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27 May 2018

Narendra Modi

India and Manipur are progressing under the Modi government: CM

"The country has been progressing well under the BJP-led Central government," Manipur CM N Biren Singh has said.

27 May 2018

India

Delhi police arrests man for raping niece in north Delhi

Delhi police has arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece.

27 May 2018

India

Amid push for legalization, Delhi sees 502% rise in weed-consumption

Delhi Police had a distressing time during January-April'18, when they seized 1,345 kilos of marijuana. During the corresponding period last year, it was just 223kg, meaning a whopping 502% jump.

27 May 2018

Delhi University

Students, brace yourselves, for higher DU cut-offs after phenomenal results

In Class 12 results announced by Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE), 12,737 students scored above 95%, which is equally celebratory and concerning.

27 May 2018

Delhi University

#CareerBytes: DU colleges you could get into based on 2017-cutoffs

The University of Delhi offers many undergraduate courses but admission to a majority of them is based on cutoffs, the minimum percentage of marks required.

27 May 2018

India

Eastern Peripheral Expressway: Modi to inaugurate India's first smart expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate India's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), on Sunday.

26 May 2018

Navi Mumbai

Man lured to invest in frog-blood-business; duped of Rs. 3.66L

A 40-year-old man was arrested today by Kalwa police in Thane for allegedly duping a resident of Rs. 3.66L by persuading him to invest in the business of supplying "frog blood" to a UK-based pharmaceutical firm.

26 May 2018

Kanpur

Muslim youth thrashed by right-wing organization for befriending Hindu girl

A 22-year-old Muslim youth was assaulted at Kanpur's Shivrajpur railway station by a group of men, allegedly belonging to a right-wing organization, for befriending a Hindu girl.

26 May 2018

West Bengal

Bats not primary source of Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Report

Samples collected from bats in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, where 12 people have died of Nipah infection, have tested negative for the virus, according to a report submitted the Health Ministry today.

26 May 2018

Prakash Javadekar

#CBSE12thResult: Prakash Javadekar sends out a special message for students

HRD minister Prakash Javadekar today congratulated those who passed CBSE Class 12 exam and also advised those who did not do well not to lose heart.

26 May 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Rajasthan: Engaged couple found hanging from tree

The bodies of a young couple were found hanging from a tree in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district this morning.

26 May 2018

Bengaluru

#CareerBytes: Top career options for PCB students after Class 12

Science students who have completed 12th with PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) have a lot of good career options today, contrary to the belief that they have limited options.

26 May 2018

Bengaluru

#CareerBytes: What career options do Humanities/Arts students have after Class-12?

Students who have completed Class-12 in the diverse Arts or Humanities stream have many great options to choose from for an exciting career.

Honeypreet learning dress designing, block printing in prison

Honeypreet Insan, the alleged adopted daughter of rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, has enrolled for three courses - dress designing, block printing, and beauty tips - at the Ambala central prison outside Chandigarh.

26 May 2018

Rajasthan

Rollback hike in fuel prices instead of 'showing fitness': Congress

The Congress said today that the government should rollback the increase in fuel prices instead of "showing fitness", apparently referring to Union Ministers and BJP leaders posting videos of their workouts on social media.

26 May 2018

India

Delhi: Doctors perform open-heart surgery on three-week-old baby girl

Doctors at Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals performed an open-heart surgery on an infant just three weeks old, offering her a fresh lease of life.

26 May 2018

India

#CareerBytes: 6 best colleges for commerce students in India

Commerce is one of the most sought-after fields of studies in India as it opens doors to various career options, including Chartered Accountancy.

26 May 2018

India

Cobrapost's 'shoddy' sting on Paytm: Pertinent questions remain unanswered

Cobrapost, arguably the king of sting operations in India, is back with another in its Operation-136 series, which reveals media houses' willingness to peddle content (mostly 'Hindutva'-related) for money.

Girls perform better than boys in CBSE Class 12 exams

Girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class XII results announced today with Meghna Srivastava topping the examination this year.

Income Tax Department launched all 7 ITR forms for e-filing

The Income Tax Department today launched and activated all the seven Income Tax Return (ITR) forms for e-filing by taxpayers, after over a month of them being notified.

