Justice stands firm: Nashik Court rejects interim bail plea of Nida Khan, mastermind behind TCS religious conversion, harassment scandal

TCS Nida Khan denied bail: A sessions court in Nashik on Monday refused to grant interim bail to Nida Khan, an employee attached to the Nashik unit of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and the alleged mastermind behind the religious conversion and sexual harassment case, which devolved into a row over the past few weeks. Despite Khan’s legal team citing her pregnancy as a primary ground for pre-arrest…

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Heavy, continuous downpours over past 24 hrs batter Guwahati; IMD sounds fresh alert for more rainfall

Guwahati heavy rains: Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past 24 hours has lashed Guwahati city in Assam. The situation is likely to worsen, as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a fresh alert for more downpours across the state. On Monday, the weather body noted that Guwahati had logged 117.4 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, reaching a record-high for a single day in…

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Jammu and Kashmir road crash: Bus plunges into gorge in Udhampur, 15 die; CM announces ex-gratia

Udhampur bus accident: As many as 15 persons were killed and around 20 of them were injured after a passenger bus they were aboard veered off a hillside road and plunged down a slope in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Monday morning, the police said. As per officials, the incident transpired near Kagort village in the Ramnagar area at 10 am, when the vehicle was negotiating a…

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Tamil Nadu firecracker unit blast: Death toll mounts to 23; bodies charred beyond recognition, prompting DNA tests for identification

Tamil Nadu factory blast updates: The catastrophic blast that occurred at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar on Sunday noon has left behind a trail of destruction. Initially, the death toll stood at 20, which has risen to 23 by Monday, and many bodies are charred beyond recognition. The kin of the deceased are awaiting DNA tests to identify their loved ones, as forensic teams are…

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Vijay divorce case: Court defers hearing to mid-June, marking second adjournment in ongoing proceedings

Vijay divorce updates: The legal proceedings in the divorce case between Tamil actor-turned-politician Vijay and his wife Sangeetha Sornalingam have been deferred yet again, official sources reported on Monday. As per the court’s order, the hearing has been pushed to mid-June. Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu Family Welfare Court on Monday announced the decision after a brief hearing, marking a second postponement in the case since proceedings began earlier in…

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‘Namaz, Roza and Duas’: Another religious conversion coercion case surfaces from Maharashtra’s Nagpur; NGO director held

Nagpur workplace misconduct: As new revelations continue coming to the fore in the TCS Nashik religious conversion and workplace harassment row, a similar case has surfaced on Monday from Maharashtra’s Nagpur city. The police have arrested the director of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) after female employees attached to the workplace levelled allegations of coercive religious practices and sexual harassment by him. The accused, identified as Mohammed Riyaz Mohammed…

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UP: Cleric, his aide drug woman, rape her, film obscene video of the act on pretext of treating her son; arrested

Woman raped inside mosque: A cleric based in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur allegedly raped a woman along with an aide on the premises of a mosque on April 15, the police said. According to police, the duo breached the woman’s trust on the pretext of treating her son, whose health had been on the decline. The accused duo even filmed an obscene video of the act and threatened the…

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UP: Medical representative slits twin daughters’ throats, confesses to cops via Dial-112, held; motive remains unclear

UP man kills twin daughters: A 45-year-old man working as a medical representative allegedly killed his twin daughters (11) by slitting their throats at his house in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday, the police said. The chilling incident unfolded in the city’s Kidwai Nagar locality, and the cops learnt about the incident when the accused himself dialled the police emergency helpline number, 112, in…

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Tamil Nadu shocker: 20 labourers killed in devastating explosion at firecracker unit in Virudhunagar, rescue ops on

Tamil Nadu factory blast: A total of 20 workers employed at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district died on Sunday, after a devastating explosion rattled the facility. The blast, according to police, occurred at the facility situated in Kattanapatti, where dozens of workers were indulged in routine production activities.  The explosion was so fierce that multiple sections of the factory were reduced to rubble, and…

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TCS Religious Conversion row: Accused stalked, harassed victims on social media platforms; NHRC serves notices

TCS Nashik row: Fresh revelations have been emerging everyday in the alleged forced religious conversion and sexual harassment case at the Nashik unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The latest development reported on Sunday revealed that the accused stalked and targeted survivors, as well as other female employees on social media platforms. The police pointed towards the development during its probe.  As per police, the accused harassed the…

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