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20 Mar 2018

Prem Kumar Dhumal

Senior journalist Sunil Sharma passes away at 49

Senior journalist Sunil Sharma (49) on Monday succumbed to a heart attack.

20 Mar 2018

Delhi

JNU sexual harassment: Hundreds block roads while child lays bleeding

Hundreds of JNU students marched to the Vasant Kunj Police station yesterday evening, demanding arrest of a professor accused of sexually harassing several students.

20 Mar 2018

Piyush Goyal

Mumbai: Students demanding jobs block railway tracks, commuters affected

Lakhs of commuters traveling between Matunga and Dadar stations faced severe difficulties as scores of agitated and protesting students demanded railway recruitment by blocking rail traffic during the peak hours on Tuesday.

20 Mar 2018

West Bengal

Homosexuality is not shameful. Using it to discriminate is

On March 8, twelve 13-year-old girl students of Kolkata's Bengali-medium Kamala Girls School were made to confess in writing by their headmistress that they were lesbians who practised "uncivilized" activities in school.

20 Mar 2018

India

Air-passengers can now track lost-and-found items on UMANG app

Lost your items at an airport in India? Well now, you can register the complaint of lost property at airports across India and track the status through the UMANG app.

20 Mar 2018

WhatsApp

CBSE Class-X English exam: Extra-marks to students for incorrect question

If reports are to be believed, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is going to award two extra marks to those students who have attempted an incorrect question in Class 10 English board exam on 12 March 2018.

MNS workers vandalize Gujarati signboards after Raj Thackeray's speech

After a speech from their party chief, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers vandalized Gujarati signboards in front of at least six hotels on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway 8 yesterday night.

19 Mar 2018

Punjab

Punjab govt to impose permanent ban on hookah bars

Punjab government on Monday imposed a permanent ban on hookah bars in the state instead of issuing temporary orders against them every two months.

19 Mar 2018

India

Chinese are targeting Indians on WhatsApp, army warns. Safety-tips here

The Indian Army has warned citizens against Chinese hackers, who are now apparently targeting Indians through WhatsApp.

19 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi government launches app to scout singing, dancing talent

To give a platform to aspiring singers and dancers in the city, the Delhi Government today launched a mobile application that would allow deserving applicants down to the ward-level to showcase their talent on a big stage.

One year of Yogi govt: Anti-graft portal launched, jobs announced

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday launched an anti-graft portal as his government completed its first year in office.

Aarushi double-murder: SC admits plea challenging Talwars' acquittal

Nearly 10 years after their daughter was killed, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are still fighting to clear their name.

19 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: Sena worker kills self; blames it on GST, demonetization

The Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, on MoNDAy, alleged that a Shiv Sena worker committed suicide while blaming his extreme step on demonetization and GST.

19 Mar 2018

Kerala

'Muslim girls display chest like sliced melons': Kerala professor's shocking-remarks

In shocking remarks, a Social Science professor of Kerala shamed female Muslim students of his college for deliberately revealing their chest, "like how we slice a small part of a melon to see if it's ripe."

2G scam: CBI challenges acquittal of A Raja, Kanimozhi, others

Nearly three months after former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others were acquitted in the 2G scam case, the CBI has challenged the court's decision.

19 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

IITs should be among top 100 global institutions: MoS HRD

Addressing the sixth Convocation of IIT Bhubaneswar, Union Minister Satya Pal Singh has said institutes like IITs should find a place among the 100 top global institutes of higher learning.

19 Mar 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: Naxals set ablaze vehicles, road-construction machines; contractor feared killed

Naxals on Monday set on fire four vehicles and machines engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, said Deputy Inspector General of Police (south Bastar range) P Sundarraj.

19 Mar 2018

Delhi

AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal granted bail in molestation case

AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal was on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court in a molestation case lodged against him last year.

19 Mar 2018

Thane

MNS workers target Gujarati signboards at shops in Thane

Activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have reportedly pulled down Gujarati signboards at some commercial establishments in Thane district of Maharashtra.

19 Mar 2018

Delhi High Court

National Herald scam: Young Indian asked to deposit Rs. 10cr

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Young Indian Pvt Ltd, in which Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are major stakeholders, to deposit Rs. 10cr in the Rs. 249.15cr income tax proceedings against it.

