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20 Jun 2018
XFor revealing identity of assaulted Dalit teens, RaGa gets notice
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been served with showcause notice by Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) for sharing the video of Dalit teens being beaten in Maharashtra village a few days ago.
20 Jun 2018
Supreme Court Of India#AircelMaxisCase: SC judge recuses from hearing Subramanian Swamy's plea
A Supreme Court judge recused herself from hearing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking to implead himself as a party in a case related to probe into alleged disproportionate assets of ED officer Rajeshwar Singh, who is investigating the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
20 Jun 2018
Tamil NaduVedanta: Sulphuric acid leak in Thoothukudi is severe
In a petition to the Madras High Court, Vedanta Ltd. has said that a sulphuric acid leak at its Sterlite copper plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, which was initially reported as minor, is severe and could have potentially disastrous consequences for people, as well as the environment.
20 Jun 2018
Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh: Lover-turned-stalker stabs woman, day before her wedding
In the early hours of Wednesday, a 21-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her stalker in Polavaram Mandal of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, a day before her wedding.
20 Jun 2018
iOSRailways has nearly 50 apps, one for each service!
The Indian Railways is a shining example of Digital India: in the last four-five years, it has increased its app count drastically.
20 Jun 2018
MaharashtraBear educational expenses of poor: Maharashtra Charity Commissioner to Ganesh-Mandals
The Charity Commissioner of Maharashtra, Shivkumar Dige, has appealed to the Ganesh Mandals to bear the educational expenses of children from economically weaker sections of the society.
20 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiNew AIIMS will come up near Madurai: TN CM Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said the much-anticipated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) facility will be set up at Thoppur near Madurai at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,500cr.
20 Jun 2018
RajasthanRajasthan: Unidentified men rob bank cashier of Rs. 8 lakh
Two unidentified men robbed a bank cashier and his aide of Rs. 8 lakh while the money was being shifted to a different branch in Rajasthan's Kota district.
20 Jun 2018
PuneTwo-day conference on agriculture to be inaugurated by Vice-President Naidu
Agriculture experts and economists will deliberate upon creating an enabling policy framework, agricultural trade policy, transfer of technology from labs to land, and agricultural credit and insurance at a two-day conference in Pune tomorrow that will be inaugurated by Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu.
20 Jun 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Fighting couple's relatives spar with swords at counseling center
A normal argument between a husband and wife at the Women's Welfare Center in Mumbai unexpectedly turned into a full-blown fight with swords and knives, when their relatives jumped into the battleground.
20 Jun 2018
Delhi PoliceRape accused Daati Maharaj grilled for seven hours, denies charges
The Delhi Police grilled self-styled Godman Daati Maharaj for over seven hours on Tuesday evening in connection with rape charges levelled against him by a disciple.
20 Jun 2018
Arun JaitleyChief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian quits months before term ends
Indian Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian is quitting and moving to the US due to "pressing family commitments," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today.
20 Jun 2018
Madhya PradeshMan gets life imprisonment for raping 62-year-old woman in MP
A court in Ambah town in Morena has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 62-year-old woman in 2016.
20 Jun 2018
Jammu And KashmirDefense Minister expresses her condolences to martyred jawan Aurangzeb's family
Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today visited the family of the slain soldier Aurangzeb who was abducted and killed by terrorists two days ahead of Eid and described him as an inspiration for the nation.
20 Jun 2018
ManipurManipur govt to build 20-30 houses per-constituency for flood-hit people
Manipur CM N Biren Singh said his government will build at least 20 houses in each of the 60 Assembly constituencies for people whose homes were destroyed in the recent flood.
20 Jun 2018
IndiaTwo Bangladeshi-couples get 2-year jail for illegally staying in India
A court in Thane has sentenced two Bangladeshi couples to two years of imprisonment for staying illegally in India under Foreigners Act and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on each of them.
20 Jun 2018
Navi MumbaiMan arrested for possessing codeine worth Rs. 2L in Thane
The Navi Mumbai Police has arrested a 78-year-old man for allegedly possessing 16.2 kg of codeine, a banned narcotic substance, worth over Rs. 2 lakh, an official said today.
20 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiGujarat farmers to march against bullet-train, so much for #KisanKiBaatPMKeSaath
Farmers will march across 192 villages in Gujarat to protest against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train from June 22, media reports said.
20 Jun 2018
IndiaIndia spends less than Sri Lanka and Bhutan on public-health
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but its expenditure on healthcare as a percentage of GDP remains quite shameful.
20 Jun 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Unable to decide baby's name, couple holds election
Naming a kid is a tricky business. While some expecting parents prepare a list of prospective names and select their favorites later, others have a hard time.
