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The Satara woman doctor had filed multiple complaints naming several police officers, even as the police lodged counter-claims against her. The suicide of a woman doctor in Satara, Maharashtra, has sent shockwaves across the country. While the 29-year-old had accused a police officer of rape, the case involves multiple layers, including a prolonged standoff between the young medical officer and the local police. The doctor, posted at Phaltan Sub-District Hospital, had filed multiple complaints naming several police officers, even as the police lodged counter-claims against her. The woman doctor died by suicide on Thursday, at a hotel in Phaltan town.…

UP: Mother of 6, lover held for murdering her husband. A 30-year-old mother of six children has been arrested along with her 20-year-old lover in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district for allegedly murdering her husband, police said on Sunday. The woman, Haseena Begum, initially tried to portray the murder of her husband Zakir Ali, 35, a resident of Alinagar Kala village, as a murder committed by some relatives over a property dispute after his body was found on Saturday morning under a tin shed in the verandah of their house. The couple have six children. Asked about how he died, Haseena…

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether any jewels had been recovered. Any news of arrests in a heist as massive as the $102-million jewellery theft at the Louvre museum in Paris would make the authorities happy; wouldn’t it? Well, that’s just conventional wisdom. The Paris prosecutor is, apparently, angry — not because some suspects have been arrested; but because revealing details in such a sensitive case can be tricky. Here are the details so far: Some suspects have been arrested for the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum,…

The Airline Pilots’ Association of India said to regulator that the existing 10-hour limit is already at the upper threshold of safe fatigue management. The Airline Pilots’ Association of India on Sunday wrote to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation regarding the recent extension of the Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) for the two-pilot Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The association called the extension from 10 hours FT to 10:30 hours and 13 hours of FDP to 14:00 hours a “matter of grave operational and safety concern”, saying it creates a “scenario ripe for fatigue induced errors.” FDP is the time…

The Pakistani military claimed that militants attempted to cross from Afghanistan on Friday and Saturday into Pakistan’s Kurram and North Waziristan districts. Five Pakistani soldiers and 25 militants were reportedly killed in clashes near the Afghanistan border, the Pakistani military said on Sunday. The violence occurred even as delegations from both countries met in Istanbul to ease tensions following an earlier series of clashes. The Pakistani military claimed that militants attempted to cross from Afghanistan on Friday and Saturday into Pakistan’s Kurram and North Waziristan districts, rugged areas along the northwestern frontier. Pakistan’s military media wing told news agency Reuters…

The first proposed flyover will connect Kanjhawala Chowk to Mangolpuri, linking it with the recently opened Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II). The Delhi government’s public works department (PWD) is set to launch feasibility studies for three new flyovers aimed at easing chronic traffic congestion in West and Northwest Delhi. Officials said the studies, costing over ₹10 crore in total, will begin soon as part of the city’s broader decongestion plan. The proposed flyovers will include one to connect Kanjhawala Chowk to Mangolpuri, linking it with the recently opened Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II); the second will run along the Supplementary Drain from…

Police said the arrested accused Prashant Bankar was son of the landlord of the house where deceased Maharashtra doctor resided and was in relationship with her. Maharashtra Police is investigating the death of a 29-year-old woman doctor who allegedly died by suicide in Satara district, naming in a note on her palm a police sub-inspector (PSI) and another man – Prashant Bankar – who the cops arrested on Friday night and said was in a relationship with the deceased. Satara police arrested Prashant Bankar, who has been identified as the son of the landlord of the house where resided the…

The bike rider, Siva Shankar, allegedly died on the spot after the two-wheeler skidded on the road and hit the divider. The police on Saturday said that the bike involved in the Kurnool bus fire incident had reportedly met with an accident earlier, which led to the death of its rider. The bike rider, Siva Shankar, allegedly died on the spot after the two-wheeler skidded on the road and hit the divider, before the bus ran over the vehicle, Kurnool district Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil said. While the driver of the two-wheeler lost his life, the pillion rider, Erri…

The poll panel is likely to make the announcement of the first phase by the middle of next week. Taking a cue from Bihar despite controversies, a pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral lists is likely to begin next week. The exercise will begin with “10 to 15” states, mostly those that have elections next year, officials said on Saturday. Among the states with elections in 2026 — thus SIR of voter rolls soon in a first phase — are Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal. The poll panel is likely to make the announcement of the…

The severe cyclone is expected to bring heavy to very heavy rain over Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. Cyclone Montha is an impending cyclone which could be developing over the Bay of Bengal and is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm as it approaches the Andhra Pradesh coast. It is expected to make landfall near Kakinada on the Andhra Pradesh coast on the evening or night of October 28, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Expected landfall time and place of storm The depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclone…