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LG Polymers: South Korean CEO held over fatal India gas leak

The arrests are the result of an official investigation into the cause of the leak, which found evidence of negligence and poor safety standards.

The inquiry found that "less stringent standards may have been applied to the Indian facility due to negligence, leading eventually to the disaster", BBC Telugu has learnt.

LG declined to comment when the BBC contacted them. But the company had issued a statement in May, saying that it was investigating the cause of the leak.

It offered "sincere con

The school play that sent a mother to prison

Mr Rakshal, who describes himself as a social activist, says he became furious over a scene where a man approaches an elderly woman and tells her that Narendra Modi wants Muslims to produce documents proving their Indian citizenship and that of their ancestors, and if they fail to do so, they will be asked to leave the country.

The woman responds that she has been in India for generations and would have to dig up the graves of her ancestors to look for documents. She then says a "boy who was se

Hyderabad rape: 'Blame the men - not the safe city'

Hyderabad woke up on Friday to news of a grisly murder: the charred body of a 27-year-old woman had been found under a flyover on the outskirts of the city the previous day. But it wasn't until later on Friday that police said they believed she was gang-raped and killed before being set on fire. Four men have been arrested in connection with the crimes.

Meanwhile, shock and outrage over the case has led to protests - three police officers who allegedly delayed registering a missing persons comp

Hyderabad rape: 'Blame the men - not the safe city'

Hyderabad woke up on Friday to news of a grisly murder: the charred body of a 27-year-old woman had been found under a flyover on the outskirts of the city the previous day. But it wasn't until later on Friday that police said they believed she was gang-raped and killed before being set on fire. Four men have been arrested in connection with the crimes.

Meanwhile, shock and outrage over the case has led to protests - three police officers who allegedly delayed registering a missing persons comp

The truth behind India's viral photo that got a girl into school

Mr Lakshman says he was waiting for Divya to turn six so he could enrol her in a government school where his other two daughters are studying. The couple also have a son, who has finished school and is now applying to college while helping Mr Lakshman, who works as a rag picker.

Divya and her parents live in a one-room hut in a shanty town in the heart of Hyderabad. The slum is about 100 metres from the government school, where Divya was photographed. Most of the 300 families living here are da

Telangana: Indian officer burnt to death in property dispute

A revenue official has been burnt alive in her office in the southern Indian state of Telangana over a property dispute, police said.

Vijaya Reddy died from her injuries at the scene of the attack on Monday. One of her staff, who was burnt while trying to save her, died on Tuesday.

The incident occurred around 13:30 local time after Ms Reddy had returned from a court hearing. She was meeting a man, who police have identified as K Suresh, in her office.

"She managed to unlock the door and came

India school-leaving exam: The controversy that cost 23 lives

Her older brother, Venkatesh, 19, had recently taught her to ride his motorbike. "I was so happy that she could ride it like a professional biker. But sometimes I would follow her without her knowing to make sure that she was safe," he says. The siblings fought over the bike and played pranks on each other, but they were close.

"She kept repeating, how could I fail?" recalls her mother, Sunitha. "We consoled her and told her it was fine and she could apply for re-evaluation or take the exams ag

హైదరాబాద్: బాలాపూర్‌లో ఉన్న రోహింజ్యాలు బర్మాకు వెళ్లాల్సిందేనా?

హైదరాబాద్‌లోని రోహింజ్యాలు తప్పుడు పద్ధతుల్లో ఓటర్ కార్డు, ఆధార్ కార్డు వంటివి సంపాదించి మలేసియా, మధ్యప్రాచ్య దేశాలకు వలస వెళ్తున్నారని రాచకొండ కమిషనర్ మహేష్ భగవత్ చెప్పారు.

World Service - The Fifth Floor, Reclaiming Mogadishu’s Sports Stadium

In 1979 Somalia opened a state of the art sports stadium to host international sporting events. But with the beginning of the civil war in the 1990s the stadium became a base for successions of fighting forces. Last month it was formally handed back to the state, so can it reclaim its former glory? BBC Somali’s Ahmed Abdinur was a sports official at the stadium during its glory days.

Balochi Chappal

The traditional Balochi Chappal or sandal has been making a comeback. Once a macho fighting sh

‘আমার স্বামীকে হত্যা করা হয় ভিন্ন জাতের বলে’

ভারতের তেলেঙ্গানা রাজ্যে মেরে ফেলা হয় প্রণয় পেরুমল্লাকে। তাঁর স্ত্রী অমৃতা বর্ষিণী বর্ণনা করছেন কীভাবে তাঁর সামনে হত্যা করা হয়।

ఇక్కడ పచ్చళ్లు అంటూ పార్సిల్ చేతిలో పెడతారు.. అక్కడ విమానం దిగగానే జైల్లో పెడతారు!

మాదకద్రవ్యాలు, మత్తుపదార్థాలు రవాణా చేస్తున్నారంటూ గల్ఫ్ జైళ్లలో మగ్గుతున్న హైదరాబాదీల బాధలివీ.

How WhatsApp helped turn an Indian village into a lynch mob

Mr Salman says they were driving towards the lake on the outskirts of the village when they saw a group of children returning home from school. He said one of his friends was carrying chocolates and decided to give them to the children. But since the car was moving fast, he threw the chocolates out of the window.

Mr Salman adds that he and his friend, Mr Ali, survived because the police hid them in the boot of the car to protect them. But they could not save Mr Azam. Mr Salman says some village

హైదరాబాద్ రోహింజ్యాలు: ఆధార్ కార్డులు ఎందుకు, ఎలా పొందుతున్నారంటే..

స్వదేశంలో హింసను భరించలేక వేలాది రోహింజ్యాలు మియన్మార్ నుంచి హైదరాబాద్ వచ్చి శరణార్థి శిబిరాల్లో బతుకుతున్నారు.
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