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05 Apr 2018

Kolkata

Kolkata horror: Man living with mother's 'mummified' body for 3-years

In a horrific case, a Kolkata man in his fifties has been found to be living with his mother's 'mummified' body since three years.

05 Apr 2018

Meghalaya

Meghalaya: Rs 20 lakh calamity fund announced for all districts

The severe hailstorm that lashed Meghalaya last week affecting over 2,500 households has forced the government to keep Rs. 20 lakh each with the district chiefs for immediate relief in case of calamity, the Assembly was informed today.

05 Apr 2018

West Bengal

Piracy is a real threat to writers, says Bengali Author

Litterateur Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, one of the finest fiction writers in Bengali literature, has expressed concern over piracy of published works from West Bengal in Bangladesh and called for highest level action to put an end to this practice.

05 Apr 2018

Saif Ali Khan

Salman to sleep on floor beside Asaram's barrack in prison

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will now have a change of address. He will have (in)famous neighbors too.

05 Apr 2018

Puri

Puri: Jagannath Temple's Ratna Bhandar needs renovation, says official

The Ratna Bhandar (storehouse for ornaments) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri is in need of repair, a senior administration official of the shrine said today.

05 Apr 2018

Delhi Police

Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra marshaled out of Delhi Assembly

Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra was today marshaled out of the Delhi Assembly after he went near the Speaker's chair and tore a copy of the House's business list, demanding the removal of a scheduled discussion regarding "alleged attempt to incite communal disturbance on the pretext of Ramnavami procession".

05 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh: Woman killed for marrying outside community; father held

A woman was today allegedly killed in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh by her family members, who were apparently unhappy with her for marrying a man from another community, police said.

05 Apr 2018

Ram Nath Kovind

Honest taxpayers suffer due to willful loan defaulters: President Kovind

Amid mounting NPAs or bad loans in the banking sector, President Ram Nath Kovind today said honest taxpayers suffer due to willful and criminal default on a bank loan.

RBI holds repo rate at 6%

In the first bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19, the RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) has kept repo rates unchanged at 6%,

05 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Raped minor carries foetus in bag to register complaint

In a shocking and inhumane incident, a 16-year-old Dalit minor took her foetus in a bag to register police complaint, in Satna, Madhya Pradesh.

05 Apr 2018

Pakistan News

Army jawan cremated with full military honors in Maharashtra

The last rites of a 21-year-old army jawan, killed in shelling by Pakistan, were performed at his village in Maharashtra today with full military honors.

05 Apr 2018

Virat Kohli

Indian cricketers join hands against Afridi over Kashmir tweet

In the two days since Shahid Afridi made a tweet on Kashmir, several of his Indian peers have hit back at the former Pakistani cricket captain.

05 Apr 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: Naxal gunned down in encounter with police

A Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, an official said on Thursday.

05 Apr 2018

Parliament

Railways received 57 complaints of harassment from SC/ST employees: Minister

The railways received 57 complaints from SC/ST employees regarding caste-related harassment in the past three years, the government informed Parliament yesterday.

05 Apr 2018

Tamil Nadu

TN fishermen injured in attack by Lankan navy personnel

Five Tamil Nadu fishermen from Nagapattinam district were injured in an attack by Sri Lankan navy personnel off the Vedaranyam coast, a Fisheries Department official said.

05 Apr 2018

Bihar

How has two years of liquor ban changed Bihar?

Bihar police conducted a raid every two minutes and seven people were put behind bars every hour in the last two years since the state banned alcohol.

05 Apr 2018

Karnataka

TN shutdown: DMK's Stalin, other leaders arrested

DMK leader MK Stalin and other top politicians of Tamil Nadu (TN) were detained today while blocking roads in Chennai.

FM Arun Jaitley likely to undergo surgery for kidney-related ailment

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering from a kidney ailment and may have to undergo a surgery, sources close to the minister said.

How to get faster 'Out-of-Turn' passports without extra fee

Passport applications are becoming easier to obtain, thanks to the NDA government. Verification by the police following passport issuance is one modification it has implemented.

05 Apr 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chicken breed battle: Madhya Pradesh a step away from winning

Madhya Pradesh is inching closer to getting the nativity tag for the protein-rich breed of chicken, popularly known as "Kadaknath", even as the neighboring Chhattisgarh has also staked claim over it.

