Police in Palghar, Maharashtra are investigating the discovery of a headless body found in a mango orchard. They have issued a public appeal to help identify the victim.
Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Mumbai, whose body was then transported to Chiplun for disposal. The investigation was launched after the victim's remains were discovered, leading to the swift apprehension of the suspects.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations against astrologer Ashok Kharat has questioned a temple priest and watchman, while further investigations reveal potential property fraud and misuse of water resources.
A 16-year-old Class 11 student was allegedly raped by five unidentified men in Lucknow on Saturday, a police officer said.
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The mango variety has been developed by the city's famous mango grower Padamshri Haji Kalimullah.
Authorities in Bihar on Monday denied that the woman found hanging from a tree in Bhagalpur on Saturday was being gang-raped.
Police said the 32-year-old victim, who was a passenger of the Brahmaputra Mail that was travelling to the national capital, was dragged to the mango orchard and gang-raped by unidentified persons after she alighted from the train between Vikramshila and Kahalgaon stations.
The district administration has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the deceased, he said.
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Not far from Delhi, the orchards of Rataul offer a wide variety of mangoes, including one that rarely makes it to the market
Export of mango, especially alphonso, to European countries has been negligible this season; shipments to the Gulf fell 40-50 per cent.
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While three persons died in Koraput district, two each died in Jajpur and Ganjam districts, and one each in Dhenkanal and Gajapati districts, they said.
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The plucking of dussehri, which will hit the shelves next week at 50% premium, started late this season, because of poor crop and adverse weather conditions, including hailstorms, in the orchards of Malihabad.
Close on the heels of a tiger that had strayed into the outskirts of Lucknow in February-March, a leopard was spotted barely 35 km from the state capital on Thursday morning.
Over 30 Maoists came to the village, about 90 km from Koraput, on Sunday night and asked Ghasi Kendruka (35), a sikshyasahayak attached with a school, to come out of his house. They the took him to a nearby mango orchard and slit his throat, the police said
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Earlier in the day, one person was killed and three were injured after a crude bomb went off in a mango orchard in Murshibabad district, police said.
As mangoes from Indian orchards are ready for shipment to the US, Harley Davidson will soon cruise on Indian roads with the government relaxing emission norms for the American luxury bike.
"I had kept the first fruits of the Modi mango variety solely for the prime minister but I do not have a medium to send them to him."
With Sonam's death, eight children have killed by the stray dogs this month alone.
Initial investigations found that Shahidullah was involved in a property dispute with neighbours 'which could be a reason of the murder'.
Untimely rains during March have caused damage to rabi crops and may result in lower yields, a report said on Wednesday. Between March 1 and 21, cumulative rains have been 20 per cent more than normal, and in the past four days, it was 3-4 times more than usual, according to a report by Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics. On March 21, the rain volume in central India was 1,600 per cent more than normal, the report said, adding that unfortunately, this ongoing harvest window for rabi crops has been lashed by an untimely torrent.
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Three more lions were enmeshed by the Forest department on Sunday from nearby Ambardi village in Gujarat's Amreli district located near Gir Wildlife Sanctuary
While farmers in Gujarat are rejecting the compensation package, farmers in Maharashtra say they do not wish to part with their land for a project that largely benefits Gujarat.
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It plans to grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, medicinal and aromatic plants within the township.
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