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07 Jul 2018
Android#CareerBytes: These 6 online-courses will make you an Android developer
Android is the world's most popular operating system. While it is found mostly on smartphones, Android is used on many other smart devices like intelligent speakers, televisions, watches, etc.
07 Jul 2018
IndiaMP: Dalit man whipped 100 times for asking salary hike
In yet another barbaric incident of primitive, caste-based violence in India, a Dalit man from Madhya Pradesh was tied to a petrol pump and whipped 100 times with a belt for asking for a salary hike.
07 Jul 2018
MumbaiMumbai rains: Three dead, five missing, train services suspended
Three days after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Andheri, heavy rains lashed parts of Mumbai again on Saturday, and resulted in the city's train service getting held-up during the showers.
07 Jul 2018
UttarakhandFamous Kumaoni singer Kabutari Devi dies of cardiac arrest
Famous Kumaoni folk singer Kabutari Devi, 70, today passed away at a hospital in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh, following a cardiac arrest.
07 Jul 2018
BiharBihar girl raped by principal, two teachers, 16 students
A Class 9 girl has alleged that she was raped and blackmailed by her school's principal, two teachers, and 16 students in Bihar's Saran district.
07 Jul 2018
Mumbai1992 securities scam: Mumbai court convicts 5 senior bank officials
A special court in Mumbai convicted five persons, including senior bank officials, in the 1992 securities scam.
07 Jul 2018
LifestyleIndore man creates world-record of Yoga session at highest altitude
An Indore-based trainer has claimed to have set a world record by holding a Yoga session at the highest altitude.
07 Jul 2018
NepalKailash-Mansarovar: Last-batch of stranded Indian-pilgrims airlifted to safety from Nepal
All the 1,430 stranded Indian pilgrims who were stranded while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet have been airlifted to safety with the evacuation of the last batch of 160 people from Nepal's mountainous regions today.
07 Jul 2018
IndiaJEE-Main, NEET to be held twice a year from 2019
India's national level engineering and medical examinations, namely, JEE Main and NEET, will be held twice a year in an online mode, starting 2019, said HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in an announcement at a press conference in New Delhi today.
07 Jul 2018
XPassenger's tweet saves 26 minor girls from being trafficked
Thanks to a tweet by a passenger, 26 underage girls who were being trafficked via the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express were rescued by the GRP and the RPF.
07 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiRahul Gandhi meets Bhutanese PM, discusses 'special bond' of countries
Congress President Rahul Gandhi met the visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, in Delhi today and discussed ways to further strengthen the "special bond" between India and Bhutan.
07 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Railways awaiting govt nod to act against plastic-ban violators
Over two weeks after the Central Railways (CR) and the Western Railways (WR) authorities requested the Maharashtra Environment Ministry to authorize them to act against the plastic ban violators and penalize them, they are still waiting for a response, an official said today.
07 Jul 2018
AfghanistanAfghanistan Blast: Injured Afghan Sikh brought to AIIMS for treatment
A Sikh man injured in the blast that claimed 19 lives in Afghanistan's Jalalabad this week has been admitted to AIIMS, Delhi.
07 Jul 2018
Crime Against WomenYet another rape: Gurugram businessman arrested for raping daughter's friend
A 45-year-old businessman from Gurugram's DLF Phase 5 was arrested on Friday for allegedly raping his daughter's 18-year-old friend when she visited their home on Thursday.
07 Jul 2018
India5 must-have official apps for frequent train travelers
Indian Railways, which started its services 165 years ago, is considered the country's most economical mode of transportation.
07 Jul 2018
IndiaSummer 2018 saw Indians flying more than ever
According to ToI, summer 2018 saw Indians taking to the skies like never before, with numbers of both domestic and international Indian fliers seeing a significant jump.
06 Jul 2018
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Two retired Bank of India officers held for Rs.2,654cr fraud
The CBI today arrested two senior retired officers of Bank of India in connection with alleged loan fraud of Rs. 2,654 crore by Vadodara-based Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd. (DPIL) in the bank.
06 Jul 2018
Pakistan NewsGujarat fisherman who died in Pakistan jail cremated at home
The mortal remains of a fisherman who died in a Pakistan jail in March this year was today consigned to flames at his native Kotada village in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district.
06 Jul 2018
HaryanaHisar: Breaking protocol, two lecturers seen checking answer-sheets in bus
Breaking protocol, two women teachers were found to be checking answer-books aboard a public bus.
06 Jul 2018
SuicideFemale 'tantrik' confesses to involvement in Burari family's death
In the latest development in the Burari mass-suicide/murder case in Delhi, a female occult practitioner by the name of Maa Geeta has been detained in connection to the deaths.
