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CITU cites 645 safety lapses at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant; ₹1 crore sought for each blast victim

CITU cites 645 safety lapses at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant; ₹1 crore sought for each blast victim

CITU State general secretary Ch. Narasinga Rao addresses a press conference on the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) issue. File | Photo Credit: V. Raju The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Thursday (July 9, 2026) stepped up its protest against the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) management, seeking the immediate arrest of the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) after a series of fatal accidents at the plant. In a press statement here, CITU State president Ch. Narasinga Rao and State secretary R.K.S.V. Kumar alleged that the management’s “callous negligence” had made the workplace unsafe, and that employees were no longer assured of a safe return home after their shifts. Lack of accountability The union leaders pointed to an accident on June 8 that killed 10 workers. They said the probe committee appointed by Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy had yet to release its report, a month after the accident. According to CITU, the State’s Factories Department had earlier identified eight serious safety violations and issued a notice to the VSP management on June 23, 2026. …

Karan Tacker on being victim of online scam: The scammers are now using other platforms as they are blocked on Whatsapp

Karan Tacker on being victim of online scam: The scammers are now using other platforms as they are blocked on Whatsapp

Karan Tacker recently became a victim of online scam as some people reached out to his fans, impersonating as his manager and offering a meeting with him in exchange for money. “Someone from the media sent me a screenshot of a person impersonating to be my manager. Then when I put it up on my Instagram, somebody I work with in Delhi also who does events, again sent me another screenshot. What they are doing is that they are saying they will connect people to Karan Tacker and asking for an advance for it. So, I got in touch with cyber crime who said that they blocked the number,” he tells us, sharing that as a preventive measure, he also put up a story and a post on his Instagram account on Monday to make his fans aware of the situation. Karan Tacker (Photo: Instagram) Karan Tacker shares that even after all these precautionary steps being taken, the scammers aren’t stopping at trying to dupe his fans. “Since I put the post up, I have …

Mob beats man to death for allegedly raping, killing girl in Bengal; body found stuffed in sack in pond

Mob beats man to death for allegedly raping, killing girl in Bengal; body found stuffed in sack in pond

The body of a 12-year-old girl, who went missing on Saturday, was recovered from a pond in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, with her family members alleging she was raped and murdered, following which a mob lynched a man on suspicion of being the accused, police said, adding that one person has been detained The girl’s body was found stuffed in a sack in the Surjyapur Haat area. (PTI/Representative) According to the girl’s family, she left home on Saturday afternoon to buy food but never returned. They have alleged that four people kidnapped her, said an officer aware of the matter. The incident came to light around 11 am on Sunday when the girl’s body was found stuffed in a sack in the Surjyapur Haat area, triggering protests by locals. “The residents also blocked roads and the local railway track demanding justice for the victim and attacked police and central paramilitary personnel,” a Baruipur police officer said, requesting anonymity. ALSO READ | Body of 12-year-old rape and murder victim recovered in Bengal’s …

Father of three-year-old victim terms Pune court’s verdict ‘satisfactory’

Father of three-year-old victim terms Pune court’s verdict ‘satisfactory’

The father of the three-year-old victim expressed deep satisfaction with the court verdict in the Nasrapur minor girl rape and murder case, saying it aligned with what the family and the entire community had been demanding since the horrific crime, news agency ANI reported. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Police recreate Lohagad Fort crime scene, say Chetan Chaudhary pushed victim

Police recreate Lohagad Fort crime scene, say Chetan Chaudhary pushed victim

As the investigation into the alleged murder of Ketan Agarwal continues, the police on Sunday recreated the crime scene at Lohagad Fort near Pune with the accused, the victim’s fiancee Siya Goyal, to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to his death. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Lonavala Division) Gajanan Tompe said, “Today, according to Siya’s description, we recreated the crime scene at the Lohagad fort. Superintendent of Police (SP) and other senior officials were also present (during the recreation).” Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Thousands join candlelight march at Pune’s Lodha Belmondo, seek justice for victim

Thousands join candlelight march at Pune’s Lodha Belmondo, seek justice for victim

In a powerful show of solidarity, nearly 3,000 residents of Lodha Belmondo township, located along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Pune, participated in a candlelight march on Friday evening, demanding justice for realtor Ketan Agarwal, whose death at Lohagad Fort earlier this month has become one of Maharashtra’s most closely watched murder investigations. Men, women and children walked through the township carrying candles and placards reading “Justice for Ketan.” Participants also raised slogans demanding a fair, transparent and speedy investigation while calling for stringent legal action against those accused in the case. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Reagan Simmons-Hancock: All about Taylor Parker’s victim amid Netflix’s Maternal Instinct release

