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Girl, 15, Hangs Self In School, Suicide Note Alleges Harassment By Principal
A 15-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the study room of a private school after accusing the principal of molesting and sexually harassing her in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, officials said on Monday.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers Hold 'Funeral' For Onions As Prices Crash
Farmers in Dhamnar village of Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district took out a funeral procession for onions after market prices crashed so low that they could not even recover their basic production and transportation costs
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4-Year-Old Hung From Tree For Not Completing Homework In Chhattisgarh School
In a shocking incident that has raised disturbing questions about child safety in schools, two women teachers allegedly inflicted brutal punishment on a four-year-old student for not completing his homework.
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Mumbai International Airport Surpasses Previous High For Single-Day Movements
Adani Group-AAI-run Mumbai International Airport handled 1,036 air traffic movements in a single day on November 21, surpassing its earlier best of 1,032 achieved earlier this month, mainly due to festive demand.
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3 Arrested For Posing As Police Officers To Impress Relatives At Wedding
Three people were allegedly arrested in Jhalawar, Rajasthan, for allegedly posing as policemen to impress family members at a wedding, officials said on Monday.
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Cab Driver Trying To Break Up Fight Stabbed To Death In Faridabad
A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death when he tried to break up a fight near Sector 17 bypass road here, police said on Monday.
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Girl, 5, Raped In Maharashtra, Villagers Stop Family From Alerting Cops
Some residents of a village in Maharashtra's Beed district allegedly stopped the kin of a child who was sexually assaulted by a 15-year-old boy from reporting the matter to the police or seeking medical treatment for her, officials said on Monday.
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Girl Kidnapped, Raped By 5 On Her Way To College In Odisha
A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and later gang-raped by her friend and his four associates while she was on her way to college in Odisha, officials said.
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Whistleblower-Turned-Accused Masked Man In Dharmasthala Case Gets Bail
The masked man, who had alleged that he assisted in illegal mass burials in Dharmasthala and was later arrested on charges of perjury for lying about certain facts in the case, was granted bail by the Mangaluru District Court today.
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Oral Case Requests Only In "Extraordinary" Situations: Chief Justice Surya Kant
On the first day as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, set a new procedural norm that mentioning cases for urgent listing must be made in writing, and oral requests will be entertained under "extraordinary circumstances."
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Top Court Agrees To $570 Million Settlement By Fugitive Billionaire Brothers
India's Supreme Court has agreed to drop criminal charges against billionaire brothers Nitin and Chetan Sandesara if they pay a third of their dues in a $1.6-billion bank fraud, a step that could prompt other offenders to seek similar settlements.
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"Ludicrous, Unacceptable": Government Sources On Woman's Shanghai Airport Ordeal
India has lodged a strong demarche with China in Beijing and New Delhi on a day an Indian woman passenger from Arunachal Pradesh was detained while transiting in China.
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Probe Agency Freezes Rs 523 Crore In Assets Of Gaming Firms WinZO, Gameskraft
The ED on Monday said it has frozen collective deposits worth about Rs 523 crore of online gaming companies WinZO and Gameskraft as the platforms allegedly "held" funds worth crores of rupees that should ideally have been refunded to players.
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Meerut 'Blue Drum' Murder Suspect Muskan Gives Birth To Baby Girl
Muskan, who is in Meerut jail for the gruesome murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput and hiding his body in a blue drum, gave birth to a baby girl at the local medical college hospital on Monday evening, jail officials said.
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14-Year-Old Student Dies By Suicide At Maharashtra Residential School
A 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide at a residential school for tribal students in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Monday, police said.
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Supreme Court Warns Against Vindictive Use Of Criminal Law To Settle Scores
Criminal law cannot become a platform for initiation of vindictive proceedings to settle personal scores and vendettas, the Supreme Court on Monday said, as it deprecated the recent trend where the judicial system is being misused
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Delhi Boy Loses Ear In Shocking Pit Bull Attack, Dog Owner Arrested
A six-year-old boy was left with severe injuries, including the loss of his right ear, after a pit bull mauled him in northwest Delhi's Prem Nagar area.
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Several Flights Cancelled As Ethiopian Volcanic Ash Drifts Towards India
Several flights were cancelled, and Indian airlines and airports were issued an advisory to deal with possible disruptions due to an ash plume from the volcanic activity in Ethiopia on Monday. The ash cloud is now moving over northern India.
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Merit-Based: Omar Abdullah On Admission Of Muslims In J&K Medical College
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has defended the admission of Muslim students to Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College and said merit, not religion, must be followed by the college. The BJP has issued strong objections to the move.
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Delhi Minister Invokes Lincoln As Student Suicide Puts School Under Scrutiny
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood issued a strongly-worded letter to the principal of St Columba's School, questioning the school's emotional safety ecosystem and urging urgent reforms.
