Man accused of carrying out acid attack on daughter, niece in Kasaragod arrested

Man accused of carrying out acid attack on daughter, niece in Kasaragod arrested

A man accused of carrying out a brutal acid attack on his daughter and niece has been arrested by the police on Sunday (September 7, 2025). The suspect, identified as Karnataka native K.C. Manoj, 46, was found hiding under the bed at an isolated house in Parakadav, Rajapuram. On Friday, Manoj, who was reportedly intoxicated, poured … Read more

Flight carrying over 100 Indian students, evacuated to Armenia from war-torn Iran, lands in Delhi

Flight carrying over 100 Indian students, evacuated to Armenia from war-torn Iran, lands in Delhi

Armenia, Jun 18 (ANI): Indian students reach Zvartnots International Airport to board a flight from Armenia to New Delhi, under Operation Sindhu, facilitated by the Government of India in view of the Israel-Iran conflict, on June 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/@MEAIndia via ANI Photo The first flight carrying over 100 students, who were evacuated … Read more

Bus carrying pilgrims to Prayagraj Maha Kumbh catches fire in U.P., 1 killed

Bus carrying pilgrims to Prayagraj Maha Kumbh catches fire in U.P., 1 killed

An elderly passenger was killed when a private bus carrying pilgrims from Telangana to the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh caught fire on Tuesday, police said. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze, which created chaos at the tourist facility in Vrindavan where the bus was parked, they said. According to Additional SP City Arvind Kumar, … Read more

Gwalior student builds drone capable of carrying a person. Anand Mahindra reacts

Gwalior student builds drone capable of carrying a person. Anand Mahindra reacts

Industrialist Anand Mahindra has commended a high school student from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, for his remarkable achievement in building a single-seater drone-copter entirely on his own. Medhansh Trivedi dedicated three months to constructing the drone, which is capable of flying a person who weighs up to 80kgs for approximately six minutes, according to local reports. … Read more

Coast Guard seizes vessel carrying 6,000 kg methamphetamine

Coast Guard seizes vessel carrying 6,000 kg methamphetamine

Representative image | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a major anti-narcotics operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) seized a vessel with six Myanmarese crew carrying 6,000 kg of contraband Methamphetamine near Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an official said on Monday. The drugs were found packed in around 3,000 packets of 2 kg each, which are … Read more

Tripura police arrest five drug traffickers carrying brown sugar, in Agartala

Tripura police arrest five drug traffickers carrying brown sugar, in Agartala

Interrogation of the drug peddlers revealed vital information regarding additional accomplices involved in the trade.  | Photo Credit: PTI In a major effort to combat drug trafficking in Tripura, the police in Agartala have apprehended five drug traffickers along with the quantity of brown sugar. The operation was conducted based on specific intelligence inputs regarding … Read more

Sarpanch held for carrying liquor bottles illegally in Chittoor

Sarpanch held for carrying liquor bottles illegally in Chittoor

The police personnel with the accused and the seized liquor bottles, at Palamaner on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chittoor Superintendent of Police P. Joshua said that the Palamaner police on February 27 (Tuesday) night arrested K. Prakash Naidu (57), sarpanch of Gollapalle panchayat of Bangarupalem mandal, in the ‘Cattle Faram’ area on the … Read more

India working with authorities after flight carrying mostly Indians detained in France

India working with authorities after flight carrying mostly Indians detained in France

India on Saturday said it was working with the French government for an early resolution of the situation after a Nicaragua-bound flight carrying 303 people, mostly Indians, was detained by French authorities during a technical halt at an airport near Paris over suspected “human trafficking”. The plane that took off from Dubai in the United … Read more

KSEB cries foul after MVD slaps fine on contract vehicle carrying pole

KSEB cries foul after MVD slaps fine on contract vehicle carrying pole

A contract vehicle of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) was charged a fine of ₹25,000 by the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) recently. The fine was slapped on charges of driving the vehicle without valid insurance, a fitness certificate, and carrying a projected load (a pole) beyond the length of the vehicle. The challan was … Read more