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BHOPAL: Attacked by a jackal, a 65-year-old Dalit woman in MP’s Shivpuri district held her nerves and the canine’s jaws for a good 30 minutes, and finally managed to strangle the animal with her sari. She then collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, waking up in hospital hours later with 18 bite wounds.Surajia Bai Jatav,…

NEW DELHI: In a significant rejig, Centre has promoted 1994-batch IPS officers Manoj Shashidhar and Sampat Meena to the rank of special director in CBI. Both were serving as additional directors with key assignments.Meena becomes only the second woman special director in the agency after Archana Sundaram, a 1980-batch officer whose appointment had followed a…

Globally, being overweight is now the dominant form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents, having overtaken thinness (being underweight), Unicef’s latest report reveals. It said 20% (one in five) of children between 5-19 years were overweight in 2022, while only 10% or one in 10 were underweight. This was a sharp change from 2000,…

NEW DELHI: In a rare incident during the Asia Cup 2025 clash between India and UAE at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, UAE batter Junaid Siddique was initially given out after a sharp direct throw from India’s wicketkeeper Sanju Samson found him short of the crease. However, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav chose to…

Vivek Agnihotri’s much-talked-about film ‘The Bengal Files’ has crossed the Rs 10 crore mark at the Indian box office within six days of its release. Starring Mithun Chakraborty, and Anupam Kher, the film saw a strong weekend rise but has slowed down as weekdays arrived. ‘The Bengal Files’ day 6 collection As per early estimates…

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the late Sunjay Kapur’s wife, Priya, to disclose all his assets, both movable and immovable. HC was hearing a suit filed by the two children from Kapur’s former wife, Karisma Kapoor, asserting their claim to a share in their father’s personal estate. Priya informed the court that…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi’s last two posts on X responding to US President Donald Trump’s comments are being watched as much for what they omit – any mention of his personal friendship with the American president – as for what they contain.On Saturday and again early Wednesday, Trump on Truth Social referred to his…

NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major infrastructure projects in poll-bound Bihar with a cumulative investment of Rs 7,616 crore. While the greenfield four-lane Mokama-Munger highway (82.4 km) will cost Rs 4,447 crore, the doubling of Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat (117 route km) will entail an investment of Rs 3,169 crore.Announcing the decisions, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted a death convict in rape-murder of a seven-year-old girl in Uttarakhand in 2014 and said the highest degree of circumspection should be exercised by courts before awarding the death penalty.The gruesome rape-murder was termed as the ‘Little Nirbhaya’ case and had sparked outrage across the state. A bench…

NEW DELHI: Delhi govt will microchip 10 lakh street dogs, regulate pet shops and launch a rabies action plan. These decisions were taken on Wednesday when the Delhi Animal Welfare Board met at Delhi Secretariat under the chairmanship of development minister Kapil Mishra.As part of animal welfare measures following the Supreme Court’s recent directive to…