Rape Case: Goa MLA Atanasio Monserrate Sent To Three-Days Police Remand
PANAJI -- Expelled Congress leader and St. Cruz MLA Atanasio Monserrate, alias, Baabush, who was on Wednesday booked on the charges of raping a minor migrant girl, was on Friday presented before a...
View ArticleAkshay Kumar Hopes Hrithik-Kangana Feud Ends Soon
MUMBAI -- Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on Friday said he "hopes" the on-going feud between actors Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut comes to a close soon. The two actors have been at loggerheads since...
View ArticleClashes Break Out In Jadavpur University Over Screening Of Pro-Right Wing Film
KOLKATA -- Jadavpur University found itself in the midst of violent clashes and protests after right-wing leaning filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri screened his film open-air on the university's campus. The...
View ArticleThree Militants Killed In Encounter In South Kashmir's Pulwama District
SRINAGAR -- Three Hizbul Mujhahideen militants were killed early today in an encounter with security forces during a search operation in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. A joint team of police and...
View ArticleKanhaiya Kumar Ends Hunger Strike After 9 Days
NEW DELHI -- JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar today ended his nine-day hunger strike after he was discharged from AIIMS even as the university administration asked students not to invite...
View ArticleED Raids Properties Allegedly Related To Robert Vadra's Land Deals
JAIPUR -- ED has conducted searches at multiple locations in Rajasthan in connection with its money laundering probe arising out of a case of land grab in Bikaner involving a company allegedly linked...
View ArticleVVIP Chopper Scam: Arvind Kejriwal Accuses Modi Of Being 'Scared' Of Sonia...
NEW DELHI -- Launching a scathing attack on the Modi government and Congress over the AgustaWestland chopper scam, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Prime Minister does not have...
View ArticleAnnoyed With Protesters, Bengal Governor Calls JU 'Centre For Disturbance'
KOLKATA-- With Jadavpur University witnessing student unrest since yesterday, West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today said the varsity is fast turning into a "centre for disturbance" and authorities...
View ArticleTrain Services Between Srinagar And Banihal Suspended Following Pulwama...
SRINAGAR -- Train services between Srinagar and Banihal were suspended by railway authorities for the day today due to "law and order situation" in south Kashmir's Pulwama district following the...
View ArticleMehbooba Asks Students To Help Implement 'Odd-Even' In J&K
Srinagar -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought cooperation of people of the state to cope with increased road traffic and called upon students to voluntarily help...
View ArticleDon't Fall In Trap Of Schools Giving Useless Degrees: Raghuram Rajan
Sounding a word of caution to students on education loans, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said they should not fall prey to 'unscrupulous schools' which leave them with high debt and "useless...
View ArticleHook-Up App Tinder Is Attempting A Sanskaari Makeover In India And It's...
"Mubarak ho jee, beti ki Tinder match ho gayee!" said no mother yet. And if you thought that the line belonged to a dystopian future which has no wifi, tea bags and Benedict Cumberbatch, your life is...
View ArticleOne In Three Death Row Convicts Acquitted In India: Study
Exposing cracks in the Indian legal system, a first of its kind study published by the National Law University highlights that one out of every three people given death sentence by trial courts in the...
View ArticleMaharashtra CM Fadnavis Tells PM Modi 28,000 Villages Hit By Drought, Seeks...
Battling drought in 28,000 villages, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday sought increased funding for several central schemes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the situation...
View ArticleJawaharlal Nehru Removed From Class VIII Textbook In Rajasthan: Report
NEW DELHI -- Students of Class VIII in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Rajasthan will no longer learn that Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first Prime Minister, and they won't be taught that Nathuram Godse,...
View ArticlePakistani Jirga In Spotlight After Brutal 'Honour Killing' Of 16-Year-Old Girl
MAKOL, Pakistan -- Shock across Pakistan at the murder of a 16-year-old girl accused of helping a young couple run away and elope has turned to anger over the role played by a "jirga", or tribal...
View ArticleBelgian Woman Allegedly Molested By Ola Cabs Driver
NEW DELHI -- A 23-year-old Belgian woman was allegedly molested by a cab driver in the national capital on Saturday night. In her complaint to the police, the woman said she had booked an Ola cab from...
View ArticleFTII Receives Detonator, Threatening Letter Against Kanhaiya Kumar's Visit
PUNE -- A packet containing some suspected explosive substance, a detonator and a threat letter in connection with JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's expected visit in April, was received by the office...
View ArticleBihar Politician's Son Shoots Teenager For Overtaking
GAYA, Bihar -- In yet another shocking case of road rage, JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi's son Rocky Yadav shot dead a teenager late Saturday night, after he overtook Yadav's car. Following the incident,...
View ArticleDomestic Workers' Daughters Campaign Against Child Abuse
CHENNAI -- Placing their hands on the shoulders of the person in front, dozens of teenage girls excitedly form a human train and chug around the sparsely furnished community hall in India's southern...
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