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18 Mar 2018

Delhi

Why are victims refusing to take compensation from Tihar Jail?

In 2010, Tihar jail authorities came up with an ingenious scheme to help crime victims: they would deduct money from wages earned by prisoners and disburse it as compensation.

18 Mar 2018

India

Most Indian airports to be over-stressed in 5years. But why?

Owing to a massive surge in passenger numbers, Indian airports are stretched well beyond their capacity and require billions of dollars worth of investment in infrastructure, analysts have warned.

18 Mar 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Regardless of recent losses, BJP confident of winning Maharashtra bypolls

Undeterred by recent setbacks in byelections in some states, the BJP is confident of retaining the Bhandara-Gondia and Palghar Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra bypolls.

SC collegium, law ministry spar over appointment of judges

Legal experts have cautioned the government against accepting one of the recommendations of the SC collegium for elevation to the apex court while keeping the other one on hold.

18 Mar 2018

Lucknow

India's pride: 13-year-old Lucknow girl tops international English test

A 13-year-old Class 8 student of Lucknow has brought laurels to the entire country by topping an international test of English.

18 Mar 2018

India

All IITs to have atleast 14% female representation

IIT-Kanpur has been given the responsibility of writing the seat allocation algorithm which will help all IITs to ensure that the number of female students on each campus is at least 14%.

18 Mar 2018

Odisha

President Kovind visits Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday paid obeisance to the deities at Shree Jagannath Temple here and sought blessings amid tight security.

18 Mar 2018

India

Five of a family killed in Pakistani shelling in Poonch

At least five civilians were killed and two injured when Pakistan opened fire along the LoC in Balakote sector of J&K's Poonch district this morning.

Yamuna-Expressway: Three AIIMS doctors on birthday trip died in accident

Three AIIMS doctors were killed and three others critically injured, along with the driver, when their car rammed into a mini-truck on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura this morning.

18 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi: Elderly intervenes to stop fight over water, killed

A 60-year-old man was beaten to death in northwest Delhi's Wazirpur allegedly amid a fight over who will fill water from a tanker first, police said.

18 Mar 2018

Madhya Pradesh

UPA govt left 450 railway projects incomplete: Piyush Goyal

Union railway minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday claimed that nearly 450 railway projects were incomplete across the country when the NDA government came to power in 2014.

17 Mar 2018

Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam: 4 dead after inhaling poisonous gases in septic tank

Four persons today died of asphyxiation and another hospitalized after inhaling poisonous gas in a septic tank in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district.

17 Mar 2018

Punjab National Bank

PNB Fraud Case: 11 accused get judicial-custody till 28 March

The 11 accused arrested in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case were remanded in judicial custody till 28 March by a special CBI court in Mumbai.

17 Mar 2018

Gorakhpur

UP: 37 IAS officers including Gorakhpur District Magistrate transferred

In an administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh Government has transferred 37 IAS officers, including the Gorakhpur District Magistrate.

17 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi: Two inter-state drug racketeers arrested; Rs. 5.6cr-worth drugs seized

Two persons have been arrested for allegedly running an inter-state drug racket and narcotics; 1kg heroin worth Rs. 4cr in the international market was seized from them in northwest Delhi's Rohini.

17 Mar 2018

Lucknow

GATE 2018: Farmer's son tops India in Chemistry

Prashant Gupta, a farmer's son from Lucknow, has secured the All India Rank 1 in Chemistry in the 2018 Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), the results of which were declared on Friday.

17 Mar 2018

Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh: India willing to cross border to protect Kashmir

On Saturday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that no power in the world could take Kashmir away from India, and if need be, Indian forces would cross border to protect the country's territorial integrity.

17 Mar 2018

India

Study: Over 6.25 lakh Indian children smoke cigarettes daily

According to a study by the American Cancer Society and US-based research firm Vital Strategies, over 6.25 lakh Indian children smoke cigarettes every day - a sign of a serious public health threat.

17 Mar 2018

Rajasthan

Suicide counselors stop deaf-and-dumb woman from hanging herself through video-call

A deaf and dumb newly-married woman was saved from committing suicide in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district in a coordinated action by local police and suicide counselors who were in touch with her through a video call from Indore.

