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08 Jan 2018
Jammu And KashmirAward-winning AMU PhD scholar joins Hizbul Mujahideen
Mannan Bashir Wani, an award-winning PhD scholar at the Aligarh Muslim University, has reportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit; he went missing last week.
08 Jan 2018
Delhi30 establishments in Delhi's Khan Market may be sealed
Thirty establishments in Delhi's Khan Market are facing closure for civic violations: the NDMC says they haven't paid use conversion charges.
08 Jan 2018
SiliguriDrone by tea vendor's son to help Siliguri fight dengue
A drone made by Rajiv Ghosh, the 17-year-old son of a Siliguri tea-seller, will help the local government fight dengue.
08 Jan 2018
DelhiSC reconsiders Section 377: Hope for LGBT community this time
The controversial Section 377 that criminalizes homosexuality has once again reached the SC, where a three-judge bench agreed to review its 2013 decision upholding the law.
08 Jan 2018
EducationCAT 2017 results declared: 20 candidates score 100 percentile
Results for the prestigious Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 were declared today. You can check them on its official website.
08 Jan 2018
Uttar PradeshMughalsarai: Angry mob thrashes two men for stealing cows
An angry mob in Mughalsarai thrashed two men for allegedly stealing cows. The duo was later arrested.
08 Jan 2018
India#WhatTheHealth: Rs. 43L charged for "200% safe" surgery, patient dies
Another allegation of medical negligence has been reported, this time from Mumbai. According to Thane resident Mithulal Bafna, they spent Rs. 43L on his 56-year-old wife's heart treatment and a surgery that doctors guaranteed was "200% safe".
08 Jan 2018
South Korea#DefenseDiaries: Government scraps Rs. 32,000 crore minesweeper project
The government of India has cancelled a Rs. 32,000crore project to build 12 minesweepers, in collaboration with South Korea, at the Goa Shipyard.
08 Jan 2018
MumbaiSixth fire in Mumbai in 10 days: Who's to blame?
A fire erupted on the third floor of a sessions court near the South Mumbai Campus of the University of Mumbai.
08 Jan 2018
DelhiFire breaks out at Bengaluru bar, five employees killed
Five employees of the Kailash Bar and Restaurant in Bengaluru's Kalasipalya died when a fire broke out.
08 Jan 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaPIL filed to revoke import ban on Gandhi's assassination book
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court which seeks to revoke an import ban on a book published in Portugal over five decades ago.
07 Jan 2018
IndiaUpcoming in Delhi: Traffic restrictions, cancellation of 100 flights daily
Delhiites should prepare for difficulty in moving around as the national capital gears up for two important events: an Asean summit (January 25) and Republic Day celebrations (January 26).
07 Jan 2018
IndiaRailways' biotoilets needs cow-dung of Rs. 42cr. Or do they?
After much deliberation, Indian Railways decided to fit biotoilets in each of its 54,506 coaches. 97,761 have been installed already.
07 Jan 2018
ManipurManipur teacher sacked for pursuing MBBS while on the job
The Manipur education department has sacked a primary school teacher who was making his brother teach at a government school in the Thoubal district while he himself took MBBS classes at the JLN Medical College in Rajasthan.
07 Jan 2018
IndiaWill electoral bonds help cleanse political funding like Jaitley says?
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has reiterated that the government is committed to transparency in political funding.
07 Jan 2018
Shashi Tharoor32-year-old man arrested for stalking, harassing Sachin Tendulkar's daughter
A 32-year-old man from West Bengal has been arrested for stalking and harassing Sachin Tendulkar's daughter Sara.
07 Jan 2018
DelhiJaitley defamation: Ashutosh fined Rs. 10,000 for 'wasting court's time'
A Delhi court has fined AAP leader Ashutosh Rs. 10,000 for "trying to derail the proceedings" in a criminal defamation case filed against him.
07 Jan 2018
IndiaUIDAI lodges FIR against The Tribune for Aadhaar report
According to an Indian Express report, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has lodged an FIR against The Tribune newspaper and one of its journalists over a report which alleges that Aadhaar numbers are anonymously sold over WhatsApp.
07 Jan 2018
DelhiFour national-level players killed, one world champion injured in accident
Four national-level powerlifters were killed and two others, including a world champion, were grievously injured in an accident on the Delhi-Panipat National Highway 1.
