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Man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife

Meerut, May 8 -- The district court in Bareilly has sentenced a 45-year-old man to life in prison for the murder of his mentally challenged wife, whom he repeatedly electrocuted while she was tied to ... Read More


CBI arrests CGST supt, computer operator in Mrt bribery case

LUCKNOW, May 8 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a superintendent posted in the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) department in Meerut and a computer operator attac... Read More


Capital still leads in violent crimes: NCRB report

New Delhi, May 8 -- The Capital recorded a 15% drop in registered criminal cases in 2024, with roughly 275,000 cases lodged under the Indian Penal Code and its successor Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),... Read More


Trial by fire: Agniveers came of age in high-stakes combat debut

New Delhi, May 8 -- Agniveers, India's youngest soldiers, faced a baptism of fire during Operation Sindoor last year, but their performance in their first brush with conflict reflected courage, resili... Read More


Strange reluctance of Governor Arlekar

India, May 8 -- Here's what should have happened in Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar should have invited C Joseph Vijay of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which emerged as the single-... Read More


Pakistan, a year after Operation Sindoor

India, May 8 -- The package of measures adopted against Pakistan after last year's terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, were collectively the strongest deployed against provocation by that country i... Read More


Beyond the crime and punishment numbers

India, May 8 -- The 2024 report on Crime in India, released on Wednesday, is significant because it is the first after the adoption of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the new criminal code that rep... Read More


Rahul Gandhi's politics of fruitless opportunism

India, May 8 -- It is useful to begin with recent chronology. The Congress fought the elections in Tamil Nadu as a junior partner of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). It fought in West Bengal again... Read More


India's antibiotic crisis has a vaccine solution

India, May 8 -- Every year, antibiotic resistance kills more people in India than in any other country. Drug-resistant infections were directly responsible for 267,000 deaths in India in 2021 and were... Read More


'No bilateral sports ties with Pak except multi-nat'l events'

New Delhi, May 8 -- India will maintain a blanket ban on bilateral sporting ties with Pakistan, the union sports ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. However, Indian teams and players will compe... Read More