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04 Oct 2017

Mumbai

Unable 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

Mumbai

Elphinstone 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.

Mallya released on bail after arrest in money laundering case

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya was arrested in London in a money laundering case but was released shortly thereafter on bail, according to news reports.

03 Oct 2017

Haryana

Honeypreet surrenders, claims innocence after absconding for over a month

On October 3, after absconding for over a month, Honeypreet Insan, the adopted daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, surrendered to Haryana Police.

03 Oct 2017

Sushma Swaraj

Girl 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

Haryana

Honeypreet surrenders to Haryana Police after absconding for a month

Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's adopted daughter, Honeypreet Insan, has surrendered to the Haryana Police.

03 Oct 2017

Bahujan Samaj Party

Allahabad: 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

Kerala

Malayalam actress abduction/assault case: Kerala HC grants bail to Dileep

The Kerala HC has finally granted bail to popular Malayalam actor Dileep who was denied bail four times earlier.

03 Oct 2017

India

RBI 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

Jharkhand

Jharkhand: 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

India

Indian 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

Telangana

Hyderabad: 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 Kashmir

BSF 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

Narendra Modi

Actor Prakash Raj questions PM's silence over Gauri Lankesh's murder

On October 2nd, actor Prakash Raj had questioned Prime Minister Modi's silence over Gauri Lankesh's murder.

02 Oct 2017

India

India 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

India

Three years on, how 'Swachh' is Modi's 'Bharat'?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship project Swachh Bharat Abhiyan turns three today.

02 Oct 2017

India

Gandhi 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

Kanpur

Kanpur: 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 News

J&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

Education

CBSE 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

India

All 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

India

LPG 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.

Retired 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

Chennai

Flight 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 Goyal

Elphinstone 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

Mumbai

Elphinstone 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

Education

IITs 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

Punjab

Akali 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

Telangana

Telangana: 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.

30 Sep 2017

Celebrity

Actor Tom Alter passes away at 67

Veteran actor and Padma Shri, Tom Alter passed away at 67. He was suffering from squamous cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer).

29 Sep 2017

India

Modi'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 Police

Delhi: 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

India

One 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

Gurugram

Sweeper 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

Delhi

Flights 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.

BHU turmoil: All about the latest developments at the university

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is on the boil. A lot has happened since a girl student was molested on September 21.

29 Sep 2017

Mumbai

22 killed, 30 injured in stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone Road

At least 22 people were killed and 30 injured in a stampede at the foot-over bridge at Mumbai's Elphinstone Road suburban railway station.

29 Sep 2017

India

PM Narendra Modi intervenes to save schoolgirl from eve-teaser

A schoolgirl's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting help to save her from a stalker, has landed a goon behind bars in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar.

29 Sep 2017

Piyush Goyal

Railways to review flexi fares, could slash prices

The Railways has now revealed that it would review the flexi fare system and may slash ticket prices.

29 Sep 2017

India

Delhi HC takes first step towards gender-neutral rape provisions

Is rape gender exclusive? Yes, if you go by the Indian Penal Code.