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62-year-old man held for raping minor girl in Hapur, victim delivers baby

Meerut, Feb. 21 -- A 62-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged repeated rape of a 14-year-old girl who was his neighbour in the Pilkhuwa Kotwali area here. The accused has been identified as I... Read More


Shivaji Memorial at Agra Fort nears reality: Maha CM

AGRA, Feb. 21 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that land acquisition for a memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Agra Fort, where the Maratha king was held ca... Read More


UP Police update data, now say out of 1.08 lakh missing persons, 81% traced

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Amid judicial scrutiny, the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters on Friday issued a detailed press release outlining the action taken and progress achieved under a special statewide c... Read More


Man held for killing co-worker over affair suspicion

Meerut, Feb. 21 -- A 36-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death by his neighbour and co-worker in Bamnoli village of Baghpat district over suspicion of an illicit relationship with the accused's... Read More


Man held a year after killing wife, burying body in field

AGRA, Feb. 21 -- Kasganj police on Thursday evening arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife and burying her body in a field in April 2025. Police said the accused's brother had misle... Read More


Factory, services output rise fastest in 3 months in Feb: S&P

new delhi, Feb. 21 -- India's combined manufacturing and services output expanded at the fastest pace in three months in February, driven by stronger factory production and resilient demand, S&P Globa... Read More


Snacc shutdown exposes brutal ultra-fast food math

Bengaluru, Feb. 21 -- Swiggy's decision to shut down its standalone 10-minute food-delivery app Snacc underscores the steep financial hurdles of ultra-fast food fulfillment, a format that remains diff... Read More


UPL to list crop protection arm in global growth push

Bengaluru, Feb. 21 -- UPL Ltd plans to spin off and list its crop protection business as an independent entity, as part of a strategy to create the world's second-largest agrochemical firm. The Mumbai... Read More


Wrap up the debate

India, Feb. 21 -- Birthdays - any celebration, actually - only matter because it's when you can shamelessly ask everyone to indulge you. Eyeing a collector's-edition copy of RF Kuang's The Poppy War? ... Read More


Time to see a shrink

India, Feb. 21 -- In November 2024, I wrote in this column about the imminent arrival of weightloss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro and how they would change the world. The first and most immediate ef... Read More