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05 Oct 2017
IndiaFaridabad: 13-year-old enslaved maid attempts suicide; jumps off 11th floor
A 13-year-old maid, hailing from Bihar, attempted suicide by jumping off the 11th floor of Kanishka Towers in Haryana's Faridabad.
05 Oct 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaSC: Heinous crimes can't be quashed despite settlement by parties
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that criminal proceedings in heinous offenses such as rape, murder, dacoity and financial fraud can't be subjected to out-of-court settlements.
05 Oct 2017
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)BHU hospital under scanner for deaths of 14 patients
A Centre-UP government investigation team, which was probing the death of about 14 surgery patients on June 6-8 in BHU's Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, has found that industrial grade nitrous oxide was used to anesthetize patients.
05 Oct 2017
Jammu And KashmirDrug use among youth in militancy-hit Kashmir increasing
The nation's focus on the militant violence in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has pushed a major issue on the sidelines: increasing drug use among Kashmiri youth.
05 Oct 2017
PunePune: 4 stray dogs burnt alive; 16 poisoned to death
In a shocking incident of extreme animal cruelty, at least four stray dogs were tied with a rope and burnt alive while 16 others were poisoned to death last week in Pune's Baner in Maharashtra.
05 Oct 2017
TelanganaTelangana to introduce law curbing the Arab-Indian child bride nexus
The Telangana government plans to introduce a law to end the exploitation of minor girls by Arab sheikhs.
04 Oct 2017
DalitSanand's Dalits change their display picture to a moustache! Why?
Sanand's 300 Dalit men have found a novel way to protest against the multiple attacks on Dalits in Gujarat by changing their WhatsApp display picture to a moustache logo.
04 Oct 2017
JharkhandTeen sisters gang-raped in Jharkhand; accused still at large
Two teen-aged sisters were gang-raped by three men in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Tuesday.
04 Oct 2017
HaryanaHoly Sh*t! UN invites Ram Rahim for World Toilet Day
The flamboyant Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his "adopted daughter" Honeypreet Insan continue to remain in high demand.
04 Oct 2017
IndiaReports: India's sole nuclear-attack submarine INS Chakra damaged in accident
India's sole operational nuclear-powered attack submarine, INS Chakra, may require major repairs after suffering "some damage" in an accident, The Print has reported.
04 Oct 2017
Piyush Goyal3 coaches of goods train derails near Mathura, no casualties
The Indian Railways has suffered yet another train derailment.
04 Oct 2017
MumbaiUnable to reach hospital on time, boy chokes to death
The traffic menace during festivities has claimed yet another life. This time of a four-year-old Mumbai boy who couldn't reach hospital on time, thanks to the traffic jams caused by Durga processions.
03 Oct 2017
MumbaiElphinstone stampede: Multi-agency teams to inspect Mumbai railway stations
As many as 150 officials representing various government agencies will inspect all suburban railway stations on Mumbai's Central and Western Railways lines.
03 Oct 2017
Sushma SwarajGirl makes video seeking return of 'slave' mother from Saudi
After failing to get assistance from police, the children of Paramjit Kaur have now made a video, requesting the ministry of external affairs to aid the safe return of their mother.
03 Oct 2017
Bahujan Samaj PartyAllahabad: Violent protests erupt after BSP leader shot dead
BSP leader Rajesh Yadav was shot dead outside a hostel near the University of Allahabad on October 2.
03 Oct 2017
IndiaRBI to print new Rs. 100 notes from April 2018
After redesigning the Rs. 500 notes, the Reserve Bank of India will soon introduce new Rs. 100 currency notes.
03 Oct 2017
JharkhandJharkhand: Three-year-old girl raped by police constable, friend
In another horrifying incident, Jharkhand police have booked a constable and his friend for allegedly abducting and raping a three-year-old girl in Barta village on Saturday.
03 Oct 2017
IndiaIndian Air Force hit by shortage of AWACS surveillance planes
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is witnessing a serious cataract in its "eyes in the sky" arising from a severe shortage of airborne warning and control systems (AWACS).
03 Oct 2017
TelanganaHyderabad: Heavy rains continue to lash city; 3 killed
Three persons, including a four-month-old infant and his father, were killed as torrential rains continued to batter Hyderabad, paralyzing the city and leading to water-logging and traffic-snarls.
03 Oct 2017
Jammu And KashmirBSF camp near Srinagar Airport attacked, 2 terrorists killed
Terrorists attacked a Border Security Force (BSF) camp near the Srinagar Airport outside the Airforce station at Gogo Humhama around 4.30 am on Tuesday.
