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Stray dogs bite 3-day-old baby to death in Kerala

The body of a three-day-old baby was found abandoned at Puthur in Kerala's Kollam district today with the infant's hands and legs bitten off by stray dogs, the police said.

21 Apr 2018

WhatsApp

Punjab Police cautions people against fake message on WhatsApp

The Punjab Police has cautioned the people against a "fake" message being circulated on WhatsApp, asking women to call up at a mobile number if they needed help.

21 Apr 2018

India

This App will help donate excess food to the needy

Restaurants, caterers, and others will be able to easily donate excess food to the needy through a new mobile application developed by students of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in Delhi.

21 Apr 2018

Jammu

J&K: Govt-employees' salaries stopped for not having toilets at home

Sending out a strong message against open defecation, salaries of over 600 government employees in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar were stopped for not constructing toilets at their houses.

21 Apr 2018

Piyush Goyal

Railways to extend 'Give it up' to all fare-concession holders

Buoyed by "Give it up" scheme's success with senior citizens, Indian Railways is set to extend the scheme to include other concession holders to offset nearly Rs. 33,000cr subsidy burden in annual passenger fares.

21 Apr 2018

Kerala

Kerala: Decomposed body found, could be of missing Latvian woman

A decomposed body was found by fishermen near Kovalam, Kerala Police said. The head and the torso were discovered disjointed from each other, at the marshy spot.

21 Apr 2018

India

Bihar: 23-year-old beaten to death by villagers in land dispute

A 23-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by a group of villagers over a land dispute at Thakur Tola in Bihar's West Champaran district.

Three people, including woman, arrested for betting on IPL matches

Three people, including a woman, were arrested on charges of betting on IPL matches in Muzaffarnagar city in Uttar Pradesh.

21 Apr 2018

Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh: Fire breaks out at Amit Shah's meeting venue

A minor fire broke out at the venue of BJP President Amit Shah's public meeting in UP's Rae Bareli, triggering panic and commotion in the audience.

21 Apr 2018

Abu Salem

Abu Salem wants to get married, prison officials deny parole

Underworld gangster Abu Salem's application for a 45-day-parole to marry Mumbra-based Sayed Bahar Kausar was denied by prison authorities.

21 Apr 2018

DNA

Surat rape case: Prime suspect and 2 others arrested

In a major breakthrough in the rape and murder of 11-year-old girl in Surat, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested the prime suspect Harsh Sai Gurjar on Friday.

21 Apr 2018

Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President mulling over Opposition notice to impeach CJI

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is in the process of closely scrutinizing the notice submitted by Opposition members on Friday demanding Chief Justice Dipak Misra's impeachment.

21 Apr 2018

Delhi Government

Delhi govt asks schools to collect used textbooks, form book-banks

The Delhi Government has asked its schools to collect old usable textbooks from students of all classes and form book banks.

Death penalty for child rapists: Modi Cabinet approves Ordinance

The Cabinet on Saturday cleared the ordinance seeking death penalty for those raping children under 12.

21 Apr 2018

India

25-year-old arrested for stealing courier delivery bag containing mobiles, shopping-cards

A 25-year-old man was arrested for stealing a bag containing cell phones, shopping cards, and checkbooks from the vehicle of a courier delivery boy in southeast Delhi's New Friends Colony.

21 Apr 2018

Ghaziabad

Class-10 student abducted by friends for money, battered to death

A Class 10 student in Ghaziabad was allegedly kidnapped by two teenage boys, who, in panic, ended up killing him after the boy fell off their motorcycle and received severe head injuries.

21 Apr 2018

Indore

No end to rape? Now, 6-month-old Indore girl raped, killed

The historic Rajwada area of Indore saw a barbaric crime in the wee hours of Friday when a six-month-old baby girl was abducted, raped, and killed.

21 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh: CRPF officer killed in gunfight with Maoists in Sukma

An officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in a gunfight with the Maoists in a dense forest in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

21 Apr 2018

WhatsApp

Work even post-retirement, courtesy this Delhi-based job portal

Aging is a new stage of opportunity and strength, said American writer Betty Friedan.

20 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Jilted-lover burns Rs. 5L-cash he stole for his wedding

A man allegedly stole Rs. 6.74L cash to marry a woman he loved but when she refused, he burnt Rs. 5L in anger, said Niranjan Sharma, in-charge of Sehore (MP) police station today.