19 Mar 2018

Bihar

Lalu Prasad convicted in fourth fodder scam case

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, already convicted in three cases of Bihar's infamous fodder scam, has been held guilty in yet another.

19 Mar 2018

India

Doctors at Bihar hospital conduct surgery in torchlight

The diversity in India is sometimes alarming. On one hand, luxurious private hospitals face public ire for charging lakhs for common treatments.

19 Mar 2018

Haryana

In Haryana boards, cellphones inside hollow cardboard, Bluetooth-device in turban

Left red-faced after widespread reports of mass cheating in successive board exams, the Haryana education board has upped security this time.

19 Mar 2018

Odisha

BJP chief Amit Shah to visit Odisha in April

BJP national president Amit Shah will visit Odisha in April, a party leader said.

19 Mar 2018

Varanasi

Varanasi Brahmins burn 500 quintals of wood to "reduce pollution"

In a democracy, protests/rallies are a strong tool of the people, but sometimes, they just miss the mark.

19 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Ola, Uber drivers launch indefinite strike in Delhi, Mumbai, others

Ola and Uber drivers have launched an indefinite strike across major Indian cities, leaving commuters in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and elsewhere helpless.

19 Mar 2018

NITI Aayog

Piyush Goyal: No airline-like dynamic pricing in Railways

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has scrapped a suggestion by a committee to introduce airline-like dynamic fares for all mail express trains.

18 Mar 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi government removes top cop after Gorakhpur defeat

Continuing its transfer spree after the shocking defeat in the parliamentary by-election, the Uttar Pradesh government has now removed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Satyarth Aniruddh Pankaj.

18 Mar 2018

Delhi

Elderly, students might soon get discounted Delhi Metro fares

In a bid to offset the burden of Delhi Metro's fare hike on students and senior citizens, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has asked the body to evolve a mechanism to offer special tariffs to them.

Political parties get relief from scrutiny of foreign funding

The Lok Sabha has recently passed a bill that will exempt political parties from scrutiny of funds they have received from abroad since 1976.

18 Mar 2018

West Bengal

Former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Pratim Chatterjee passes away

West Bengal's former minister Pratim Chatterjee, who held the Fire Services portfolio for 15 years till 2011, passed away on Sunday, family sources said.

18 Mar 2018

Haryana

Skeletal remains recovered in Sonepat chemical factory fire

At least one worker was burnt to death early Sunday and skeletal remains were found while seven others sustained injuries in a major fire which broke out in a chemical factory in Sonepat, police said.

18 Mar 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra Human-Rights Commission wants to keep Mumbai office near CST

The Bombay HC has sought a reply from the Maharashtra government after the state human rights commission requested to be permitted to continue operating from its current office near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

18 Mar 2018

Antarctica

56-year-old scientist ISRO's first woman to spend a-year in Antarctica

Fifty-six-year-old ISRO scientist Mangala Mani had never visited a place with snow. And temperatures in Antarctica can fall to a chilling -90 degrees Celsius.

18 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

TN: Automobile spare parts worth lakhs gutted in godown fire

Automobile spare parts worth lakhs were gutted in a godown fire that broke out in a two-storey building in Tamil Nadu's Salem district on Sunday.

18 Mar 2018

Rajasthan

Rajasthan Police wants to use Aadhaar data to solve crimes

Rajasthan Police is exploring the possibility of using Aadhaar data for verifying the identity of criminals, suspects, complainants and missing persons in the state.

18 Mar 2018

Kerala

In a first, Kerala tribals to become 'instructors' in literacy-mission

At a time when Kerala is still struggling for the social development of its tribal population, the Pinarayi Vijayan government is gearing up to impact a change in their lives through a comprehensive literacy program.

18 Mar 2018

Exams

CBSE Class-12 Math on March 21: Here're some last-minute tips

CBSE Class 12 students will appear their Math exam on March 21. Most are likely busy with frantic revisions.

18 Mar 2018

Odisha

'Hungama to End TB' campaign launched in Odisha's Berhampur

A door-to-door survey titled 'Hungama to End TB' was launched in the slums of Odisha to identify people suffering from tuberculosis.

Goa: Mining-body warns of layoffs if govt doesn't provide clarity

Goa's mining industry body GMOEA sought clarity from the government on the commencement of mining operations in the state, warning that failure to do so could amount to "harsh decisions", including mass layoffs.