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04 Mar 2017

Mumbai

Joke goes too far, Mumbai model arrested for crying "bomb"

Kanchan Thakur, a 27-year-old model, was arrested after she triggered panic at Mumbai's Sahar airport T2.

02 Mar 2017

Jharkhand

Exam racket that lets you cheat from home 'busted'

Jharkhand police have busted an exam racket that allowed students to cheat from their own homes.

01 Mar 2017

West Bengal

WB BJP leader Juhi Chowdhury arrested in child trafficking ring

BJP women's wing leader Juhi Chowdhury was arrested from Batasia, close to Indo-Nepal border in West Bengal, for her alleged involvement in a child trafficking case.

01 Mar 2017

India

CBI Court sentences SIMI Chief to life

Safdar Nagori, Chief of 'Students Islamic Movement of India' (SIMI) along with 10 members of the terrorist outfit have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Indore.

28 Feb 2017

Karnataka

CBI files criminal cases against 21 colleges in Andhra, Karnataka

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently filed a criminal case against 21 teacher training institutions in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for violation of norms laid down by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). However, it says more colleges might be included in the list.

27 Feb 2017

Pune

Arrests made in Army recruitment exam leak

21 people have been arrested from Pune, Nagpur and Panaji in connection with leaking papers of an army recruitment exam: among those arrested include a retired army officer and a paramilitary officer.

26 Feb 2017

Nirmala Sitharaman

India says WTO is raking up controversial new issues

India accused WTO of raking up new issues like e-commerce and investment facilitation, despite opposition from large majority of members.

24 Feb 2017

Indian Air Force

IAF 'Super Hercules' in another crash

A C-130J 'Super Hercules' aircraft which was involved in an unusual accident while taxing at a Ladakh airfield is now the subject of a high-level court inquiry.

23 Feb 2017

Kerala

Kerala governor announces sex-offenders registry

Kerala Governor, P Sathasivam, has announced that Kerala will be creating a sex-offenders registry.

22 Feb 2017

Delhi

Vigilance Department detects 'scam' in AAP's Mohalla clinics

Delhi Government's vigilance department has written to Directorate General of Health Services and Chief Medical District Officer and raised multiple "operational" issues concerning Mohalla Clinics.

22 Feb 2017

Indian Air Force

IAF Sergeant, wife arrested for murdering an IAF Corporal

A Sergeant with the Indian Air Force (IAF) along with his wife was arrested by the Bathinda Police for murdering his colleague.

ISRO scientist's final attempt at justice

Former ISRO scientist SN Narayanan was wrongfully accused of being involved in a sex-spy scandal in the mid-90s.

18 Feb 2017

Meerut

Meerut: BJP leader Kuldeep Tomar shoots wife after heated argument

BJP leader Kuldeep Tomar allegedly shot his wife Poonam after a heated argument. She died during treatment on February 17.

17 Feb 2017

Aditya Birla Group

Upsurge among Indians to get Green cards

Three Indians per week are forking out half-a-million dollars for an American Green card.

16 Feb 2017

DNA

2005 Delhi blast accused walk free

Three accused in 2005 Delhi blasts were today acquitted by a Delhi court.

16 Feb 2017

India

Wife approaches SC to ban pornography sites

Supreme Court has received a petition from a Mumbai-based woman requesting the court to ban obscene sites.

15 Feb 2017

Lok Sabha

Bill in Lok Sabha to clamp down on ostentatious weddings

A bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha by Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan that seeks to end the practice of opulent and extravagant weddings.

15 Feb 2017

India

Government will increase spending on IT

A report by global research firm Gartner indicates that the Indian government will significantly increase its spending on information technology in 2017.

15 Feb 2017

India

The debate of real Khadi

The Fabindia-KVIC tussle has opened a larger debate i.e. what is 'real khadi'?

13 Feb 2017

India

INS Sarvekshak: First naval warship to run on solar energy

For the first time in India, a naval warship has had solar panels installed on it.

11 Feb 2017

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Speaker compares women to parked cars

AP Assembly Speaker KS Prasad Rao while addressing the press ahead of 'National Women's Parliament' event compared women to parked cars.

Restaurants may now declare nutrition and calories

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is proposing that restaurants be required to declare nutrition and calories for every meal they serve.

10 Feb 2017

Delhi

Has AAP delivered on promise to modernize Delhi's public transport?

Aam Aadmi Party came into power in Delhi in February 2015.

10 Feb 2017

India

Pak trying to deflect attention by nuclear city allegations: India

India laughed off Pakistan's claims that India was building a secret nuclear city.

08 Feb 2017

India

Take care of parents or suffer pay deduction: Assam government

Propelling the consciousness towards elderly parents, the Assam government has moved to associate geriatric care to the salary of its employees.

CBI registers case in Army land fraud case

The CBI has initiated an investigation in a case of fraud committed against the Indian Army.

07 Feb 2017

Bihar

CoBRA commandos went home for weekend, not missing

At least 59 trainee commandos of the elite CoBRA anti-Naxal and jungle warfare paramilitary unit will face action after they went missing from a train.

07 Feb 2017

India

Are Indian laws failing to protect accident victims

India currently doesn't have a 'Good Samaritan Law' to deal with scenarios where bystanders help accident victims.

AI flies bird-hit plane with 122 on board; breaches security

On Monday morning soon after take-off, an Air India flight experienced a bird-hit which was deemed as a serious threat to the aircraft.

05 Feb 2017

India

SC: You can't blame the government if you don't vote

The Supreme Court, while listening to a plea to pass a blanket order to remove all encroachments in India, was irked by an activist's candid admission that he had never voted in his life.

04 Feb 2017

Karnataka

Digital address for Bengaluru houses proposed

If Bengaluru qualifies for the Smart City competition next month, each house in the city will get its own digital address for easier administration.

04 Feb 2017

India

Sanjeev Sanyal appointed new Principal Economic Adviser

Former Chief Economist and Director of Global Markets Research in Deutsche Bank, Sanjeev Sanyal has been appointed India's new Principal Economic Adviser.

03 Feb 2017

India

Leprosy makes a comeback in India

Leprosy had been eliminated from India in 2005, when the prevalence fell below 1 case per 10000 people.

02 Feb 2017

India

Maharashtra board textbook blames 'ugliness' for dowry

The Indian Government has been taking multiple initiatives to eradicate menace of the dowry system that makes millions of women vulnerable to abuse.

Water taxis on the Yamuna by June?

The 143 year-old Agra Canal may soon be used again for navigation and transportation if the Yamuna Water Taxi Project is successfully implemented.

01 Feb 2017

India

5 Odisha police jawans killed in a blast by Maoists

At least five jawans of Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) were reportedly killed and 20 others seriously wounded in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Mogarguma village near the Sunki-Salur highway in Odisha's Koraput district.

01 Feb 2017

Narendra Modi

Budget 2017: How budget would impact you?

The Modi government's fourth Budget may not have been the big-bang populist budget everyone expected after demonetization.

01 Feb 2017

India

Highlights of Union Budget 2017

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said growth will recover in 2017.

01 Feb 2017

Narendra Modi

India's budget and the rituals that kick it off

The Narendra Modi government is set to present this year's budget on February 1, 2017.

31 Jan 2017

Parliament

Fire breaks out in Parliament on the eve of Budget-Day

On the eve of the budget day, a fire broke out in room number 50 of the Parliament.