Police at the accident spot near Bonguluru exit on early Friday, July 18, 2025. Photo: Special Arrangement Three persons were killed on the spot and one sustained serious injuries in an early morning road accident on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) near Bonguluru exit. The Adibatla police booked a case. According to police, the accident … Read more
Three persons were killed in a head-on collision involving a container truck and a pipe-laden lorry on the Madurai-Thoothukudi highway at Palayampatti junction in Aruppukottai in the early hours of Thursday (July 10, 2025). The deceased were identified as S. Muthuraj, 25, of Watrap, and P. Jayamurugan, 50, of Thoothukudi. The identity of the third … Read more
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter, BBC News Abbie Abbie first began using ketamine when she was 16 Abbie was 16 years old when she started using ketamine. It was the first time she had felt in control. The negative thoughts that had swamped her mind since a young age began to dissipate. Twelve years … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu A man accused of killing and robbing truck drivers on highways was killed in an encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat on Sunday (June 29, 2025), police said. Sandeep, a resident of Haryana’s Rohtak, was wounded in the encounter and later succumbed to his injuries, … Read more
Three individuals, including an Intermediate student and a 10-year-old girl, drowned in different water bodies on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Sunday. At Indira Sagar Cheruvu in Anajpur, Abdullapurmet, two persons drowned after a failed rescue attempt. The victims were identified as Indrasena Reddy, 20, and his relative Pranitha, 10. According to the Inspector of … Read more
Flooding at an apartment complex in Shirur Park area in Hubballi following heavy rains on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Rains continued to lash parts of coastal, south-interior and north-interior Karnataka and two rain-related deaths were reported from Dharwad in the last 24 hours. According to the Dharwad district administration, a 31-year-old man was killed … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy One person was killed and five others were injured in a landslide on the Kedarnath National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district on Friday (May 30, 2025). This took place after a vehicle carrying devotees from Chhattisgarh was struck by the landslide near Kund, close … Read more
Image used for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar Three persons were killed in lightning strikes as unseasonal rains and thunderstorms lashed Marathwada, an official said on Tuesday (May 6, 2025). The deaths were reported in Beed and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts on Monday (May 5), the official from the revenue department said. … Read more
Philippa Roxby Health reporter BBC Chris Brookes-Smith no longer lives in fear of eating the wrong thing Chris Brookes-Smith, 28, used to live in fear of dying from eating even the smallest trace of peanut. Ten years ago he had his worst allergic reaction after ordering a curry at a local Indian takeaway. The trauma … Read more
File image used for representation only | Photo Credit: The Hindu A para jump instructor from the Indian Air Force’s Akash skydiving team succumbed to injuries suffered during a “demo drop” in Agra on Saturday (April 5, 2025), the IAF said. According to police, Warrant Officer Ramkumar Tiwari (41) jumped from a helicopter at approximately … Read more