20 Apr 2018

Bombay High Court

Learning-disabled student completes three-year IIT course, but does't get degree

A learning disability or a mental disorder cannot be termed a physical disability, the Bombay High Court said while refusing to direct the IIT Bombay to give a formal degree to a girl student suffering from dyscalculia, although she has completed a master's course.

20 Apr 2018

Facebook

Paintings on Kathua-rape end in stone-pelting at Kerala-artist's home

In a horrific turn of events, stones were thrown at a Kerala painter's house after her paintings on the Kathua rape case offended Hindus.

20 Apr 2018

Sexual Harassment

'Women-journos sleep around, why complain about patting cheeks?': BJP leader

When TN Governor Banwarilal Purohit patted a female journalist's cheek at a press-conference, BJP leader S Ve Shekher thought it wasn't a big deal as 'women journalists are forced to sleep around anyway.'

20 Apr 2018

India

Aurangabad: Woman commits suicide over harassment by man for marriage

An 18-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Wadner village in Kannad tehsil of Aurangabad, Maharashtra, police said today.

20 Apr 2018

Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath's Facebook page most popular among CMs

The Facebook page of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been judged the most popular among all other chief ministers in the country.

HRD is launching the 'Swachh Bharat Summer Internship' for students!

Days after the Lok Sabha Secretariat announced exciting internships, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has invited applications for a similar program.

20 Apr 2018

Chhattisgarh

Two more minors raped, murdered at weddings in UP, Chhattisgarh

A minor girl was raped and killed at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Etah on Thursday, just three days after an eerily similar incident caused massive public outrage.

20 Apr 2018

India

If policies managed well, India can become powerhouse economy: IMF

India can become a powerhouse economy if policies are managed well and reforms are supportive of inclusive growth, said David Lipton, First Deputy Managing director of International Monetary Fund.

20 Apr 2018

Vijayawada

AP special status: Chandrababu Naidu on 12-hour fast on birthday

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today launched the "Dharma Porata Deeksha", a 12-hour hunger strike, demanding "justice" for the state from the Centre, including the special category status.

Mumbai: Man dies after a Gulmohar tree falls on him

A 38-year-old man died after a Gulmohar tree fell on him at Dadar in central Mumbai, a fire brigade official said.

Unnao: Rape accused MLA loses security cover

The UP government has withdrawn security cover for MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is accused of raping a teenager in Unnao last year.

20 Apr 2018

India

Chhattisgarh: 11-year-old raped and killed at a wedding

An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed by a guest at a wedding in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh, police said.

20 Apr 2018

Mumbai

SC dismisses plea by Dawood's-family, orders seizure of his properties

The SC has dismissed a plea by Dawood Ibrahim's family challenging attachment of 'their' properties in Mumbai worth crores, most of which have allegedly been acquired with the gangster's ill-gotten wealth.

20 Apr 2018

Amazon

After #BoycottAmazon trends because of Swara Bhaskar, company deletes tweet

Facing flak for its association with actress Swara Bhaskar, Amazon deleted the tweet which was a part of their 'Ajnabi Shahar Ki Googly' campaign.

20 Apr 2018

Narendra Modi

Preventing sexual abuse is girl's responsibility, teaches Class-8 textbook

While speaking about the horrific Kathua-Unnao rapes, PM Modi urged all Indians hold boys/men accountable for their actions and stop blaming girls/women for heinous gender crimes.

20 Apr 2018

7th Pay Commission

FY18: Railways may clock its worst-ever operating ratio at 98.5%

Railways' operating ratio, the direct indicator of working of the government-run transporter is expected to settle at 98.5% for 2017-2018, recording its worst performance ever since 2000-2001 when it was 98.3%.

20 Apr 2018

India

Kovind prays for India's progress at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine

President Ram Nath Kovind today visited the cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi and paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum.

20 Apr 2018

Gujarat

Naroda Patiya: HC acquits Maya Kodnani, upholds Babu Bajrangi's conviction

The Gujarat HC has acquitted former BJP minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya riots case, ruling it had found no criminal conspiracy and that none of the witnesses was reliable.

20 Apr 2018

Bhubaneswar

CM Naveen Patnaik unveils 'Skilled-in-Odisha' logo

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday unveiled the brand identity logo of the 'Skilled-in-Odisha' campaign of the state government's skill initiatives.

20 Apr 2018

Gujarat

Meet the 12-year-old who renounced everything to become Jain monk

A 12-year-old boy in Surat, the son of a diamond merchant, gave up all material comforts and worldly happiness on Thursday to become a Jain monk.