07 Jan 2018
LudhianaSerial killer behind 7 murders in 22 years finally arrested
Following the murder of Patiala's Rajinder Singh on 30 December, police arrested a Ludhiana-based 47-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, Jagroop Singh in connection with the killing.
07 Jan 2018
GoaHarassed by unrelenting cow vigilantism, Goa meat-traders go on strike
Goa Meat Traders Association, the state's umbrella meat-supplying body, would be on an indefinite strike starting yesterday.
06 Jan 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Massive fire at Cinevista Studio; fire-tenders rushed to spot
A massive fire has broken out at Cinevista Studio in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg at 8:07pm today. The five-acre studio has over 30 shooting locations.
06 Jan 2018
GujaratRajkot man arrested for pushing ailing mother off terrace
In a shocking incident, an assistant professor in Rajkot was recently arrested for killing his ailing mother by pushing her off the terrace of their residential building.
06 Jan 2018
IndiaRailways are hiring engineers: Here's your guide to applying
The Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways (MoR), has released an official notification inviting applications from interested and eligible candidates for various engineering posts in different departments.
06 Jan 2018
DelhiED files second chargesheet against Lalu's daughter
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a second chargesheet in a Delhi court against the former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter, Misa Bharti in a money laundering act case .
06 Jan 2018
CelebrityCelebs endorsing misleading ads to be banned for 3 years
In a bid to intensify the crackdown on false and misleading advertisements and protect consumers from being misled, the government has introduced the new, tougher Consumer Protection Bill in Lok Sabha.
06 Jan 2018
IndiaPresident Kovind's vehicle to soon have number plates
Vehicles of President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, and other constitutional authorities like Governors and Lieutenant-Governors will display registration-numbers and not the State Emblem of India, said government.
06 Jan 2018
IndiaNewsBytes on TheQuint: How low will journalism stoop down?
In an era of 'infobesity', where every organization feeds you with content/news, the pertinent question is - what is news?
06 Jan 2018
Jammu And KashmirIED explosion kills and injures five policemen in Kashmir
An IED blast set off by militants in Sopore in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir led to the death and injury of four and one policemen respectively.
06 Jan 2018
IndiaFodder scam: CBI counsel pleads maximum punishment for Lalu
The special CBI court in Ranchi in charge of the fodder scam completed its hearing on the quantum of punishment for former Bihar CM and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday.
06 Jan 2018
MumbaiThis is the reason behind Mumbai's deadly Kamala Mills fire
The deadly fire at Mumbai's Kamala Mills Compound last month was caused by "burning/lighted flying embers" from the charcoal used for the hookah at Mojo's Bistro, revealed Mumbai fire department's investigation report.
05 Jan 2018
Jammu And Kashmir9 people missing after avalanche hits Kashmir's Kupwara district
Nine people went missing after an avalanche hit Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday evening.
05 Jan 2018
MumbaiMajor fire in Bellasis Road apartment, residents blame illegal activities
A major fire erupted at the Zia Apartment on Bellasis Road in Mumbai at noon. No casualty has been reported.
05 Jan 2018
Aadhaar Card'Irrespective of laws, result is abuse': Snowden on Aadhaar controversy
One more name, and a famous one at that, has been added to the list of people opposing Aadhaar.
05 Jan 2018
IndiaUnion budget to be presented on February 1
Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar announced that the Parliament's budget session is set to begin on January 29. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended that the budget be presented on February 1.
05 Jan 2018
DelhiNo respite from fog for Delhi, normal life disrupted
There seems to be no respite for Delhi in sight as dense fog hit flight and train operations again.
05 Jan 2018
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh man gets son arrested for killing his pet dog
In a rare incident, a 48-year-old man from Chhattisgarh got one of his sons arrested for killing his pet dog.
05 Jan 2018
IndiaNew Deoband fatwa prohibits Muslim women from marrying bank employees
India's largest seminary, the Darul Uloom Deoband, has issued another bizarre fatwa, banning Muslim women from marrying into families whose members work in banks.
05 Jan 2018
Tamil NaduThousands of TN buses on strike over 0.13% wage hike
Over 1L employees of various state transport corporations launched sudden indefinite strikes across Tamil Nadu after day-long talks with the government over wage hikes failed.
05 Jan 2018
State Bank of India (SBI)SBI may cut down minimum account balance to Rs. 1,000
SBI is mulling slashing its minimum account balance (MAB) requirement. This comes days after the finance ministry reported SBI had earned Rs. 1,771cr from fines levied on non-maintenance of MAB during April-November'17.
