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18 Mar 2018
DelhiWhy 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
IndiaMost 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 PradeshRegardless 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.
18 Mar 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaSC 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
LucknowIndia'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
IndiaAll 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
OdishaPresident 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
IndiaFive 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.
18 Mar 2018
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)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
DelhiDelhi: 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 PradeshUPA 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 PradeshVisakhapatnam: 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 BankPNB 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
GorakhpurUP: 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 PoliceDelhi: 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
LucknowGATE 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 SinghRajnath 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
IndiaStudy: 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
RajasthanSuicide 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
BiharDarbhanga 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 BengalThis 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
VadodaraFour-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
ThaneThane: 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 PradeshHillary 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
DelhiIndian 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
DelhiDelhi: 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 PradeshGadkari: 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
DelhiMan 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
DelhiMan 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 ChawlaCelebrating 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
IndiaGovernment 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
IndiaMeet 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
FacebookMaharashtra: 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
KarnatakaFormer 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
DelhiHawking 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
BiharBihar: 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
MaharashtraMaharashtra 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 SabhaNo 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
KanpurJEE-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
MumbaiDo you have trouble sleeping? A salary raise might help
The higher your salary raise, the better you sleep.