KOCHI: A four-member gang has honey-trapped a Vaikom native and extorted gold and other valuables after holding him captive at a lodge in Kochi. According to the police, the incident took place on August 8. The man had befriended a woman named Haseena through phone calls and the two were in touch for the past few months.

 

KOCHI: The body of a 34-year-old man was found on the railway track after a human palm was left by a dog at a nearby house at Akaparambu in Nedumbassery on Tuesday morning. The deceased was Abu Varghese, a native of Josepuram near Vapalassery in Nedumbassery.

 

NEW YORK: Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.

 

PATNA: Bihar’s newly sworn-in law minister Kartikey Singh is facing an accusation of violating the law as a court has issued an arrest warrant against him for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping case.

 

KOZHIKODE: An order by a lower court in Kerala that mentions the dressing style of the complainant with regard to the anticipatory bail plea of the writer and activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case has sparked controversy.

 

LUCKNOW: In a seemingly bizarre incident, nearly 150 cartons of chocolate bars of Cadbury have been stolen from a godown by unidentified miscreants in the Chinhat area in Lucknow.