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Secret journeys, makeshift tents: Students keep Jantar Mantar protest alive

Seventeen-year-old Yash Kumar and sixteen-year-old Meena joined the protest secretly. They concealed their participation from families, believing the cause is worth the risk. Students are fighting for the future of the country's education system. The protest began with a hunger strike and gained wider support. Demonstrators faced confrontations with police…

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Thailand seeks extradition of ‘Rose Rose’ in flight attendant heroin case

Thailand is seeking the extradition of a woman accused of hiring a Thai flight attendant to carry heroin-filled bags to Australia, as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking network linked to a notorious drug kingpin in Myanmar’s Shan State.

Bangkok Post

Key figure in flight‑crew heroin smuggling arrested

A prime suspect in a heroin trafficking network linked to the case of a Thai flight attendant detained in Australia was arrested in Phayao province on Thursday night, authorities said on Friday.

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Two Lao men wanted in ‘Meena’ heroin case

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has sought warrants for the arrest of two Lao men suspected of using Thais, including a flight attendant arrested recently in Australia, to smuggle heroin to third countries.

Bangkok Post

‘All suspects identified’ in flight crew heroin smuggling case

Authorities have identified all members of the gang that used a Thai flight attendant to smuggle heroin into Australia, including suspects in Laos, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board.

Bangkok Post

Thai expat in Australia intended recipient of heroin from Thai stewardess

SURAT THANI - A Thai woman who has lived in Australia for over a decade would have been the receiver of tote bags with hidden heroin from a Thai stewardess had she not been arrested, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

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Heroin carried by Thai air hostess traced to Myanmar

Police tracing the heroin carried to Australia by a Thai Airways air hostess believe it was produced in Myanmar and smuggled into northern Thailand through Laos.

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Innocent until proven ignorant?

The sadly typical story of a Thai citizen being taken into custody in a foreign country on drug smuggling allegations should be almost too mundane to merit meaningful discussion, yet the national interest in the case involving a Thai Airways flight attendant has raised some points of note, notably what…

Bangkok Post

Thai cabin crew heroin case expands

Thailand is preparing to elevate a cross-border heroin trafficking investigation involving a Thai cabin crew member detained in Australia to special case status, as a wider syndicate and overseas recipient network come into focus.

Bangkok Post

Loei couple suspected of heroin links questioned in Bangkok

A Thai man and his Laotian wife were brought to Bangkok from Loei on Friday for questioning by narcotics investigators, who are trying to shed light on a network linked to the heroin carried by a Thai Airways International flight attendant who was arrested in Melbourne.

Bangkok Post

Recipient of heroin from flight attendant identified

The intended recipient of heroin found in the luggage of a Thai flight attendant in Australia has been partly identified, while Thai authorities are attempting to locate the car that delivered the drugs to the woman’s residence in Bangkok.

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Recipient of heroin from flight attendant identified

Bangkok Post

Investigators asking if flight attendant knew about drugs

Thai authorities are looking into the case of a Thai flight attendant who was arrested for carrying heroin into Australia, to determine whether she was knowingly involved in drug smuggling.

Bangkok Post

Investigators asking whether flight attendant knew about drugs

Woman detained in Australia advertised courier services but did not appear unusually wealthy

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Newslaundry

Extreme heat is quietly pushing women out of work

By 10 in the morning, the temperature on Meena’s MGNREGS worksite outside Jhunjhunu has already crossed 38°C. If she fails to meet her daily earthwork target, her wage is docked. If she leaves the site, she is not paid at all.

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Delhi Woman SWAT Officer Dies After Brutal Attack by Husband

Kajal, 27, a Delhi Police constable and member of the all-women Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, tragically died on Tuesday, days after being brutally attacked by her husband at their Dwarka residence.

Newslaundry

Lights, camera, liberation: Kalighat’s sex workers debut on global stage

In the lanes of Kalighat, Kolkata’s densely populated red-light area, a quiet revolution is brewing – armed with lights, cameras, and scripts.

Newslaundry

Stone-pelting rumours, MCD ‘U-turn’: The chronology of chaos in Delhi’s Brahmpuri

In North Delhi’s Brahmpuri neighbourhood, several Hindu residents of Gali No. 12 are planning to move out of the area and have put up for-sale signs outside their houses. The reason: A contentious expansion and new entrance of the nearby Al Mateen Masjid.

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The Hindu

Ordeal of child marriage victims in Udaipur ends with Legal Services Authority’s help

DLSA provides financial aid to child marriage victims in Rajasthan, highlighting the need to prevent underage marriages.

The Hindu

YouTuber booked for trespass at KIA

The Kempegowda International Airport police on Monday booked a YouTuber for trespassing into restricted area to shoot a video to claim that he stayed in the airport for 24 hours hoodwinking security checks.

The Hindu

No quick fix for man-elephant conflict

Meena, a 32-year-old worker, had just reached the coffee plantation in Galigundi near Aldur in Chikkamagaluru district on November 8 morning, along with fellow workers. She was about to have breakfast when she encountered a wild tusker. She froze in shock and the pachyderm trampled her to death and moved…

Leeds Live

Emmerdale boss tells fans a major unresolved storyline will be revisited as part of Super Soap Week

Super Soap Week has become a firm fixture on the TV schedules

The Hindu

Interview | Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’

In this interview with The Hindu, author Smriti Ravindra shares insights from her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’ which evokes themes from a woman’s inner and outer lives with heart-breaking tenderness and ferocious honesty.

Manchester Evening News

ITV Emmerdale fans 'know' who is hiding in Rishi Sharma house as he senses an intruder

Emmerdale fans have quite an out-there theory about who they think it could be - but it is soapland and anything can happen

Dynamite News

Chennai: 3 arrested for attacking sub-inspector in Ayanavaram

The Ayanavaram Police on Wednesday said that the main attacker of sub-inspector Shankar has been arrested. Read further on Dynamite News:

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