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Rising from the ashes: inside Bihar school run from cremation ground
A class under way on the premises of Mukti Dham, a crematorium at the Sikandarpur locality in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari A 31-year-old teacher, Sumit Kumar, has been educating over 100 slum children at a cremation ground in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, since 2017. Mr. Kumar’s initiative, Appan Pathshala, has transformed the lives … Read more
₹1.9 lakh cash in dicky reduced to ashes as electric scooter goes up in flames in Telangana’s Jagtial
Money kept in an electric scooter’s dicky reduced to ashes as the bike went up in flames in Telangana’s Jagtial district. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images An electric scooter parked in front of a house went up in flames after its battery exploded while being charged at … Read more
Hathras Case LIVE Updates: Hathras family refuses to immerse ashes of victim till justice delivered
A BJP MP from Chhattisgarh has stoked a controversy by reportedly referring to the alleged gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras as a “banavat” (fake) incident, drawing flak from the ruling Congress. “If there will a CBI investigation (into Dhanora case), similar incidents will be unearthed in every four to five … Read more