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A 50-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her son allegedly after she did not allow him to shift to Canada for work, police said on Saturday. The incident took place in Molarband village in southeast Delhi’s Badarpur area, they said. After killing his mother on the evening of November 6, the accused, Krishna Kant (31), called his father Surjeet Singh (52) and asked him to come home, they said. When Singh reached home, Krishan Kant said “sorry” to him and asked him to go upstairs and see for himself what he had done, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Ravi Kumar Singh said. Upon reaching the first floor of the house, Singh found his wife… Read More »Delhi Man Kills Mother, 50, For Not Allowing Him To Shift To Canada: Cops

A Class 10 student was brutally murdered in her sleep at home by masked intruders in Kushinagar, police said on Saturday. Three people were arrested in connection with this. They said it happened on Friday night when Priya Singh and her father Jaynarayan Singh were sleeping in their Nauka Tola area home, while other members of the family were away for Chhath Puja celebrations. According to police, masked intruders allegedly entered the house, slit Priya Singh’s throat and also attacked her father with a sharp weapon. Jaynarayan Singh suffered injuries to his hands in the attack, they said, adding that the assailants fled when the man raised an alarm. Police arrived shortly and sent Priya… Read More »Student Killed, Father Attacked By Masked Intruders While Sleeping In UP: Cops

A captain’s knock by Charith Asalanka steered Sri Lanka to a hard-fought four-wicket victory over New Zealand with six balls to spare in Saturday’s T20I opener in Dambulla. Chasing a modest 136 to win, Sri Lanka’s batsman struggled to capitalise against the second-string visiting team. But a crucial 38-run stand for the sixth wicket between Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga steadied the ship and inched the team to victory. “Overall it is a good win,” Asalanka said. “We should have restricted them to 110 or 120 but they did well with the lower order.” The stand was broken when Hasaranga went for a big shot off Zakary Foulkes but fell short, caught at mid-on by Kiwi… Read More »Asalanka Knock Seals 4-Wicket Sri Lanka Win Over New Zealand In 1st T20I

The body of a BJP worker was found inside the party office at Usthi in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, a police officer said on Saturday. The worker, Prithviraj Naskar, used to handle the social media accounts of the party in the district. The BJP pointed an accusing finger at the Trinamool Congress (TMC), while the police, after arresting a woman in connection with the killing, said the reason for the murder could be personal. Naskar’s blood-soaked body was discovered at the party office on Friday night. His family members said he had been missing since November 5. A senior police officer said the arrested woman confessed to having hit Naskar with sharp weapons,… Read More »BJP Worker’s Body Found Inside Party Office In Bengal, Woman Arrested

Three forest department officials were injured after they were attacked by a leopard while they were putting the trapped big cat in a cage in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place in a forest near Dharmanagri when the officials managed to trap the leopard. A video shows three forest department officials carrying the leopard to a cage kept in a truck. It appears that the officials subdued the leopard with sticks and they appeared to tie its limbs. While two officials can be seen holding the leopard’s paws, another, wearing a helmet, can be seen holding the big cat near its head. As they approached the cage, the officials… Read More »Video: Trapped Leopard Was Being Loaded On Truck. Then This Happened