Evening news wrap: Son recounts mother’s brutal murder over dowry; Russia accuses West of obstructing peace talks & more | India News

A six-year-old boy’s testimony has exposed how his mother was set on fire by her in-laws over alleged dowry demands. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of trying to topple opposition governments through new bills that he called “satta chori.”Here are top 5 stories that made headlines today:Greater Noida dowry death: Son’s testimony on…

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Thane: 25-year-old held for murdering 75-year-old woman; attacked her 97-year-old mother during robbery | Thane News

The accused, Shivaji Balvant Dhasade, confessed to bludgeoning Veena Daulataram Harpalani to death and severely injuring Laxmi Narayandas Dalvani during a robbery at their farmhouse. NEW DELHI: Police in Thane have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly murdering a 75-year-old woman, looting her jewellery and assaulting her 97-year-old mother at their farmhouse in Gandulwad village…

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PM Modi invites Zelenskyy: Ukrainian envoy says date to be finalised soon; hails India’s ‘not neutral’ stand on war | India News

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit India, Ukraine’s Ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk said on Saturday.Speaking to ANI on the occasion of Ukraine’s National Flag Day, the envoy said, “The Indian Prime Minister invited Zelensky to come to India. Both sides are working on this. We expect President Zelenskyy…

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Technical issues hit Alliance Air plane: Hyderabad–Tirupati flight cancelled; airline cites repeated glitches | India News

NEW DELHI: Alliance Air on Sunday said it has cancelled its Hyderabad–Tirupati flight from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad after the aircraft developed repeated technical issues.The airline said the flight first returned to the bay for mandatory engineering checks following a glitch and was later cleared for operations. However, it encountered another snag that…

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Florida truck crash: Family of Indian-origin Harjinder Singh urges mercy; driver faces 45-year prison term | India News

Indian-origin Harjinder Singh killed 3 in US on August 12 The family of Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh has appealed for a lighter sentence after a Florida highway crash left three people dead and placed him at risk of spending decades in a US prison.The 28-year-old Harjinder is from Rataul village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran…

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‘Mentally incoherent’ youth caught scaling Parliament wall; family says wrong train led him to Delhi | India News

NEW DELHI: Ram Shankar Bind, the 20-year-old arrested for attempting to scale the wall of the Parliament complex in Delhi, has been released after questioning by central agencies, his family said on Sunday.Bind, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, was detained on Friday morning after security personnel stopped him as he tried to climb…

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‘Gave them Scorpio, they still wanted ₹36 lakh’: Woman tortured, set ablaze by in-laws in Greater Noida; husband held, others on run | Noida News

NOIDA: A 26-year-old woman, allegedly tortured and set on fire by her husband and in-laws over dowry eight years into her marriage, died after battling severe burns for hours earlier this week in Greater Noida’s Sirsa village.Police said her husband, Vipin, was taken into custody on Thursday, while her mother-in-law, father-in-law and brother-in-law, also accused…

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Man convicted in multi crore scam booked for cheating lawyer while out on bail | India News

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A man convicted in a 2007 multi-crore scam is back on the police radar after being booked for allegedly cheating a Thiruvananthapuram-based lawyer of Rs 34.33 lakh by promising to start an e-commerce business. The case was registered at the Vanchiyoor police station here on Saturday against Sabarinath, who was convicted by a magisterial…

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