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Prayagraj: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed by her husband with a kitchen knife in front of their children following a domestic dispute in Prayagraj’s Thatheri Bazaar area on Thursday. The accused later surrendered before the police.The victim, identified as Sashi Gupta, was rushed to SRN Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment. Doctors said her condition is stable.DCP (City) Maneesh Shandilya said Sashi had been married to Abhishek Gupta for about 12 years, and the couple had been facing frequent domestic disputes.According to the officer, Abhishek allegedly attacked his wife with a kitchen knife, leaving her seriously injured. After the…

Actor Samarpita Dash, Veteran theatre director and playwright Subodh Patnaik, actor-writer Mamata Tripathi and former Sangeet Natak Akademi secretary Pradip Mishra at the roundtable Before setting out to assess the Rath Yatra chariots across Bhubaneswar, an esteemed panel of artists, theatre practitioners and cultural commentators gathered for a thought-provoking roundtable on the state of Odisha’s arts and culture ecosystem.The discussion brought together veteran theatre director and playwright Subodh Patnaik, actor Samarpita Dash, former Sangeet Natak Akademi secretary Pradip Mishra and actor-writer Mamata Tripathi. Reflecting on the current state of theatre, cinema and arts in Odisha, the panel acknowledged both their…

The footage, which surfaced on Thursday, shows Guddi lying on the floor between two parking pillars when the SUV entered the parking bay around 2pm on Tuesday Gurgaon: An FIR was registered against a private school teacher after CCTV footage captured the moment her Mahindra Thar ran over a 52-year-old domestic help who was resting in the stilt parking area of a residential society in Sector 67. The woman later died during treatment.The footage, which surfaced on Thursday, shows Guddi lying on the floor between two parking pillars when the SUV entered the parking bay around 2pm on Tuesday. The…

Guwahati: Gauhati high court has upheld the conviction of a 71-year-old doctor for outraging the modesty of a schoolgirl, ruling that groping a patient’s breasts cannot be part of a routine examination for menstrual problems, terming it “absurd”.The court of Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund, while hearing the convict’s appeal in the 17-year-old litigation, noted in the order that while a doctor examining a woman for menstrual problems may need to touch her abdomen or private parts, “a diligent person will understand that he is not required to squeeze the breasts or grope the breasts inappropriately.”Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund upheld the…

Kanpur: The parents of a teenage girl have filed a rape case against a 68-year-old jeweller in Darshanpurwa, alleging that he raped their daughter while she was working at the shop and threatened to kill her.The family submitted a complaint at the Police Commissioner’s office, following which Fazalganj Police registered an FIR on Wednesday.According to the survivor’s family, their 13-year-old daughter is a Class V student. Both of their daughters worked as salesgirls at Ashok Rastogi’s shop. They alleged that in April, Rastogi took the 13-year-old to a farmhouse in Bithoor and raped her. The family further alleged that in…

Ludhiana: City residents braved a hot and sultry day to participate in the Jagannath Rath Yatra. This time, two processions were organised by different religious bodies.Both processions drew large crowds of devotees, who lined the streets to seek blessings of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. The twin processions passed through different parts of the city amid tight security and elaborate civic arrangements.The first Rath Yatra, organised by members of the city’s Odiya community, started from Jagannath Puram in Chander Nagar. The second was organised by the Iskcon management from Durga Mata Mandir.Members of the Odiya community organise the Rath Yatra…

Udupi: Kundapur Rural police arrested a father-son duo Thursday for allegedly obstructing a village administrative officer (VAO), threatening him, and abusing him with caste-based slurs inside the Gulvadi gram panchayat office.According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday when Prakash Naik was on duty at the VAO office. Gulvadi residents Palli Suleman and his son Shafi entered the office to submit an SIR form and stood near the complainant’s table. When asked to hand over the form, the accused allegedly verbally abused the officer, threatened him and made casteist remarks.A case has been registered at Kundapur Rural Police Station under…

Mysuru/Chikkamagaluru: The Karnataka Hakki Pikki Tribal Organisation has approached Chikkamagaluru police alleging that a young woman from the community was sold in Senegal, West Africa, by her parents and is now seeking govt assistance to return to India.The organisation president Puneeth Kumar R told TOI that the woman travelled to Senegal with her parents four months ago, to sell herbal products. “The couple allegedly sold their daughter to a local resident there. She later contacted me seeking help,” he said.He claimed the woman is currently stranded in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, and appealed to the Union govt to facilitate her return.…

Noida: A 26-year-old woman, Sneha Srivastava, who was among the two dead in the Mamura paying guest (PG) accommodation fire on Wednesday, had shifted to the city from Moradabad after she bagged a campus placement at a BPO in Sector 62 about two-and-a-half months ago on completing BBA.On Wednesday, she had called in sick at her workplace and stayed back at the PG. Hours later, a massive fire engulfed the building, claiming her life.“Had she gone to the office that day, she might have been alive,” her colleague and next-door neighbour Danish told TOI, while recalling Sneha as a cheerful…

Pune: Four unidentified armed men allegedly robbed two tourists of valuables worth Rs 41,000 near a waterfall at Ambegaon village in Maval taluka on Tuesday. A 27-year-old Moshi resident lodged a complaint with the Lonavla Rural police on Wednesday.According to the police, the complainant, who works for a private company in Pimpri Chinchwad, had gone to Ambegaon with a friend for an outing. While they were near the waterfall, four men armed with sharp weapons approached them and threatened to kill them.The accused allegedly snatched the complainant’s gold ring and his friend’s silver chain and Rs 5,000 in cash before…