KOLKATA - A Class 9 girl student was allegedly beaten black and blue by her Bengali teacher for writing a poetry in a classmate's notebook in school, prompting the teenager's parents to file a police complaint.
ISLAMABAD - Over 200,000 domesticated animals have died in the floods in Pakistan, and poultry in many areas have been completely wiped out, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Friday.
NEW DELHI - An MCD employee was arrested in Delhi Friday on charges of procuring an arms licence on the basis of fake recommendation letters from army units here and in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Bear owned by Ohio wrestling exhibitor kills man
NEW DELHI - Three people were arrested in Delhi Friday on charges of cheating people on the pretext of providing them air tickets for abroad, police said.
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