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A tragic accident on Sunday morning claimed the lives of four people and left seven others injured when a Bolero collided with a trailer near Dardakhand on the Sonbhadra-Raipur road, police said.

Commuters traveling towards Mumbai via the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will face disruptions as the exit towards the city in Panvel will be shut for six months starting February 11, 2025. The closure is due to the construction of a new flyover and underpass at Kalamboli Circle under the Kalamboli Junction improvement project, being executed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).

Mumbai has reported its first case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder, with a 64-year-old woman currently undergoing treatment at a civic-run hospital.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Parvesh Verma secured a significant victory over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency during the Delhi Assembly elections. Following his win, his daughters, Trisha and Sanidhi Verma, expressed their gratitude to voters and took a dig at AAP’s governance.

Arushi Nishank, daughter of former Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, has accused a Mumbai-based film producer couple of cheating her out of ₹4 crore. She claimed that the couple, Varun Pramod Kumar Bagla and Mansi Bagla, who own Mini Films, lured her into investing the amount with promises of a 20% return and a role in their film but failed to deliver on either.

The Kerala government has earmarked ₹750 crore for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide survivors, state finance minister KN Balagopal announced while presenting the annual budget for the 2025-26 financial year in the Assembly on Friday.

Lovepreet Kaur, a 30-year-old woman from Bholath in Punjab's Kapurthala district, endured a harrowing 25-day ordeal before being deported from the United States. She and her 10-year-old son were among the 104 Indian illegal immigrants sent back as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented migrants.

In a significant judgment reinforcing the humanitarian objective of maintenance laws, the Supreme Court has directed a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, even though her previous marriage was legally subsisting. The ruling, delivered by a bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, underscores that strict legal interpretations should not defeat the social welfare purpose of Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which aims to prevent women from destitution.

Kolkata, February 2, 2025 : Acclaimed engineer and emerging poet Vaishna Biswas officially launched her poetry collection, ‘Unheard Melodies’, at the Kolkata International Book Fair 2025 on February 2. Published by Exceller Books, this powerful collection explores themes of social justice, personal struggles, and human resilience, shedding light on oppression, pain, and loss while offering messages of hope, courage, and renewal.

A tragic accident at a popular eatery in Kaloor claimed the life of a worker and left three others critically injured after a cooking steamer exploded on Thursday, officials said.

Three teenagers tragically lost their lives and another was injured in a tractor accident near Charra village in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district on Wednesday. The boys, who had skipped school, were riding the tractor when it overturned while returning from a joyride.

Three people lost their lives, and over 40 others were injured in two separate highway accidents that occurred on the Mahakumbh route, while devotees were traveling to Prayagraj for the religious gathering. The tragic incidents took place on Wednesday night and Thursday morning in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, respectively.

Jhansi, a city renowned for its heritage and resilience, is also home to one of the most esteemed names in healthcare—Dr. Janak Singh Rajput. With distinguished qualifications including M.B.B.S., M.S., and M.Ch in Genito-Urinary Surgery, Dr. Rajput has earned a reputation as a trusted expert in urological care, bringing hope and healing to countless patients.

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Atishi, Chief Minister of Delhi, in response to an appeal filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor. Kapoor is challenging a lower court’s decision that quashed summons against Atishi in a defamation case he filed in April 2024.