26 May 2018

Uttar Pradesh

CBSE Class 12 results: Here's how much the toppers scored

In the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 results, girls fared better than boys this year. The pass percentage of girls is 88.31% and that of boys is 78.99%. The margin is of 9.32%.

26 May 2018

India

#CareerBytes: Best engineering colleges, other than IITs, NITs

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

26 May 2018

India

Sanitary napkins, condoms to be sold at railway stations' toilets

In a bid to create awareness about menstrual hygiene and contraception, toilets at Indian railways stations will sell sanitary napkins and condoms.

26 May 2018

Kolkata

Kolkata Metro: Bomb scare at Rabindra Sadan station

An "abandoned can" lying near an escalator at Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan station today created a flutter as commuters suspected it to be a bomb which turned out to be a hoax, Metro Railway officials said.

26 May 2018

Gujarat

111 newborns dead at Adani-run hospital in 5-months; probe ordered

The Gujarat Government has ordered an inquiry into the deaths of 111 newborns in five months at the Adani Education and Research Foundation-run GK General Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat.

26 May 2018

iOS

CBSE declares Class 12 results: Here's how you can check

The results of Class 12 examination of Central Board of Secondary Education were declared a short while ago, on the board's website.

26 May 2018

Samajwadi Party

UP: Security beefed up ahead of Kairana by-poll

Authorities have tightened security and are taking steps to ensure a fair election ahead of the May 28 Lok Sabha by-poll in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, a police official has said.

26 May 2018

India

#CareerBytes: 5 online-services to help you cope with results stress

As students all across India await their exam results, it is obvious that elements of stress and anxiety are bound to emerge.

26 May 2018

Bihar

25-year-old Indian Air Force employee shot dead in Bihar

An Indian Air Force employee was shot dead by a group of people in Bihar's Nalanda district.

26 May 2018

India

Missing college clerk found dead in Ganga; police suspect suicide

The body of a college clerk named Sumesh Sharma who had been missing from May 10, was recovered from the Ganga canal in Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar last evening, Circle Officer Rajive Kumar Singh said today.

26 May 2018

Delhi Police

HC to decide if drinking age in Delhi is high

On Friday, the Delhi High Court sought a response from the AAP government in Delhi regarding a plea seeking to lower the legal drinking age from the current 25 years.

26 May 2018

India

Masked men rob Rs. 35L at gunpoint in northwest Delhi

The driver and manager of a businessman were robbed of Rs. 35 lakh at gunpoint by unidentified masked men in northwest Delhi's Model Town, police said.

26 May 2018

Madhya Pradesh

On Goa beach, girl gang-raped in front of her boyfriend

A woman was allegedly gang-raped by three men in front of her boyfriend in Sernabhatim beach, around 50 km away from Panaji.

26 May 2018

India

7 popular undergraduate courses offered by the Mumbai University

The University of Mumbai, established in 1857, is one of the oldest and most prestigious varsities in India.

Unitech owners living in luxury in the Tihar jail

The Chandra brothers, owner-directors of real estate firm Unitech, seem to be enjoying a relatively luxurious life inside the Tihar jail.

25 May 2018

Microsoft

Get your CBSE Class-12 results delivered to inbox; here's how

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to announce results for Class 12 examinations. tomorrow, May 26.

25 May 2018

West Bengal

Man breaks PM's security to give Tagore's portrait in Shantiniketan

In a major security breach, a man gave PM Modi a portrait of Rabindranath Tagore breaking his safety cordon at the Visva Bharati convocation in WB's Santiniketan.

Delhi: Construction of new Hauz Khas metro station, massive challenge

For Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the construction of new Hauz Khas metro station on the soon-to-be inaugurated 24.82km-long Kalkaji Mandir-Janakpuri West corridor of the Magenta Line was a "massive challenge".

25 May 2018

Delhi High Court

Delhi-HC seeks AAP's response on PIL for lowering drinking age

The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the AAP government on a PIL filed by lawyer Kush Kalra seeking quashing of Section 23 of Delhi Excise Act, 2009 which prescribes 25 years as the legal age of drinking in Delhi.

25 May 2018

Bombay High Court

Cannot allow student to write exam due to low-attendance: Bombay-HC

The Bombay HC today said it cannot allow a homeopathy student to appear for her first-year repeat examinations as she was held ineligible by the college due to poor attendance.