In a desperate attempt to address a prolonged power outage and the inaction of local authorities, a man in Telangana’s Mahabubabad district took the risky step of restoring electricity himself. The incident unfolded after the town experienced a seven-hour power cut, leaving residents without power and receiving no communication or assistance from the electricity department. … Read more
A 32-year-old man recovered ₹3.71 lakh lost to a parcel scam with the assistance of Hyderabad cybercrime police. Police said that the man, a private employee, received a call claiming to be from a ‘FedEx agent’. “The caller informed him about a parcel containing illegal items like fake passports and drugs addressed to him. This was … Read more
BBC Matthew Sharp has been unable to leave hospital for nearly a year A disabled man has spent nearly 10 months in a busy general hospital because no suitable home has been found for him in the community. Matthew Sharp, who has a range of complex conditions, says he has been left in limbo while … Read more
The Fire and Rescue Services personnel rescued a man who was trapped in the Sitharkundu waterfalls in Palakkad district on Tuesday. Ramesh, 39, was part of a six-member team from Vandithavalam that visited the waterfalls in the morning. Two of them were trapped as there was a sudden gush of water from the hills. One … Read more
An 18-day-old baby girl was rescued by Bandlaguda police of Hyderabad from Gulbarga in Karnataka on Friday. The girl was sold by the father four days ago, allegedly for ₹1.5 lakh. Police said that the complaint was received from the infant’s mother. Mohd Asif, 40, a daily wage labourer, and his wife Asma Begum, 36, … Read more
The Bombay High Court has acquitted a maternal uncle who had been sentenced to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting his minor niece who later gave birth to a daughter. A bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing an appeal against a judgement passed by the Mangaon Sessions court in Raigad which had concluded … Read more
Police in Peshawar, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, arrested a 72-year-old man for attempting to marry a 12-year-old girl, according to local newspaper Express Tribune. Authorities intervened before the nikkah could take place. The girl’s father, Alam Syed, is accused of agreeing to sell his daughter to the 72-year-old groom, Habib Khan, for 500,000 Pakistani … Read more
A man from Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh, returned home alive during the thirteenth-day rituals after his family had performed his last rites. Recently, a photo of an accident in Surwal near Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, was circulated on social media, requesting help for the injured. A family from Lahchoda village identified the injured man as … Read more
A man was caught on CCTV snatching a woman’s mangalsutra as she was sitting in a pizza shop in Haryana’s Panipat. The incident took place on Sunday when the woman and her friends were eating pizza in a shop. The accused entered the pizza shop wearing a helmet under the pretext of taking delivery. In … Read more
An unidentified man in Haryana’s Rewari was on Saturday caught on CCTV breaking into a shop and stealing money and other valuable items. According to the Rewari Police, the unidentified man entered the shop, that belonged to one Bajrang Goyal, and stole nearly two lakh rupees from the cash box and other valuable items. The … Read more