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Hyderabad, Mar 6: In a bizarre incident, a 45-year-old man chopped off his 18-year-old son’s hand in Hyderabad on Monday for allegedly getting addicted to pornography on his smartphone despite repeated warnings. Mohammad Qayyum Qureshi, an electrician by profession from Jalpalli colony in Pahadishareef area in the old city, surrendered to the police stating that he had chopped off the right hand

Hyderabad, Mar 6: In a bizarre incident, a 45-year-old man chopped off his 18-year-old son’s hand in Hyderabad on Monday for allegedly getting addicted to pornography on his smartphone despite repeated warnings. Mohammad Qayyum Qureshi, an electrician by profession from Jalpalli colony in Pahadishareef area in the old city, surrendered to the police stating that he had chopped off the right hand

Bhavnagar, Mar 6: At least 26 people of a wedding party were killed when their truck fell into a pit from a bridge near Randhora village in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Tuesday morning, police said. District Collector Harshad Patel said the deceased included 10 women and five children. The truck was carrying around 60 people from Anida village, who were going to attend a wedding ceremony in

Colombo, Mar 6: Sri Lanka Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency to quell anti-Muslim riots that have killed at least two people and damaged dozens of mosques and homes, a minister said. "The cabinet of ministers decided on tough measures, including a 10-day nationwide state of emergency," Minister of City Planning Rauff Hakeem said as police imposed a curfew in the riot-hit central

Raipur, Mar 6: Maoists torched two buses after asking passengers to alight in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district on Monday, police said. One person was reported to have been killed by Maoists at the spot, they said. The incident took place between Peddakudthi and Penta villages under Dornapal police station limits when the two buses, were heading to Hyderabad, a senior police official

New Delhi, Mar 6: Amid reports of sporadic violence in Tripura, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to the state governor and the DGP and asked them to ensure peace till a new government is installed, an official said. During the telephonic calls, Governor Tathagata Roy and DGP A K Shukla apprised the Union home minister about the prevailing situation in Tripura and steps taken to control the

Washington, Mar 6: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Saudi Arabia had granted Air India permission to fly over its territory on its new routes to and from Tel Aviv. There was no immediate confirmation from either Saudi officials or Air India. Netanyahu made the announcement during a briefing in Washington to Israeli reporters after he had met US President Donald Trump

New Delhi, Mar 5: Breaking his silence on the party's defeat in three northeast states, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said he respected the mandate of people in the region and was committed to winning back their trust. Mr Gandhi's reaction came two days after results for assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were declared on Saturday. The Congress lost Meghalaya and failed

New Delhi, Mar 5: Spotlighting the differences between the BJP and its coalition partners in the northeast, the Congress today accused the party of playing a "dangerous game of destabilising the region through its blind quest for power at any cost. The differences are on key issues such as the bifurcation of Tripura and Meghalaya, Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said in a

Mar 5: Following week-long protests by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) aspirants over leak of examination papers, the government has given in to the demands of an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This comes a day after the SSC, which conducts the examination, recommended a CBI investigation into the alleged paper leaks in one of its tests held on February 21. Confirming