Jharkhand family buries wrong body after mistaken identity; missing man returns alive

Police have now begun the process of exhuming the body to conduct a DNA test to identify the deceased correctly

T.N.’s maternal healthcare indicators have improved in post-COVID-19 period, finds IIT-M study

The researchers say these improvements follow sustained investments in ambulance services, referral systems, and maternal healthcare programmes during and after the pandemic

Shrinking shared spaces in a growing cityscape

Hyderabad is building upward at breakneck speed. But amid gated communities, flyovers and glass towers, the city’s shared public life is quietly shrinking. As open spaces retreat behind private walls,…

Fake call centres duping U.S. citizens busted in Bengaluru, man from Delhi, another from U.P. arrested

Police said the call centre employees used fake identities resembling those of U.S. officials to gain the trust of victims

Calcutta HC orders setting up SIT of CBI to probe hushing up charges in R G Kar rape-murder case

The Bench said that, considering the social ramifications of the gruesome incident, a three-member SIT would look into charges of evidence destruction and allegations made by the medic’s parents that…

Lakshmi could have been a child bride

Teenage girls across five villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district are resisting child marriage, supported by frontline government workers who don’t want to see their own lives repeated in another…

Voter confusion fears over simultaneous polls ‘misplaced’, says ONOE JPC chairman

P.P. Chaudhary said the critical thinking ability of voters, especially in rural areas, should not be underestimated

West Asia crisis hurting Indian tea exporters

According to the Indian Tea Association, about 46% of the country’s tea exports are concentrated in Iran, the UAE, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Egypt