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The Rs 262 crore mirror: What Seattle’s payout for Jaahnavi Kandula reveals about how ‘cheap’ life is in India
February 13, 2026 1:25 pm
The need of the hour is for a cultural reboot of our socio-political appreciation for the value of life, and for the law to empower that change with exemplary compensation and damages. The loss of innocent lives at the hands of state actors, whether in police action or criminal administrative indifference, must be compensated in a similar vein to what the city of Seattle is paying Jaahnavi’s family
‘What will we do with the money’: Jaahnavi Kandula’s mother reacts to $29-million settlement from US 3 years after her death
February 13, 2026 5:41 am
The 23-year-old student died in 2023 after being run over by a speeding police car in Seattle.
Jaahnavi Kandula death: Seattle reaches $29 million (₹262 crore) settlement with family of grad student from India struck and killed by officer
February 12, 2026 2:02 pm
Jaahnavi Kandula was hit by Officer Kevin Dave, who was driving as fast as 74 mph (119 kph) in a 25-mph (40-kph) zone as he responded to a drug overdose call.
Thieves steal $2 million jewelry in under 2 minutes in Seattle heist
August 17, 2025 9:41 am
Videos from the West Seattle store surveillance camera shows four suspects with their masks on, entering the shop after shattering the glass front door with hammers and ransacking the display cases.
US-bound Japanese flight makes emergency landing in Seattle after man tried opening door
May 27, 2025 8:54 am
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 114 was diverted to Tacoma International Airport in Seattle where it made an emergency landing, hours after taking off on Saturday.
1 person rescued, search underway for 3 others after boat sinks in US' Seattle
May 22, 2025 7:23 am
Strohmaier added that the person who rescued one individual stated that there were three others on board the vessel, for whom the search operation has been launched.
How this Pune chef introduced Marathi cuisine with a twist to US restaurants
April 14, 2025 10:22 pm
Talking about her journey, Pathak said, “By the time I reached Class 10, I found a way to balance both — I would bring my textbooks into the kitchen and study while cooking"
Delta Airlines plane collides with Japan Airlines aircraft during taxiing at Seattle airport
February 06, 2025 6:55 am
All the passengers of the Japan Airlines flight 68 and Delta Airlines flight 1921 were deboarded with no reported injuries for crew or passengers.
Seattle police officer, who fatally struck Indian student Jaahnavi, fired
January 08, 2025 9:50 am
Police officer Kevin Dave was driving 74 mph (119 kph) in a 25 mph (40 kph) zone when he fatally struck graduate student Jaahnavi Kandula in January 2023 as she was walking in the city's South Lake Union neighborhood.
At least 7 vehicles hit, 6 injured in random gunfire on Interstate 5 near Seattle
September 04, 2024 6:16 am
The driver of a seventh vehicle, believed to be part of the shooting spree, only realised their car had been struck upon arriving in Portland, Oregon, after hearing news reports about the incident.
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