20-year-old girl allegedly commits suicide in Kanhangad: 21-year-old arrested
Kasaragod: A 21-year-old student has been arrested by Hosdurg police in relation to the suicide of a local college student.
Abdul Shoaib, student in Alamipalli, Kanhangad, has been arrested, accused of abetting the suicide of Nandana Vinod (20), also of Kanhangad. Nandana was an undergraduate at a college in Padnakad.
Shoaib allegedly pretended to be romantically inclined towards Nandana. He is also said to have uploaded on social media the pictures Nandana shared with him and then blackmailed her.
Nandana, who was upset and depressed by this, committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at home, the police have said, adding that the body of the girl was found on Monday evening.
While investigating the case, the police found that Shoaib had made a video call to Nandana’s mobile phone. They suspect that the girl hanged herself in the middle of the call, said sources.
Shoaib has been arrested and questioned further, the sources added.
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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.
