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Delhi police trace Baby Falak's 3-year-old sister

Delhi police trace Baby Falak's 3-year-old sister

Rediff.com7 Feb 2012

In the latest development in the Baby Falak case, the Delhi police have traced the second child of her mother, Munni, in Muzaffarpur in Bihar. The three-year-old child has been identified by the police as Sanobar.

Nobel for DNA discovery sells for record 29 crore

Nobel for DNA discovery sells for record 29 crore

Rediff.com5 Dec 2014

A 1962 Nobel Prize medal won by biologist James Watson for the discovery of the structure of DNA has fetched more than $4.7 million (Rs 29 crore), setting a world record for any Nobel Prize sold at auction.

Kapurthala lynching: Despite 30 cuts on victim's body cops yet to register murder case

Kapurthala lynching: Despite 30 cuts on victim's body cops yet to register murder case

Rediff.com23 Dec 2021

Meanwhile, the man was cremated as no one came forward to claim the body.

Is Constant Coughing A Sign of TB?

Is Constant Coughing A Sign of TB?

Rediff.com10 Jan 2024

Along with persistent cough that may last for several weeks, tuberculosis patients also complain of frequent bouts of fever, chills and sweating at night, says Dr Rahul Kendre.

ISIS chief Al-Baghdadi dead in US raid: Trump

ISIS chief Al-Baghdadi dead in US raid: Trump

Rediff.com27 Oct 2019

US President Trump said the IS leader spent his last moments "whimpering and crying and screaming" in a dead-end tunnel before he blew himself up, killing also his three children.

'Horse-trading is in the BJP's DNA'

'Horse-trading is in the BJP's DNA'

Rediff.com16 Jan 2019

'The message they want to send to the country is that they can do anything by hook or crook'

Bodies of 2 suspected Mahad tragedy victims found

Bodies of 2 suspected Mahad tragedy victims found

Rediff.com20 Aug 2016

The death toll in the Mahad bridge collapse incident has reached 28 after navy divers on August 14 found the wreckage of a washed away SUV and recovered two bodies trapped inside it on August 14.

Pak has credible intel confirming Mehsud death

Pak has credible intel confirming Mehsud death

Rediff.com11 Aug 2009

The Pakistan government has received "credible intelligence reports" confirming the death of local Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a drone attack and physical evidence is being collected to validate the claim, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday.

M'lore crash: Mass burial for 12 unclaimed bodies

M'lore crash: Mass burial for 12 unclaimed bodies

Rediff.com2 Jun 2010

The bodies of 12 persons who lost their lives in the horrific air crash at Mangalore on May 22, will be buried in the city in the presence of various religious heads

Give blood sample on May 26: HC to N D Tiwari

Give blood sample on May 26: HC to N D Tiwari

Rediff.com21 May 2012

Congress leader N D Tiwari was on Monday asked by the Delhi high court to appear in person on May 26 before it to give blood sample for a DNA test to decide the paternity suit of a man claiming to be his son.

Kanpur school manager's son held for sexual assaul

Kanpur school manager's son held for sexual assaul

Rediff.com31 Dec 2010

The CB-CID team, probing the sexual assault of a girl student in Kanpur, has said that the DNA test of the school manager and his two sons have matched with the semen found on the clothes of the victim. The 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by Piyush, younger son of the school manager Chanderpal Verma, the team said in its report. The report also held guilty Verma and his elder son Mukesh for not taking the victim to the hospital following which the girl died.

UAE: 17 Indians get death for killing a Pakistani

UAE: 17 Indians get death for killing a Pakistani

Rediff.com29 Mar 2010

Seventeen Indians have been sentenced to death by Sharjah's Shariah court for killing a Pakistani man and injuring three others in a vicious attack last year.

Assam woman kills husband, mother-in-law; chops bodies into pieces

Assam woman kills husband, mother-in-law; chops bodies into pieces

Rediff.com21 Feb 2023

The murders happened in July and August last year, and few parts of the mother's body were recovered on Sunday near Cherrapunji in Khasi Hills.

Prabhakaran shot dead, says Sri Lankan army

Prabhakaran shot dead, says Sri Lankan army

Rediff.com18 May 2009

Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead, the Sri Lankan army stated on Monday.Earlier in the day, the SL army, which had closed in on the last foothold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, killed several top rebel leaders.The body of Charles Anthony, Prabhakaran' son, was found during mop-up operations in the last rebel-held territory in the no-fire zone on Monday morning.

Will hang ourselves from same tree: Father of Badaun victim

Will hang ourselves from same tree: Father of Badaun victim

Rediff.com23 Aug 2014

Accusing police of destroying vital evidence, the father of one of the two teenaged cousins, who were found hanging from a mango tree in Badaun, on Saturday threatened that the family members would hang themselves from the same tree if "justice is not done in the case".

Kapurthala lynching: Gurdwara caretaker arrested for murder

Kapurthala lynching: Gurdwara caretaker arrested for murder

Rediff.com24 Dec 2021

The Punjab police on Friday arrested the caretaker of a Kapurthala gurdwara for the lynching of a man and he has been charged with murder, a senior official said on Friday.

Exhumed bodies are of party loyalists: CPI-M

Exhumed bodies are of party loyalists: CPI-M

Rediff.com7 Dec 2007

While villagers claim that the exhumed bodies belong to registered missing persons, CPI-M members claimed that the bodies were of party loyalists who were killed in an attack by Trinamool Congress activists.

