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Quick Reads: Shraddha Walkar Case - 100 Witnesses Found And More

In the latest news, 100 witnesses have been found in the murder case of Shraddha Walkar.

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It’s easy to miss important news in the hectic daily schedule, so we have compiled a list of recent women-centric news you may have missed.

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In the latest news, 100 witnesses have been found in the murder case of Shraddha Walkar.

Here are some more quick reads that will keep you up to date.

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Shraddha Walkar Case 100 Witnesses Found

Shraddha Walkar was allegedly killed by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala last year in May and confessed his crime to the police a new update has come up in the case. Poonawala had allegedly murdered Walkar and cut her body into 35 pieces and stored them in a refrigerator followed by throwing them in different parts of the Mahrauli forest. The bones found had the matching DNA with Walkar's father as per the reports. Now the police after investigating for the last few months have come up with a 3000-page draft chargesheet which contains 100 eyewitnesses on crucial electronic and forensic evidence that they collected so far.

In the latest chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police, it is mentioned that Aaftab Poonawala was friends with several women, and this bothered Shraddha Walkar as she suspected that he was cheating on her.

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Anne Hathaway's Shocking Revelation

Anne Hathaway recently spoke to Variety where she revealed how she was asked uncomfortable questions by a journalist when she was a teen. Hathaway's new film Eileen is coming out soon which is a darkly funny thriller, she said this film was reportedly a way for her to respond to the question, "I just remembered one of the very first questions I ever got asked when I started acting and had to do press was: Are you a good girl or a bad girl?", a certain journalist had asked her when she was 16.

Palestinian Woman Ordained As A First In Holy Land

Sally Azar, a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem got ordained on Sunday at the Lutheran church in the heart of the Old City. Female church leaders have become common worldwide but this was the first time in the holy land where all the events in the Bible are set. "I got more excited seeing the excitement of other people," Reverend Azar told BBC, and continued, "It's an indescribable feeling to take this step with the support of the church."

Tamil Nadu Crane Accident

On the evening of Sunday, while the Draupathi Amman festival was being celebrated at Kilveedhi village in Nemili near Chennai, a tragic accident happened when a crane collapsed as it could not bear the weight of three people on it. The incident was captured on camera by a bystander and it showed how it escalated into a stampede situation later on. Reportedly three people died on the spot and 10 others were severely injured.

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California Mass Shooting

In Monterey Park in Los Angeles, while the people were celebrating the Chinese New Year, a mass shooting occurred. On Saturday night, while the ballroom was filled with people, a gunman entered, killing five men and five women and leaving 10 others injured. One of the participants in this celebration was Wynn Liaw who spoke to AFP and said, "This is a very safe neighborhood, where I can walk alone at night and where I don't have to worry about gun violence".


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