The woman, a mother of two, was allegedly raped by a co-villager. BEGUSARAI: A woman was allegedly forced to lick sputum in front of a panchayat in a village under Balia police station limits in Bihar’s Begusarai district.The woman, a mother of two, was allegedly raped by a co-villager. However, instead of treating her as...
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From screen to crime scene: How social media is becoming trigger, tool and stage
NEW DELHI: Last week, an 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death, allegedly by eight to 10 people, during an altercation between two groups in outer Delhi’s Paschim Vihar. What began as a tiff sparked by a comment on social media ended in the fatal street assault, underscoring a concerning pattern in modern-day crime.From online confessions...
‘CJP stands with students’: Abhijeet Dipke backs Jharkhand protest
RANCHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday extended support to students protesting in Jharkhand over alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) recruitment examinations.In a post on X, Dipke said, “Spoke to the students who are protesting in Jharkhand over irregularities in JPSC and...
5 women killed, 4 injured in lightning strikes in Jharkhand
RAMGARH/GODDA: Five women were killed and four others injured after lightning strikes in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh and Godda districts on Sunday, police said.Of the five deaths, three were reported from Patratu block in Ramgarh district, while two women died in Maheshpur-Rampur village under Basantrai block in Godda district, officials said.All the victims were killed while sowing...
Locked, loaded … and put on hold: Another bewildering Trump pivot on Iran
Donald Trump says he is holding off US strikes on Iran as negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz continue. TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced yet again that he was calling off a threatened American military strike on Iran for now in the diplomatic equivalent of hitting the brakes on...
Watch: Firefighting helicopters collide mid-air as Greece battles massive wildfire
The collision occurred during a firefighting mission in western Attica, where emergency crews have been battling a fast-moving wildfire Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling a major wildfire in the Attica region west of Athens on Sunday, as crews worked to contain a blaze that has destroyed more than 100 homes and scorched thousands of...
India’s deep-sea bet: Centre’s ‘Samudra Manthan’ to churn crude — How it works
Months of turmoil in the Middle East have wrecked global energy supplies, forcing countries to rethink their energy security strategies. India, however, is looking inward. Rather than relying more heavily on imports, the government is betting on finding more oil and gas beneath its own seas by sharing the financial risks of deepwater exploration, an...
Seven killed, 18 injured in blast at peace rally in Pakistan
The blast occurred near the police station while hundreds of people were attending a protest at nearby Kabal Chowk against the recent rise in terrorism in the Swat Valley. At least seven people were killed and 18 others injured in a suicide bombing outside the Kabal Police Station in Pakistan’s Swat district on Sunday.Swat District...
Ramlila body asks ‘Ramayana’ makers to hold special screening before release
Screengrab from Youtube trailer NEW DELHI: The Shri Ramlila Mahasangh has asked the makers of Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Ramayana to hold a special preview screening for its representatives before the film’s worldwide theatrical release, warning that it will stage protests if the request is not accepted.In a letter addressed to director Nitesh Tiwari and the film’s...
Inside India’s broken jobs market and why the ‘cockroaches’ are fed up
India’s un-employment crisis and helplessness of modern life. (Representative image) Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis transformed an ordinary man into a giant insect to explore alienation, helplessness and the dehumanising pressures of modern life.More than a century later, India’s self-styled Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has adopted a similarly unsettling symbol, not to tell a work of...