Chandigarh school dropout, now ethical hacker, makes to Forbes' list

Trishneet Arora, 25, has found a place in the Forbes' Asia list of '30 under 30'.

J&K to build 14,000 bunkers to protect residents around LoC

Jammu and Kashmir will build 14,000 bunkers in its five border districts to safeguard local residents from Pakistani shelling.

05 Apr 2018

Rajasthan

Imparting quality education to students a major challenge: Rajasthan Governor

Addressing the fifth convocation ceremony of the University of Kota, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh expressed concern over the shortage of teachers in universities and said in such a scenario, imparting qualitative education to students is a major challenge.

05 Apr 2018

Delhi

Alliance Air to begin Delhi-Pathankot flight service from today

Alliance Air will begin a new service today between Delhi and Pathankot under a regional connectivity scheme, with the ticket price being fixed at Rs. 2,570.

05 Apr 2018

India

Uttarakhand: CM launches campaign to improve education standard in state

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a transformation campaign to improve the standard of education in the state's government schools.

05 Apr 2018

Rajasthan

Blackbuck poaching: Salman Khan to go to prison for five-years

Bollywood star Salman Khan has been convicted in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, in which Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were also accused.

05 Apr 2018

India

What keeps India's oldest yogini healthy and active at 99?

In a world big on commercial yoga fads that change every season, V Nanammal, India's oldest yogini, still swears by the good old pranayamas and asanas.

05 Apr 2018

India

Best engineering colleges (other than IITs, NITs) after 12th Class

Given the vast prospects that it offers, Engineering remains one of the most preferred courses in India after Class-12.

04 Apr 2018

Delhi

Delhi: CAG report reveals 32 blood banks running without licenses

Out of 68 blood banks in Delhi, 32 didn't have a valid license in 2016-17, a CAG report revealed.

04 Apr 2018

Smriti Irani

PIB director puts halt on RFID 'propaganda' with one tweet

The Principal Director General of PIB Frank Noronha has put an end to all speculations about journalists getting Radio Frequency Identification Cards (RFID), with one tweet.

04 Apr 2018

Pakistan News

Over 600 ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Jan-Feb'18: Govt

Pakistan has violated ceasefire along the LoC and the International Border (IB) 633 times in just two months of this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

04 Apr 2018

India

India to get 'normal' monsoon rains this year: Skymet

The monsoon in India this time is expected to be "normal," Skymet predicted today, with 20% chance of "above normal" rains, 20% of "below normal," and zero chance of drought.

04 Apr 2018

Maharashtra

Food should be sold at regular prices in theaters: HC

Noting that the cost of food and water inside multiplexes was exorbitant, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday opined that it should be sold at regular prices.

04 Apr 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Woman cop awaits government permission to undergo sex-change surgery

Lalita Salve, a 29-year-old female police constable from Maharashtra's Beed district, is awaiting the state government's permission to undergo a sex change surgery.

04 Apr 2018

Kerala

According to Kerala teacher, jeans wearing women reproduce transgender kids

Another day, another fight with sexism. A teacher from Kerala has given the most mind-boggling reason behind the birth of transgender kids.

04 Apr 2018

Facebook

NIRF 2018 ranking: IIT-Kharagpur ranks in top-list of five categories

Figuring in the top list in all five categories in NIRF 2018 ranking, IIT Kharagpur Director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti has said it is great to see the institution tops in architecture and law.

Article 370 has become permanent, cannot be abrogated: SC

Article 370 has acquired permanent status due to its years of existence, and hence its abrogation is impossible, the SC has said.

04 Apr 2018

IndiGo

Varanasi: IndiGo staffers go on strike over salary issue

Nearly 56 staffers of IndiGo's ground handling agency, GV India Services, went on a strike early morning over issues related to payments and salaries, causing "minor" difficulties for airport authorities at the Varanasi Airport.

04 Apr 2018

India

Gatimaan Express, India's fastest train, now till Jhansi

Gatimaan Express, widely touted as India's fastest train, will now go all the way till Jhansi.

04 Apr 2018

Narendra Modi

No other govt honored Ambedkar like we did: PM Modi

Hitting out at political parties for politicizing the legacy of BR Ambedkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said no regime had honored the Dalit icon like his government had.