In US 3-year-old boy beaten to death for stealing cupcake
New York: Two sisters allegedly beat a three-year-old boy to death with a baseball bat for stealing a cupcake in the US city of Atlanta, police said.
According to police Kejuan Mason had sneaked the cupcake from the kitchen while at home with Glenndria and Lashirley Morris. Lashirley then beat the child with a baseball bat while her sister Glenndria, his legal guardian, slapped him with her hand.
The child died of blunt force trauma to his head and his torso, a hospital official said.
However, the Morris sisters had given conflicting accounts of what happened on October 31, 2017, initially claiming he had choked on the cupcake.
The sisters were charged with two counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault and two counts of cruelty in the first-degree. They face life in prison without parole if found guilty.
According to reports, the child's mother had lost custody of her son when she lost her home, but she was attempting to get him back.
She had even asked a judge to remove Mason from Glenndria's care when she noticed he had scratches and bruises, but her request was denied three days before the child died, a newspaper report said.
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Taj Mahal top earning ASI monument through ticket sales from FY19-20 to FY23-24: Govt
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI): The iconic Taj Mahal in Agra earned the "highest income" through the sale of tickets among the ASI-protected monuments from FY19-20 to FY23-24, according to data shared by the government.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked the amount that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received from selling entry tickets to various monuments in the last five years, year-wise and monument-wise; and the monuments that have received the highest income through selling entry tickets in the last five years.
In his response, the minister shared the data in a tabular form for cycles of financial years ranging from FY19-20 to FY23-24.
According to the data, Taj Mahal earned the top slot for all five years.
The Mughal-era architectural wonder was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jehan in the 17th century and it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
In FY19-20, the Agra Fort in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi were in the second and third positions.
In FY20-21, the Group of Monuments Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Sun Temple, Konark were in the second and third positions. In FY23-24, Qutub Minar and Red Fort of Delhi were in the second and third positions.
