An 18-year-old boy was arrested in Nagpur on rape and POCSO charges after his 16-year-old schoolmate gave birth at home following an attempt to terminate her pregnancy using a herbal concoction learned from YouTube tutorials. Pachpaoli police acted after GMCH doctors raised an alert over post-delivery complications, with authorities reviewing the suspect's age.
A 50-year-old man died by suicide after allegedly hacking his wife to death with an axe in Barnala’s Chhiniwal Kalan village on Friday while she was cutting fodder. Mehal Kalan police registered a case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, confirming the accused died from consuming poison following frequent disputes linked to suspected drug abuse.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has ordered the closure of Central Park in Delhi’s Connaught Place on October 16 and 17, ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ rally on Friday.
Former IAS officer Divya Mittal on Thursday, October 15, announced the launch of her political party, Jan Neeti Bharat, and said it would contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The announcement marks her formal entry into electoral politics after a 13-year career in the civil services.
Aili Wang, a 32-year-old Chinese microbiology graduate student in Wyoming, was arrested at LAX while allegedly attempting to flee to China after poisoning a colleague's tea with acrylamide. Campus cameras caught her tampering with the desk of the victim, who holds pending patents. Wang faces felony aggravated assault charges on a $1.5 million bond.
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has questioned foreign interference in India's internal affairs after American singer Mary Millben alleged that US-based donors opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi were funding the outfit. Millben urged Indian youth to organise peaceful protests against the CJP as tensions continue over electoral roll revisions.
A Parliamentary panel chaired by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey will conduct a threadbare examination of satellite internet in India amid the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's remarks on delays in Starlink approvals. Starlink, Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb, and Reliance's Jio Satcom have applied to launch services as lawmakers review security and policy norms.
A Meerut district court on Wednesday sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death for the murder of merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput in the blue drum case. Concluding a 13-month trial involving 126 hearings and 22 witnesses, the court awarded capital punishment for killing Rajput and concealing his dismembered body inside a cement-filled drum.
Employees can delink an incorrect PF Member ID from their UAN via the EPFO portal by logging in, checking their Service History, and using the Aadhaar OTP-verified delinking option. A mismatch or unauthorised entry typically occurs due to administrative oversights, clerical errors during company onboarding, or employers generating a PF Member ID (MID) for an offer that was ultimately declined.
Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis warned that AI systems could cause 'major' incidents within two years unless companies and governments act urgently to secure them. Speaking at a Dublin conference, Hassabis characterised recent AI failures as 'early warning shots' from systems that are not yet powerful, urging immediate cross-industry safety interventions.
A first-year postgraduate resident doctor from Karnataka, Dr Shivasharanappa Patil, died by suicide at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in Sion through an anaesthesia overdose. Following the registration of an accidental death report, MARD demanded urgent reforms, citing excessive 36-hour shifts, severe burnout, and inadequate hospital staffing.
The Ministry of External Affairs reaffirmed that Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India after China opposed New Delhi's move to standardise names for 28 strategic locations, including Gogra and Hot Spring. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal dismissed Beijing's claims, noting that Survey of India mapping ensures accurate geographical identification.
If the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) retains the 2.57 fitment factor used by the 7th CPC, basic pay for more than 1 crore central government employees, defence personnel and pensioners would rise by roughly 2.57 times across every level of the pay matrix.
Sean Combs was transported out of FCI Fort Dix early Saturday morning after suffering a head injury. An ambulance took him from the New Jersey federal prison at around 1 AM for treatment before he was returned conscious and speaking ahead of sunrise. The non-life-threatening injury follows his recent transfer to a special housing unit.
A 35-year-old Pune resident, Jidhnesh Sadashiv Khandalkar, died after collapsing during a trek to Rajgad fort on Saturday afternoon due to a suspected cardiac arrest. Despite emergency CPR by fellow trekkers, ASI staff, and locals along the Pal Budruk route, he was declared dead at Velhe rural hospital. Velhe police have registered an accidental death case.
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for 'microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation', the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday. Worth 12 million Swedish crowns (USD 1.2 million), the Sveriges Riksbank Prize concludes this year's Nobel announcements after honors in science, literature, and peace.
A girl riding a scooter had a miraculous escape after a speeding sand truck crashed into her two-wheeler on Belapur Road in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar. Caught on CCTV, her quick reflexes allowed her to cling to the truck's bumper and avoid getting crushed. The driver fled the scene, sparking fresh demands for police action against permit-flouting sand dumpers.
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst to date, FRB 20240304B. Originating from a young dwarf galaxy at redshift 2.148 just 3 billion years after the Big Bang, the findings published in Science challenge neutron star merger models and strongly point toward young magnetar origins.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has renewed his support for US President Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize bid, crediting him with helping avert a wider conflict between India and Pakistan in May 2025. Trump did not win the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to South African jurist Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay.
A 24-year-old serving member of the Royal Navy, Teddy Young, has been charged under the UK National Security Act for allegedly obtaining protected information to benefit an unnamed foreign power. Arrested in Bedfordshire by counterterrorism detectives, Young faces two charges and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court, police confirmed Thursday.
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