02 Oct 2017
IndiaIndia to have first Rafale base in Ambala by 2019
India is all set to have its first Rafale base in Ambala, Haryana.
02 Oct 2017
IndiaThree years on, how 'Swachh' is Modi's 'Bharat'?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship project Swachh Bharat Abhiyan turns three today.
02 Oct 2017
IndiaGandhi Jayanti: President Kovind, PM Modi pay tributes to Gandhiji
As the nation commemorates Mahatma Gandhi on his 148th birth anniversary, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi paid tributes to the "Father of the Nation" at Rajghat in Delhi.
02 Oct 2017
KanpurKanpur: Communal violence on Muharram; 30 injured, DSP suspended
Massive communal violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur during a Tazia procession on Muharram on 1 October.
02 Oct 2017
Pakistan NewsJ&K: Ceasefire violation by Pakistan; 3 killed, 8 injured
Pakistani forces opened fire and hurled mortars targeting several border villages and Indian posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
02 Oct 2017
EducationCBSE makes Aadhaar mandatory for Classes 9, 11 exams
In a first, the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) has made Aadhaar number mandatory for the students of Classes 9 and 11 for the board exam registration from 2017-18.
02 Oct 2017
IndiaAll India Radio plans on expanding services to new countries
While many may argue that television killed the radio, in India, but that's not the case. Radio channels are still quite popular here.
01 Oct 2017
IndiaLPG costlier by Rs 1.50/cylinder, jet fuel price by 6%
October's LPG and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price revision saw both products getting costlier.
01 Oct 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaRetired Assamese Army veteran asked to prove his Indian citizenship
A retired Indian Army officer hailing from Assam has been asked to prove his Indian citizenship by the Assamese Police.
01 Oct 2017
ChennaiFlight services disrupted in Chennai due to heavy rain
Heavy rain in the early hours of Sunday morning, and the resultant low visibility in Chennai has disrupted both domestic and international flight services to and from the city.
01 Oct 2017
Piyush GoyalElphinstone stampede stirs Indian Railways and state govt. into action
The unfortunate death of 23 people in a stampede at the Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai finally stirred an otherwise lackadaisical Indian Railways into addressing concerns regarding passenger safety.
01 Oct 2017
MumbaiElphinstone overbridge: Rs. 12cr sanctioned but only Rs. 1,000 allotted
As the stampede on the overbridge connecting Mumbai's Elphinstone Road and Parel railway stations claimed 22 lives and injured about 32, it has been revealed that railways consistently ignored warnings tweeted by Mumbaikars and concerns raised by RS MP Sachin Tendulkar and Sena MP Arvind Sawant.
01 Oct 2017
EducationIITs to get 1,000 extra seats from next year
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided to allot at least 1,000 extra seats to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) from the next year, giving more engineering aspirants a chance to study at the famed institutes.
30 Sep 2017
PunjabAkali Dal minister booked for rape ahead of Gurdaspur polls
Ahead of the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha election, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sucha Singh Langah has been booked for raping and defrauding a woman constable for eight years. Langah is to surrender before a court today.
30 Sep 2017
TelanganaTelangana: Wall collapses during Dussehra festivities; 2 dead, 17 injured
In a tragic incident on Dussehra eve, two people were killed and 17 injured when a terrace parapet wall collapsed in Telangana's Nizamabad district.
29 Sep 2017
IndiaModi's Housing for All Scheme needs Rs.1 lakh crore
Sources said the housing ministry would require around Rs. 1 lakh crore over the next two-three years to meet the targets set under the PM Awas Yojana or Housing for All scheme.
29 Sep 2017
Delhi PoliceDelhi: MCD school by day, rental accommodation by night
Delhi Deputy CM and Education Minister, Manish Sisodia, conducted a late-night raid at an MCD school in Kalyanpuri Block-19, where the guard had been renting out classrooms to people at night.
29 Sep 2017
IndiaOne year on, what did the surgical strikes achieve?
On Friday, India marks the first anniversary of the surgical strikes mounted by Indian Army special-forces across the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
29 Sep 2017
GurugramSweeper held for molesting two girls at Gurugram's Vidya School
Weeks after a student of Class 2 was found dead in Gurugram's Ryan International School, another incident of alleged molestation in the city's Vidya School has come to light.
29 Sep 2017
DelhiFlights running late to face indefinite take off delays
Flights that don't initiate push-back from an airport gate and taxi on a runway within five minutes of air traffic control (ATC) clearance, would now only be allowed to take off once a slot is free.
