CHENNAI: Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam missed the majority mark of 118 by just 10 seats. A closer look at the results show that in at least a dozen constituencies, TVK lost by margins so small that a minor swing could have changed the outcome. In one seat, the defeat margin was under 300 votes….

For decades, scientists have debated whether the earliest humans survived mainly by hunting animals or scavenging carcasses left behind by predators. Now, a new study of 1.6 million-year-old fossils from Kenya suggests the answer may be far more complex. Researchers analysing ancient animal bones, stone tool marks and hominin remains from the Koobi Fora Formation…

BAREILLY: A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, who later died by suicide due to trauma, police said on Wednesday. The post-mortem report confirmed sexual assault and multiple injuries on the minor’s body, including bite marks and nail scratches. The cause of death was found to be hanging, they…

Two sisters-in-law shot dead by bouncer. RAIPUR: A late-night domestic dispute turned into a double murder in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur when a bouncer walked into his in-laws’ house in Mowa and shot dead his two sisters-in-law. The accused later surrendered before police.The two women, Geetanjali (26) and Durgeshwari (24), were shot during the incident. Geetanjali…