20 Jun 2018
Jammu And KashmirSecurity-forces asked to maintain 'alertness', 'synergy' ahead of Amarnath Yatra
Ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra, security forces have been asked to maintain "highest level of alertness", "synergy" among themselves and also to share intelligence on a real-time basis so that nefarious designs of anti-national elements and their mentors can be thwarted, police said today.
20 Jun 2018
Mahendra Singh DhoniDhoni's wife Sakshi seeks arms license citing 'threat to life'
Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi has alleged 'threat to life,' and sought permission to carry a pistol or 0.32 revolver.
20 Jun 2018
XGood-news-of-the-day: Karnataka cop saves electrocuted monkey, adopts it
Yashodha, an Assistant Sub-Inspector from Karnataka's Kalaburagi, has become favorite of many on social media after she rescued and adopted a monkey.
20 Jun 2018
Bharti AirtelDid Airtel bow down to bigotry? Here's their official response
On Wednesday, Airtel released a long statement to clarify that the telecom operator did not bow down to a discriminatory request by a customer, wherein she had asked to speak to a non-Muslim executive.
20 Jun 2018
HaryanaHaryana wants to slash cash rewards of players representing organizations
After Haryana's controversial notification demanding government-employed sportspersons to pay up 33% of their 'commercial' earnings, another similar matter has riled the state's players.
20 Jun 2018
Delhi UniversityDelhi University admission: Servers crash on Day 1, disappointing students
Scores of students, who had come to Delhi to take admission in the prestigious Delhi University, were left disappointed as servers crashed.
20 Jun 2018
India#CareerBytes: 7 top-rated medical colleges for undergraduate courses in India
A career in the field of medicine is one of the most preferred options among science students in the country.
19 Jun 2018
IndiaBookings open for the new variants of Range Rover
Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover India today began bookings for the new variants of Range Rover SV Autobiography and Range Rover Sport SVR which come with 4-liter and 5.1-liter engines.
19 Jun 2018
Arvind KejriwalKejriwal ends sit-in-protest at L-G office; IAS-officers returning to work
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has finally ended his nine-day sit-in protest at Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal's office as the IAS officers on strike are now returning to work, according to Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.
19 Jun 2018
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)AIIMS-topper from Punjab wants to be a cardiologist, serve hometown
Eliza Bansal (17) from Punjab's Sangrur district, who topped the prestigious AIIMS MBBS exam this year, wants to serve her hometown Lehragaga which faces a shortage of doctors, her family said.
19 Jun 2018
AssamCostly meal: 'Rats' shred notes worth Rs.12L in Assam ATM
Tinsukia district in Assam is in the news for bizarre, amusing and alarming reasons: rats apparently tore to shreds currency notes worth Rs. 12L inside an ATM here.
19 Jun 2018
KarnatakaSix boys of a school reported missing in Bengaluru
Six boys, who are Class IX students of St. Lawrence School in Bengaluru, have gone missing, sending the parents and police into a tizzy.
19 Jun 2018
HyderabadHyderabad: 57ft Lord Ganesh idol to be installed in Khairatabad
During the Vinayaka Chavithi festival this year, Lord Ganesh's idol to be installed at the famous Khairatabad pandal (considered to be tallest in the country) in Hyderabad for worship would be 57ft tall.
19 Jun 2018
West BengalWest Bengal govt to host transgender literary meet in July
The West Bengal government is set to sponsor a literary meet for transgender writers and authors from across West Bengal.
19 Jun 2018
MaharashtraCops pool money to reward physically-challenged boy who cleared Class-10
In a humanitarian gesture, some police personnel in Palghar, Maharashtra pooled Rs. 21,000 to reward a physically challenged 17-year-old tribal boy who wrote his Class 10 exams with his feet and secured 75.4% marks.
19 Jun 2018
West BengalMarried males in WB-government have half-day offs today. Here's why
Once again, the TMC government in WB has given all married men under government employment an occasion to rejoice- a half-day off on 'Jamai Sashti.'
19 Jun 2018
TelanganaEminent mimicry artiste Nerella Venu Madhav dies at 85
Renowned mimicry and ventriloquism artiste Nerella Venu Madhav, 85, died today at his residence in Telangana's Warangal.
19 Jun 2018
BiharBihar: 6 children killed, 3 injured in road accident
Six children were killed and three others injured when a car carrying them, skidded off a road and fell into a pit filled with water in Bihar's Araria today, police said.
19 Jun 2018
Air IndiaGovt decides to put Air-India sale on hold for now
The government has decided not to go ahead with Air India stake sale in an election year and will provide required funds for its operations, an official said.
19 Jun 2018
MumbaiMaharashtra: Food poisoning claims 3 children's lives; 40 hospitalized
Three children died and at least 40 people were hospitalized due to suspected food poisoning after they had a meal at a function in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police said today.
