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An investigation has been launched into the death of a man in India who used a high-powered epoxy resin for sexual intercourse, The Times of India reports. Authorities said Salman Mirza, 25, checked into a hotel in Juhapura with his ex-fiancée on June 22. Mirza was found unconscious in shrubs near an apartment complex by a friend named Firoz Shaikh […]
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death and hung by her extended family in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India because she was wearing jeans. According to the BBC, Neha Paswan was beaten to death by her grandfather and uncles after getting into an argument about her wearing jeans. Neha had just finished a […]
A massive landslide in northern India caused boulders to roll down a mountain and deal catastrophic damage to a village in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. As reported by The New York Times, the natural disaster killed 9 people, many of them tourists, and even destroyed a bridge. “My heartfelt condolences to the families […]
A lightning strike in Jaipur, a city in northern India, killed 11 people at a tourist spot on Sunday, in addition to causing injuries to many others, the Washington Post reports. Reuters reports that in total, 18 people died from similar strikes in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday. The most startling report comes from CBS News, which says 76 people died […]
A man who reportedly fathered 94 kids with 39 different wives has died in India at 76 years old, officials shared. Ziona Chana, who many believe has the world’s largest family, died on Sunday, according to the chief minister of the state of Mizoram. Chana was in charge of a local Christian sect that allowed for […]
The only Indian Olympian to win two individual gold medals, Sushil Kumar has been jailed in connection to the death of junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar. According to official reports, on May 4, a brawl of around 20 people erupted at Delhi’s Chhatrasal wrestling academy, with Kumar supposedly being a key figure in the conflict. […]
A groom married his bride’s sister after his soon-to-be wife died during the wedding ceremony, Times of India reports. Surabhi was expected to wed Mangesh Kumar in Uttar Pradesh, India Thursday night when ceremony rituals began, but as the bride and groom were exchanging garlands as part of jaimala, she complained of uneasiness and suddenly collapsed. A doctor was called and she was pronounced […]
A YouTuber has been arrested after attaching his dog to an assortment of balloons and briefly making him fly. Per reports, including this one from BBC, 32-year-old Gaurav Sharma—whose YouTube channel had more than four million subscribers at the time of the incident—was arrested by police in India following a complaint by the regional animal […]
Workers are accusing a Hindu sect known as BAPS of luring them from India and forcing them to work for $1 an hour as they build a New Jersey temple. Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, which has built temples around the world, is being accused of exploiting hundreds of low-caste men, who say they’ve been confined to […]
President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will be sending additional supplies and support to India as the country sees a spike in COVID cases, CNN reports. The aid, which will help manufacture the vaccine, fund vaccine manufacturers and fund medical equipment, comes after India reported nearly 350,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Per CNN, that the spike […]