06 Jul 2018
Delhi High CourtUmar Khalid to take JNU panel's rustication recommendation to court
JNU student Umar Khalid said that he will challenge in court the University panel's recommendation upholding his rustication in connection with a February 9, 2016 incident against Afzal Guru's hanging, during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in campus.
06 Jul 2018
IndiaLet single-mothers file PAN-applications without naming child's father: Maneka Gandhi
Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi is fighting again to make things easier for single mothers.
06 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMP: Refused money for liquor, alcoholic shoots wife, kills daughter
A 32-year-old man allegedly killed one of his daughters, injured another and shot at his wife after the latter refused to give him money to buy liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district.
06 Jul 2018
India#Jobs: Indian Army to conduct massive recruitment rally in August
The Indian Army has officially announced that it will conduct a massive recruitment rally at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak, Haryana, between 3rd August and 12th August.
06 Jul 2018
Bollywood"Chaiyya-Chaiyya" train to get theme-based restaurant, other attractions
The heritage Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR), operating mountain train services to the famous hill resort town of Ooty, is set to get new attractions, including a 'Coachteria', to woo tourists.
06 Jul 2018
WhatsAppWhatsApp rumors: Three sadhus narrowly escape lynching in Assam
Police and army in Assam prevented a repeat of last month's brutal Karbi Anglong lynching, rescuing three saints from an agitated 100-member mob in Dima Hasao.
06 Jul 2018
IndiaLegalizing gambling in sports would leave room for cheating: CPI
Veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy today said legalizing gambling and betting in sports would create "lots of problems", leave room for cheating and provide no level playing field.
06 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshMuzaffarnagar: Woman tied to tree, beaten up over 'illicit relationship'
A woman was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten up on the orders of a panchayat in a village in Muzaffarnagar over an "illicit relationship" with her brother-in-law's son, police said.
06 Jul 2018
OdishaEast Coast Railway's tremendous feat: 6 subways built in 5hrs
The East Coast Railway has created a record of sorts by building six limited-height subways (LHS) in less than 5hrs, according to Divisional Railway Manager of Sambalpur in Odisha.
06 Jul 2018
HyderabadHyderabad: Woman flies drone near Charminar, fined Rs. 1,000
A 26-year-old woman has been booked for flying a drone near the Charminar in Hyderabad.
06 Jul 2018
Yogi AdityanathUP follows Maharashtra with a complete plastic ban
UP is going the Maharashtra way. Weeks after the western state banned most forms of plastic, UP has issued similar orders.
06 Jul 2018
Vijay MallyaBanks working with UK to recover Mallya's dues: SBI MD
Indian banks are working very closely with the UK authorities to recover maximum assets owned by Vijay Mallya, after a British court allowed them to search and seize properties of the fugitive liquor baron, SBI MD Arijit Basu said.
06 Jul 2018
IndiaAre religious acts allowed on government property? SC to decide
The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench the question whether religious activities can be allowed on a government land or property in India.
06 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: School principal arrested after camera found in girls' toilet
Police in UP nabbed a principal and three others after students reported that cameras had been secretly installed in a girls' toilet in the Maharajganj school.
06 Jul 2018
IndiaUttarakhand HC declares animals to be 'legal persons' with rights
In what can only be called a unique ruling, the Uttarakhand High Court has accorded the status of a "legal person or entity" to all animals in the state, while issuing a series of directions against animal cruelty.
06 Jul 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru: Ola driver held for attempting to abduct woman passenger
An Ola cab driver was arrested for allegedly attempting to abduct a woman passenger who was on her way to Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, police said.
06 Jul 2018
Delhi UniversityDU admissions: Fourth cut-off list announced, 0.25-2% drop in humanities
DU announced its fourth cut-off list last night. There has been a drop of 0.25-2% in cut-offs for humanities courses across colleges.
06 Jul 2018
MumbaiMadurai Express sleeper-class coach derails at Khandala, none hurt
A sleeper class coach of Madurai Express derailed at Khandala railway station on Mumbai-Pune route in Maharashtra in the wee hours today.
06 Jul 2018
IndiaCJI 'master of roster,' consultation with collegium not necessary: SC
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the master of roster, a two-judge SC bench iterated, dismissing a petition by former law minister Shanti Bhushan.
06 Jul 2018
Crime Against WomenUnnao: Three men drag, molest woman as another shoots video
Cops in Unnao, UP have launched a manhunt after a video surfaced of three men molesting a woman while another records it.
