more than 3,400 youth …
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Acting on a tip-off that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s books were on the syllabus of a privately-run government-recognized school in Dhaki village of Bijnor, Bijnor’s basic shiksha adhikari sent a team and found the allegations to be “correct”. A notice has now been served to the school’s owner. Naik is facing multi-agency probe ever since Bangladesh said that Naik’s …
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In a shocking case of revenge, a girl was killed and her sister was injured when an 18-year-old man opened fire at them after she declined to marry him. Superintendent of police Chandra Prakash said Lovely Mishra alias Ilu, 18, who lived with her uncle in Ramnath Colony, was being pressured by Amit, a resident of her village Khera Jalalpur, to …
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Teenage years can be particularly tricky. Teens have a tendency to take everything to the heart, and live in the fear of parents’ wrath or peers’ approval. They can often take drastic steps. Something like this happened to a 14-year-old girl who ended her life after authorities at the private school didn’t allow her to attend classes after she failed …
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To boost conservation, Maharashtra has begun offering boat rides through Thane creek mangroves for nature enthusiasts who want to watch flamingos and other wetland birds. The one-hour ride along 10 km of thick mangrove cover starts from Airoli in Navi Mumbai, goes up to Vashi and back. bccl/representational image Mangrove cell officials say this is the first such sanctuary in …
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After the Doklam standoff, in order to ensure faster movement of troops in Tawang, the government has planned to build a tunnel at an elevation of 13,700 feet. The tunnel will go through the Sela Pass, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today while presenting the Union Budget. Jaitley said the government was developing connectivity infrastructure in border areas to secure …
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which probed Tej Bahadur Yadav, a BSF soldier posted in the border who was sacked for posting a video criticising the quality of food has failed to find any contacts between him and people from outside the country. Yadav, who was last year dismissed from service has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging …
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The IAF’s counter-intelligence wing has detained a senior officer posted at the Air Headquarters for allegedly leaking classified documents to a woman among other persons, in what is suspected to be an espionage ring being run from Pakistan. The officer, a Group Captain (equivalent to a Colonel in the Army), was allegedly using his smart phone to click pictures of …
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representational image The two cities are ranked among the world’s top 10 cities with the highest rates of cannabis (marijuana or weed) consumption per year. According to a study by Seedo, an Israel-based firm that sells devices to grow weed at home. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Big Day For Indian Navy, Third Scorpene Class …
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