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The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday shunted out 18 personnel from their Noida crime branch and ordered an inquiry after a WhatsApp message "exposed" their "bribe rate card".

A schoolgirl was crushed to death and her elder brother injured on Friday when a speeding truck hit them in south Delhi, police said, adding that the vehicle's driver has been arrested.

A green corridor was created in the peak traffic hours in Delhi on Friday to transport a harvested heart from the airport to a hospital, covering a distance of 13 km in just 11 minutes.

One of the most blatant attempts to rig the result of a gram panchayat seat in West Bengal has backfired. An independent candidate has defeated the local Trinamool heavyweight in the fight for a seat at Krisnaganj, Nadia district, the very place where a man in a pink shirt was seen in a viral video furiously stamping ballot papers at a counting centre on Thursday, the counting day.

An FIR was registered on Friday following a complaint alleging that nearly 100 stray dogs were culled and dumped in a forest area, police said.

An outlet of fast food joint Subway was shut in Hyderabad after a consumer lodged a complaint with authorities on spotting cockroaches in soft drink served at the outlet.

A 60-year-old woman riding pillion on a motorcycle was killed after the two-wheeler was hit by a truck in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar today morning, the police said.

A man, said to be an alcoholic, allegedly poisoned his family in Haryana's Jind, which led to the death of his three minor daughters while his wife and another daughter were battling for life at a hospital, the police said today.

A five-year-old girl was killed by a pack of stray dogs in Punjab's Sangrur district, police said today. The girl, identified as Ashu, was playing near her house on the outskirts of Bhindran village on Wednesday evening when the dogs attacked her, Deputy Inspector of Police (Rural) Sandeep Wadhera said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in ensuring sufficient water supply from Haryana as the national capital stares at a possible water crisis next week.

A girl was crushed to death and her elder brother injured when a speeding dumper hit them while overtaking a bus in south Delhi, police said.

Two women were allegedly robbed and killed on Thursday by their domestic help at Hasanpur village, around 30 km from Ambala, police said.

A 55-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death by a baseball bat and iron rods allegedly by her brother-in-laws and nephews over a property dispute in east Delhi's Jagatpuri area, police said today.

Gusty winds swept across the national capital today in a relief to Delhiites from the scorching sun.

New Delhi and other areas adjoining the national capital have been hit by a dust storm and light rain this evening. The National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA has sent an advisory asking people to try and stay indoors.