A police dog helped crack within hours a double murder case in Churu district of Rajasthan by leading investigators to the two dead women's relative who has been arrested, police said on Monday.


Canine leads police to double murder suspect in Rajasthan


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Four more boys were rescued on Monday by divers from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, where 12 of them and their soccer coach have been trapped for more than two weeks, authorities said.


Thai cave rescue: 4 more boys rescued by divers


Residents of a Goa village on Karnataka border have demanded the closure of bars and alcohol shops, alleging harassment by drunk tourists.


Goa village demands closure of bars


An Australian restaurant was fined A$2,200 ($1,650) on Monday after its staff "dumped" two drunk, unconscious women on the street.


Australian restaurant 'dump' drunk customers on street


Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday demanded tranquilisation and relocation of a herd of bisons which gored two women to death in Sattari sub-district in the past two months.


Goa Minister wants killer bisons tranquillised, relocated


Barely a month after its launch, the heli-taxi fare between Shimla and Chandigarh has gone up by Rs 500, from Rs 2,999 to Rs 3,499, officials said on Sunday.


Shimla heli-taxi service gets costlier


For centuries, their creations have been used in sombre processions to commemorate and reconstruct the narrative of the 7th century Battle of Karbala in Islamic history. But now, these artists, mostly Shia Muslims, make Hindu wedding mandaps, replicating the design of the shrine of Prophet's grandson Imam Hussain Ali, who was killed in that war.


Breaking faith barriers, Shia Muslim artists create Hindu wedding mandaps (IANS Special Series)


The UN Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on children and armed conflict with the theme "Protecting Children Today Prevents Conflict Tomorrow" on Monday, aiming to bring world attention to the protection of children in armed conflict.


UN to hold high-level debate on children protection in armed conflict


Reality television star Kim Kardashian West met and interacted with prisoners.


Kim Kardashian visits women's prison


SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Saturday said a team he had sent for the Thailand cave rescue operations is working closely with experts from the country on an escape capsule design to bring the 12 schoolchildren and their football coach trapped in a partially flooded cave to safety.


Thailand cave rescue: Elon Musk team working on escape pod design


The Missionaries of Charity, which is facing charges of selling newborns to childless couples, has not been able to provide records of births by 280 women at its various homes here, police said on Saturday.


'No record of 280 births at Missionaries of Charity's Ranchi facility'


In a bizarre incident, the Gujarat Police on Friday lodged an FIR against an "unknown ghost" in an attempted suicide case of a woman in Vadodara district.


Gujarat Police files FIR against 'unknown ghost' in a suicide attempt


The Delhi Police Crime Branch investigating the June 30 hanging of 11 members of a Burari family here suspects that one of the deceased, Lalit Bhatia, visited cremation grounds and was interested in ghosts and spirits, an official said on Friday.


Burari hangings: Crime Branch suspects Lalit visited cremation grounds


A 24-year-old woman and her two children were burnt alive allegedly by her in-laws in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh for failing to fulfil their dowry demands, police said on Friday.


Woman, 2 children allegedly burnt alive by in-laws


A watch belonging to one of Israel's most famed spies who was caught and hanged in Syria has been recovered by its intelligence agency Mossad, a media report said on Friday.


Israel recovers hanged spy's watch from Syria


A measles outbreak has hit the Yanomami isolated Amazon tribe on the border of Venezuela and Brazil, according to a London-based NGO that works to protect tribal peoples.


Measles outbreak threatens isolated Amazonian tribe


Commuters on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) had a tough time reaching their destinations on Thursday when, forced by wind, a portion of the railing broke away and fell on tracks near Lajpat Nagar, obstructing the run of the trains.


Wind puts brakes on Violet Line, hundreds stranded


Title: Koi Good News?; Author: Zarreen Khan; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 384; Price: Rs 250


Of a married couple tired of hearing 'are you expecting yet' (Book Review)


Fans around the world on Wednesday were praising the impeccably polite behaviour shown by Japanese supporters at the World Cup in Russia, where they cleaned up the stands despite suffering a heartbreaking last-minute defeat.


Japanese players, fans impress with tidiness in defeat


Union Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday flagged-off the taxi-ambulance service initiated by the Wagon Cab start-up.


Gadkari flags off taxi ambulance service


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the leasing chunks of defence land to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in Delhi, Jalandhar and Udhampur.

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