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Topic: mystery deaths

In Jammu’s Budhal, fear grips villagers in wake of 17 ‘mysterious deaths’ in 45 days

MHA has formed inter-ministerial team, while J&K Police has formed SIT to probe cause of deaths of 17 members of three interrelated families in Budhal between 5 Dec and 19 Jan.

8 dead in 6 months & now a Russian tycoon’s ‘suicide’ — mystery deaths of Putin critics in 2022

Millionaire Pavel Antov was found dead in Odisha's Rayagada on 24 December. Multiple top executives of Russian state-owned Gazprom died under suspicious circumstances this year.

Daughter of Russian sausage tycoon, Putin critic ‘consented’ to his cremation in Odisha

Chats recovered from phones of Pavel Antov, his deceased fellow traveller Vladimir Bidenov & travel agent show they planned trip last month and were to visit Assam after Odisha.

Ruptured lung, fractured ribs — autopsy report says Russian millionaire suffered internal injuries

Pavel Antov allegedly jumped from hotel terrace in Odisha hours after Bidenov, with whom he was sharing a room, was cremated. Latter's autopsy report show serious heart conditions.

No injuries or blood found on body of Russian tycoon who died mysteriously in Odisha hotel

'No viscera sample was preserved' for Antov who was found dead at hotel in Rayagada on 24 Dec, 2 days after death of friend Bidenov. State Crime Branch is investigating the deaths.

7,500 people examined, but no one knows who wielded knife that killed Shobhit Modi 11 yrs ago

The engineering student was stabbed near his home in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj in 2011. Police closed the case in 2018 after an extensive probe, but family says they'll ‘never have closure’.

The ‘poisoned’ prince of Bhowal who rose from his pyre, became a sanyasi & reclaimed his kingdom

Kumar Ramendra Narayan Roy ‘died’ in 1909, but an ascetic claiming to be the man surfaced over a decade later, saying his wife conspired to poison him. His ‘death’ remains a mystery.

‘Shocking and startling facts’ revealed about the Delhi Zoo in a govt report

Charges levelled include mysterious deaths, no postmortems, illegal capturing and housing of animals, manipulation of records and criminal conspiracy.

Scrub typhus, the disease that killed Lt Gen Jaggi, is one of the most under-diagnosed in Asia

A rare bacterial infection spread through insect bites can kill through mutliple-organ failure and is on the rise in India.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.