Reagan Simmons-Hancock: All about Taylor Parker’s victim amid Netflix’s Maternal Instinct release

Netflix is going to release a new true crime documentary Maternal Instinct on June 12, 2026. It has turned attention not only to convicted killer Taylor Parker but to the young woman whose life was taken. Reagan Simmons-Hancock was 21 years old when she was murdered in her own home in New Boston, Texas, in October 2020. Reagan Simmons-Hancock was 21 years old when she was murdered in her own home in New Boston, Texas, in October 2020, which is explored in Netflix’s Maternal Instinct. (X/@KUDALINGAM49671) Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock was born on November 14, 1998. She grew up in New Boston, a small town in east Texas. She was 35 weeks pregnant at the time of her death on October 9, 2020. A young mother who was killed by her friend Reagan married her husband Homer Hancock, and the couple already had a three-year-old daughter. They were expecting their second child, a girl they had named Braxlynn Sage. Reagan had met Taylor Parker online and the two had become real-life friends. Parker photographed Reagan’s engagement …

Migrant worker rescued from Kerala drain, claims he was trapped there by a magician

Migrant worker rescued from Kerala drain, claims he was trapped there by a magician

A migrant worker purportedly from West Bengal was pulled out of a drain in Kozhikode, Kerala, on Saturday (June 6) by fire force personnel, and he said he’d been stuck there for the past few days. Adding to the intrigue of the circumstances, the man claimed that he had been trapped there “by a magician”. Migrant worker claims he was trapped in a drain in Kozhikode, Kerala for the last few days by a magician (Manish/HT) Also Read I Clogged drains across Gurugram raise flooding fears ahead of monsoon The incident was first brought to light by a passerby who noticed a hand stretching out of a small opening in the drain, officials told news agency PTI. After being pulled out, the man told fire force personnel that he has been trapped there for the past few days by a magician. “There is something suspicious and mysterious about how he got inside it. There is no open manhole or slab nearby from where he could have entered or fallen inside the drain. He was also …

Man flees after allegedly strangling wife to death in Gurugram; manhunt underway

Man flees after allegedly strangling wife to death in Gurugram; manhunt underway

A man allegedly strangled his wife to death with her scarf following a quarrel at their residence in a village here, while their four children were asleep on the terrace, police said on Thursday. Narendra Singh, originally from Mathura, was living in the village with his wife Kajal Devi and four children. Both husband and wife worked as labourers with a private company. (HT Photo/Subhash Sharma/Representational) Following the incident, the husband allegedly fled the scene, they said, adding that a manhunt is underway to trace the accused. According to police, the incident took place in Bans Aliyar village under IMT Manesar police station area. Narendra Singh, originally from Mathura, was living in the village with his wife Kajal Devi and four children. Both husband and wife worked as labourers with a private company. Police said 36-year-old Kajal Devi used to return home from work around 8:00 pm every day and her husband would arrive around midnight. On Wednesday night, the husband, upon returning home, saw his wife talking to someone over phone. Infuriated, the husband …

Family of 1978 Sambhal riot victim gets first land allotment under rehabilitation drive

Family of 1978 Sambhal riot victim gets first land allotment under rehabilitation drive

Sambhal , The family of a victim of the 1978 Sambhal riots on Thursday received the first land allotment certificate from the district administration under an initiative to rehabilitate families that left the district following the violence. Family of 1978 Sambhal riot victim gets first land allotment under rehabilitation drive Uttar Pradesh Minister J P S Rathore handed over the certificate for a 100-square-metre plot to the family of Ram Sharan Das Rastogi, who migrated from Sambhal in 1979 after the riots. The plot has been allotted in Alam Sarai Dehat village in Sambhal. The certificate was handed over after a ceremony involving prayers and Vedic rituals, in the presence of Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Anjaneya Kumar, District Magistrate Ankit Khandelwal and Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Vishnoi. The Sambhal riots took place on March 29, 1978. According family members and local accounts, several people were killed in the violence. Rastogi, a trader, was among those killed after his grocery shop was allegedly looted and set on fire. His family alleged that he was stabbed and …