In a shocking verdict, a Suryapet court sentenced B Bharathi to death for the 2021 ritualistic murder of her infant daughter. Bharathi sacrificed her child to supposedly eliminate her ‘sarpa dosham,’ an astrological belief. This conviction was influenced by her prior imprisonment for assaulting her husband with a stone.

A devastating explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Anakapalle district’s Kailasapatnam village has claimed the lives of eight individuals and left seven others injured. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, igniting a massive fire that engulfed the entire unit.

Jebaraj was arrested by Coimbatore City Police in Munnar, Idukki district, on Saturday evening after evading arrest for several months