2nd lynching in Punjab: Autopsy finds 8 deep cuts on victim's body

2nd lynching in Punjab: Autopsy finds 8 deep cuts on victim's body

Rediff.com20 Dec 2021

Police said no murder case has been registered in this case as yet and their priority is to establish the identity of the man for which they have shared his pictures in media and with the police in other states.

Barge tragedy: 66 dead; Navy deploys diving teams to look for bodies

Barge tragedy: 66 dead; Navy deploys diving teams to look for bodies

Rediff.com28 May 2021

The Navy and the Coast Guard continued the search for the nine missing personnel from the barge and 11 from Varaprada even as hopes of finding more survivors of the Cyclone Tauktae fury receded, an official said.

Heart attack could be in your genes

Heart attack could be in your genes

Rediff.com4 May 2007

An Icelandic company is in the process of developing a DNA test that will determine inherited vulnerability to heart attacks

Hannah's 'killer' gets support from dad

Hannah's 'killer' gets support from dad

Rediff.com29 Jul 2004

Jagjit Singh said on Thursday that his son, who confessed the crime, was under 'tremendous pressure'.

Asha Goel murder: Mumbai cop in Canada

Asha Goel murder: Mumbai cop in Canada

Rediff.com10 Jan 2007

Asha Goel was at the Mumbai apartment of her brother, Suresh Ranchhoddas Agrawal, when she was killed in 2003

Pak finally confirms Mansour's death after Taliban appoints new chief

Pak finally confirms Mansour's death after Taliban appoints new chief

Rediff.com26 May 2016

Pakistan was earlier reluctant to confirm Mullah Mansour's killing. On Tuesday, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had said that the body recovered on Pakistani soil, near the Afghan border, was charred beyond recognition.

US marine chopper crash in Nepal killed 13 people: Army

US marine chopper crash in Nepal killed 13 people: Army

Rediff.com5 Jun 2015

The United States Marine Corps helicopter that crashed in Nepal while carrying out earthquake relief last month killed 13 people, including a woman, and not eight, the Nepalese army said on Friday.

Blood samples match in Ahmedabad rape case

Blood samples match in Ahmedabad rape case

Rediff.com3 Feb 2004

Police and FSL are now awaiting the DNA test reports of the four accused arrested in the case, he said.

AP train fire: Forensic experts begin investigations

AP train fire: Forensic experts begin investigations

Rediff.com29 Dec 2013

Forensic experts on Sunday began examination and collecting evidence from the ill-fated AC coach of the Bangalore-Nanded Express that caught fire on Saturday killing 26 people in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur.

UP: Shariat court steps into family dispute

UP: Shariat court steps into family dispute

Rediff.com11 Nov 2005

Javed refused to entertain the plea for DNA test of the child.

Asha Goel murder: Forensic report awaited

Asha Goel murder: Forensic report awaited

Rediff.com12 Dec 2006

There are four accused in this case. Two of them under detention are Pawan Kumar Goenka and Pradeep Parab.

Shraddha murder case: Search for body parts continues

Shraddha murder case: Search for body parts continues

Rediff.com19 Nov 2022

Aaftab Amin Poonawala will be taken to different locations in south Delhi on Saturday as the Delhi Police are trying to locate more body parts which he had allegedly disposed of after killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, officials said.

'Baby 81' reunited with parents

'Baby 81' reunited with parents

Rediff.com16 Feb 2005

First Look: Tsunami Child Reunite with Parents after seven weeks

Godfather Review: Chiranjeevi isn't abdicating the superstar's throne just yet

Godfather Review: Chiranjeevi isn't abdicating the superstar's throne just yet

Rediff.com6 Oct 2022

Take away Chiranjeevi from Godfather, and there's little left to keep the audience engaged, observes Deepa Gahlot. Godfather Review.

J&K: Army starts probe into fake killings

J&K: Army starts probe into fake killings

Rediff.com21 Sep 2005

The families of the porters had received letters purportedly written by a soldier saying that they had been killed in a "staged encounter only for gallantary recognition."

Identification of Delhi blast victims continues

Identification of Delhi blast victims continues

Rediff.com30 Nov 2005

Identification of Delhi blast victims continues

25 passengers charred to death as bus catches fire on Samruddhi E-way in Maha

25 passengers charred to death as bus catches fire on Samruddhi E-way in Maha

Rediff.com1 Jul 2023

As most victims' bodies were charred beyond recognition, the authorities have decided to conduct DNA testing to identify them before handing them over to the relatives.

Main accused in Kerala human sacrifice to undergo psychological test: Police

Main accused in Kerala human sacrifice to undergo psychological test: Police

Rediff.com13 Oct 2022

He said a detailed forensic examination will be conducted at the crime scene, including the house of the accused and the adjacent property at Elanthoor village in Pathanamthitta district, where the victims' bodies were buried after being cut into pieces.

PIA says engine failure led to aircraft crash, probe ordered

PIA says engine failure led to aircraft crash, probe ordered

Rediff.com8 Dec 2016

The PIA plane PK-661 with 48 people, including famous pop singer-turned-Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed, his wife and Deputy Commissioner Chitral Osama Warraich, on board crashed on Wednesday in Saddha Batolni village near Havelian while en route to Islamabad from Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

New smartphone-based COVID test gives results in less than 30 minutes

New smartphone-based COVID test gives results in less than 30 minutes

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

The research found that the device accurately detected a set of positive samples in under 5 minutes.

Sheena Bora Case: Peter celebrates another birthday in jail

Sheena Bora Case: Peter celebrates another birthday in jail

Rediff.com20 Nov 2019

It will be his fifth birthday in jail as an undertrial. He was arrested two days before his birthday in 2015. Tuesday also marked Peter's fourth year in jail.