17 Mar 2018

Bihar

Darbhanga beheading: Political rivalry or personal vendetta?

A BJP worker was attacked and his father beheaded outside his house in Bihar's Darbhanga city on Thursday night by a group of 20-25 people.

17 Mar 2018

West Bengal

This village comes to standstill at 10:30am everyday. Here's why!

People in West Bengal's Abhainagar village (Nadia district) stop all works for 52 seconds at 10:30am every day.

17 Mar 2018

Vadodara

Four-year-old girl kidnapped from Vadodara, rescued from Ahmedabad; accused arrested

A four-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from Vadodara three days back, was rescued from Ahmedabad and reunited with her family.

17 Mar 2018

Thane

Thane: Music teacher sentenced to 3-year imprisonment for molesting minor

A Thane court awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment to a 30-year-old music teacher for molesting a minor girl on 9 Dec'16.

17 Mar 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Hillary Clinton fractures right wrist after slipping during India visit

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on a visit to India, has suffered a hairline fracture on her right wrist after a fall.

17 Mar 2018

Delhi

Indian Navy's second, third Scorpene-class submarines undergoing sea trials

The second and third of the six Scorpene-class submarines, part of Project-75 of the Indian Navy, are undergoing sea trials while the rest are under construction, a senior naval officer said.

17 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi: 100 arrested for hacking user-data of online shopping websites

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) has arrested over 100 fraudsters for hacking user database of leading online shopping websites and insurance companies.

17 Mar 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Gadkari: Drinking water from sea soon at 5 paise/litre

Addressing the inaugural session of the Nadi Mahotsav at Bandrabhan, Madhya Pradesh, Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari said that India would soon get potable water from the sea at 5 paise per litre.

17 Mar 2018

Delhi

Man kills minor boy after he resists sexual assault

A man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a minor boy in Delhi's Jaitpur after he tried to resist the crime.

17 Mar 2018

Delhi

Man poses as Piyush Goyal's secretary; dupes youngsters of lakhs

A 56-year-old Delhi man has been arrested for cheating youngsters by posing as Railways Minister Piyush Goyal's personal secretary.

17 Mar 2018

Kalpana Chawla

Celebrating Kalpana Chawla on her 59th birth anniversary

Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel, was born today in Karnal, Haryana.

17 Mar 2018

India

Government to soon ban commercial vehicles older than 20 years

The central government will make the scrapping of all commercial vehicles older than 20 years mandatory from 2020, a meeting headed by PM Modi's principal secretary Nripendra Misra decided on Friday.

17 Mar 2018

India

Meet Indo-Anglians: India's newest, fastest growing caste

In the last decade or so, a new, rather influential demographic of Indians has emerged.

16 Mar 2018

Facebook

Maharashtra: Jeweller hit by losses due to GST; kills self

A 32-year-old businessman today allegedly committed suicide after apparently facing losses due to demonetization and the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax.

16 Mar 2018

Karnataka

Former top cop insults Nirbhaya, her mother, and all women

A former Karnataka top cop created controversy with his misogynistic and patronizing statements.

16 Mar 2018

Delhi

Hawking said Veda's theory superior to Einstein's 'Relativity': Harsh Vardhan

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan claimed today that renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who passed away two days ago, had said that the Vedas have a theory superior to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

16 Mar 2018

Bihar

Bihar: Two held for raising anti-national slogans in Araria

Two persons were arrested in Bihar's Araria for allegedly raising anti-national slogans while celebrating the victory of RJD candidate Sarfaraz Alam in the Araria Lok Sabha by-poll, police said.

16 Mar 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra will ban plastic from 18 March: State Environment Minister

The Maharashtra government has decided to ban the use of plastic from "Gudi Padva", the Maharashtrian New Year, which falls on 18 March, said Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam.

16 Mar 2018

Lok Sabha

No proposal under consideration to discontinue Rs. 2,000 note: Govt

The government on Friday categorically said there was no proposal to discontinue Rs. 2,000 currency note, which was introduced post demonetization.

16 Mar 2018

Kanpur

JEE-Advanced candidates can appear for online mock tests in May

JEE candidates can now appear for mock Advanced tests at CBSE-affiliated schools before the actual exam in May, a directive from the education board has said.

16 Mar 2018

Mumbai

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