Samridhi Tewari

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

Every day, Jitender Kumar, in his early 30s, travels from Bahadurgarh city to Otha village in Nuh district, Haryana, 131 kilometres away. Kumar is a Hindi teacher at the Senior Secondary School in Otha, and takes a bus and an auto to reach the children he guides. It’s a hot, humid day in May, just before the school breaks for summer vacation. Kumar rests his head on a plastic chair, under a fan placed inside a 10x12-foot classroom.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

A death row convict who killed over 50 people and threw their bodies in a crocodile-infested canal, and facilitated at least 125 illegal kidney transplants, was arrested from Rajasthan after he jumped parole two years ago, a police officer said on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said Devender Kumar Sharma, 67, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was granted two-month parole on June 9, 2023, but he failed to return and went into hiding.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari

Two men were arrested from Laxmi Nagar for running a fake government job recruitment racket under the Ministry of Rural Development. under the name “National Rural Development and Recreation Mission (NRDRM)“ to falsely present it as a government body under the Ministry of Rural Development, have been arrested by Delhi Police, officers said on Monday.

3 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Samridhi Tewari |Satvika Mahajan

Each home in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp sports a drishti bommai (a black mask with exaggerated features such as bulging eyes and red lips). Invariably, at the entryway to each single-room home are two lemons covered in red powder to keep the ‘evil eye’ away. But Yennu Malai, a 50-year-old resident of the camp, laments that ‘bad luck’ has fallen upon everyone over the past year.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Samridhi Tewari |Satvika Mahajan

5 hours agoIndia: Thief sneaks into temple, escapes with cash from donation box as investigation beginsBaghpat, India - May 12, 2025 A temple reported a theft where a miscreant fled with ₹8,000 ($93.46) taken from its donation box. The incident has raised concerns among devotees, prompting authorities to look into the matter and ensure better security at religious places.