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He befriended women online and asked them to marry him. And once he had earned the women’s trust, he would disappear with their money. This was the modus operandi of Mukeem Khan, a conman who had cheated over 50 women across the country, including a woman judge who failed to see through his lies. Khan, 38, a resident of Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch recently for extorting money from women on false pretexts. He created multiple accounts on matrimonial websites with fake identities and trapped women in his intricate web of lies. Khan told the cops he used to target Muslim women – unmarried, widowed and divorced –… Read More »UP Man Promises To Marry 50 Women, Including A Judge, And Cheats Them

A BJP leader’s invective for Rahul Gandhi — that he is the “number one terrorist” — has snowballed into a huge row, with leaders of the Congress and the BJP carrying on a no-holds barred epistolary war. First it was Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the response to which came this morning from BJP chief JP Nadda. While it was formally answered by Jairam Ramesh, the Congress’s communications in-charge, a barrage of verbal criticism came from the party’s other leaders. With each letter, the barbs have got sharper. “The Congress is shocked that the letter written by our president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Shri Mallikarjun Kharge… Read More »“Juvenile, Shallow”: Jairam Ramesh On JP Nadda’s “110 insults” Claim

Yashasvi Jaiswal curbed his natural flair to make a determined 56 against Bangladesh in seaming conditions here on Thursday, and the young opener said such experiences will make him a stronger, all-weather player in future. Jaiswal’s half-century and his 62-run partnership with fellow left-hander Rishabh Pant helped India avoid a total collapse on the first day of the opening Test after getting reduced to 34 for three inside the first 10 overs. “It was amazing to go out there and play in these conditions. It will make me strong and I will learn from it as to how to play in all these conditions and how to plan my innings,” Jaiswal told reporters in the… Read More »Mahmud “Bowled Well But…”: Jaiswal On India’s Shaky Start vs Bangladesh

In 1958, Brazilian cattle baron Celso Garcia Sid sent cowboy Ildefonso dos Santos to India to find a bull that could enhance Brazilian livestock, according to the BBC. Cid was browsing through photographs when he fell in love with a calf named Krishna: his coats were reddish white and his horns hung downward. Cid immediately ordered the purchase of this wonder bull. That was in 1960 when the wonder bull from India arrived in Brazil. During that time the cowboy had described him as “colossus”. “Nothing that is said about this animal can reveal anything-it is a colossus,” he had said. According to BBC, Krishna, gifted by the Maharaja of Bhavnagar, proved to be a… Read More »How India’s ‘Krishna’ Bull Revolutionised Brazil’s Dairy Industry

<p>Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday that genome sequencing will be conducted to identify the variant of the virus that the person diagnosed with monkeypox (Mpox) in the state has contracted.</p> <p>A day after a 38-year-old man in this district was confirmed to have contracted Mpox, the minister also said that all activities in accordance with the current protocol for disease prevention had been carried out.</p> <p>She said that the 2B variant of the Mpox virus has a lower potential for spread. However, the 1B variant of the virus, found in Africa, has a higher potential for spread.</p> <p>”Once the variant of the virus is identified, it will help in understanding its potential… Read More »Genome Sequencing To Be Conducted To Identify Mpox Variant Found In Kerala Man: Health Minister