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Maha: Man held for raping visually impaired minor stepdaughter

3:05 pm December 6, 2020

Thane: Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping his six-year-old visually impaired stepdaughter in Maharashtra‘s Thane district, a police official said on Sunday. The girl’s mother married the 44-year-old accused, a resident of Mumbra township here, after her husband died about a year back, senior police inspector Madhukar Kad said. In the last one year, the […]

Man held for harassing woman over failed surrogacy deal

12:00 am December 6, 2020

Mumbai: A man has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman and demanding Rs 5 lakh after a surrogacy contract between his female friend and another woman failed to take off, a crime branch official said on Saturday. The complainant woman had worked as a caretaker for surrogate mothers in Pune in the year […]

50-yr-old man found murdered in Delhi’s Sonia Vihar

11:50 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi: The body of a 50-year-old man bearing multiple injuries to the head was found at his home in northeast Delhi‘s Sonia Vihar area on Saturday morning, police said. The deceased, identified as Birender Singh, used to stitch gunny bags and lived with his wife, they said. A senior police officer said the victim’s […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

As pandemic rages, the faithful mourn, carry on

10:43 pm December 4, 2020

Madrid: Relief may be on the way in the form of mass-produced vaccines, but COVID-19 continues to ravage communities around the world with the global death toll reaching some 1.5 million, leaving the living to mourn them and carry on. At a Spanish mortuary, three red roses and a wooden cross graced the plain coffin of a […]

COVID-19 vaccination drive after scientists’ nod: PM Modi

4:39 pm December 4, 2020

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that experts believe that the wait for a COVID-19 vaccine will not be long and it may be ready in a few weeks, asserting the vaccination drive in India will begin as soon as scientists give the nod. In his remarks here at an all-party meeting held […]