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26 Mar 2018

Delhi

Delhi: 7 lakh business-establishments to remain shut on March 28

More than seven lakh business establishments and over 3,000 commercial markets of Delhi including Chandni Chowk, Connaught Place, and Lajpat Nagar will remain closed on March 28 as traders will hold a mega rally to demand protection from the sealing drive.

26 Mar 2018

Delhi

Economics was easy, not long, practical helped: CBSE Class-12 students

CBSE Class 12 students who appeared the Economics exam today felt there were some tricky questions, but overall the paper was easy and not long.

26 Mar 2018

India

India ranks 109th in mobile Internet-speed, 67th in fixed broadband-speed

India, the largest consumer of mobile data in the world, is again ranked 109th in the mobile Internet speed and 67th for fixed broadband speed globally, according to data from Ookla's Speedtest Index.

26 Mar 2018

India

MP: Truck mows down journalist fighting sand mafia

Reminding yet again that India is unsafe for journalists, a stringer for a news channel was mowed down in broad daylight in MP's Bhind district this morning.

26 Mar 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Over 3 lakh rat-kill tablets placed in secretariat

More than three lakh poison tablets were placed in the Maharashtra secretariat in May 2016 to check the rat menace, a state Minister said on Monday, clarifying that it was not the number of rodents killed in the exercise.

26 Mar 2018

Mumbai

INX-case: CBI plans confronting Peter Mukerjea with Karti Chidambaram

The CBI has got custody of Peter Mukerjea, former director of INX Media, for five days. In its affidavit, it said it plans to bring him face to face with Karti Chidambaram in the INX money laundering case.

26 Mar 2018

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Two families name daughters 'Anchahee', as they wanted sons

Two instances of parents naming their daughters as "Anchahee" (unwanted) have come to light in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district.

26 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Rahul calls PM 'Big Boss' who spies, BJP rubbishes charge

Congress and BJP on Monday again locked horns on the prickly issue of data sharing with Rahul Gandhi dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians" and the ruling party accusing the opposition party of "theft".

26 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Work on India's first bullet train underway in full swing

The work on the country's first high-speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is on in full swing with the designing of bridges and tunnels progressing well, a senior official has said.

26 Mar 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Humiliating: MP university strip-searches women after finding used sanitary napkin

In a disturbing incident, 50 women of MP's Dr Hari Singh Gour University have alleged they were strip-searched after a used sanitary napkin was found in a hostel corridor near a washroom.

26 Mar 2018

Thrissur

Ambulance driver booked for leaving patient upside-down on inclined stretcher

A seriously injured man was left on an inclined stretcher upside-down outside a hospital in Thrissur, Kerala by an ambulance driver, who was apparently angry over the patient vomiting and defecating in the vehicle.

26 Mar 2018

Bihar

Bihar: Journalist killed as SUV hits bike; family alleges murder

A journalist who worked with a Hindi daily and his friend were killed when an SUV rammed into their bike in Bihar's Bojpur district.

26 Mar 2018

Haryana

SC to hear DJB-plea accusing Haryana of supplying less water

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) alleging that Haryana was supplying 120 cusecs less water to Delhi out of the 450 cusecs of water it was supposed to supply.

26 Mar 2018

India

India ready for any unanticipated situation in Doklam: Nirmala Sitharaman

Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said India is "alert" and ready to deal with any "unforeseen situation" in Doklam.

26 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

People happily strip before white men but protest Aadhaar: BJP-Minister

In a bizarre statement, Tourism Minister KJ Alphons hit out at critics of Aadhaar yesterday, saying people have no problem "getting naked before white men" at airports abroad, but go on protests when "your own government" asks for basic details.

26 Mar 2018

Delhi Police

Former Karate World Champion to teach self-defense to Meghalaya girls

Taking a cue from the Delhi Police model of self-defense program for girls, West Khasi Hills (WKH) district authorities in Meghalaya have appointed former Karate World Champion Linza F Syiem to train school girls to fight against sexual harassment.

26 Mar 2018

Karnataka

Shah on poll-bound Karnataka tour; will meet Lingayat, Dalit communities

BJP President Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka from today.

UIDAI to introduce face authentication for Aadhaar verification from July

The UIDAI will introduce face authentication as a means of verifying Aadhaar users from July 1, 2018.

26 Mar 2018

Maharashtra

The man who spent decades digitally restoring the Ajanta Caves

With increasing anthropogenic and natural pressures on the iconic Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, there's a growing fear that this piece of ancient Indian culture might soon be lost for eternity.

25 Mar 2018

India

Two killed, eight injured in road accident in Maharashtra

Two women were killed today and eight others injured when a luxury bus rammed into their jeep at Gotheghar bridge in Thane district, police said.

25 Mar 2018

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu's maiden UDAN flight takes off from Salem

Almost seven years later, flight services between Salem and Chennai were resumed on Sunday under the Centre's regional connectivity scheme 'UDAN.'

25 Mar 2018

India

MP: Ears of 2.5L bovines tagged with Aadhaar-like ID

To enhance cattle's safety, Madhya Pradesh government has stamped 2.5L cattle with unique identities, similar to 12-digit Aadhaar number.

25 Mar 2018

Jammu

Post upgradation, Jammu airport expects a 25% jump in traffic

The Airports Authority of India-run Jammu airport, recently upgraded with enhanced passenger amenities, is expected to log a 25 percent jump in passenger traffic at 1.5 million this fiscal, driven by new flights and routes.

25 Mar 2018

Bihar

Bihar: Police rescues village head and his son from Naxalites

An abducted village head (Mukhiya) and his son were rescued on Sunday from the clutches of the Naxalites in Bihar's Munger district, the police said.

25 Mar 2018

Kiran Bedi

Puducherry: Three-day assembly session to begin tomorrow with Bedi's address

The three-day first session of the 30-member Puducherry Assembly in 2018 will commence with the customary address of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi tomorrow.

25 Mar 2018

IndusInd Bank

Delhi Metro, IndusInd Bank introduced dual-purpose 'Metro Plus' card

Delhi Metro, in association with IndusInd Bank, today launched a dual purpose 'Metro Plus' debit card that will enable the IndusInd Bank debit card users to use it as a Delhi Metro Smart Card in addition to a regular debit card.

25 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Investigate employees accused of corruption: Maharashtra govt orders BMC

The Maharashtra government has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) directing it to probe 2,001 of its staff accused of corruption.

25 Mar 2018

Exams

CBSE deploying metal detectors at JEE exam-centers to check cheating

The CBSE is going hi-tech to check cheating. In the JEE Main scheduled on April 8, it will deploy metal detectors at centers.

25 Mar 2018

Odisha

'AIIMS Bhubaneswar not equipped to care for conjoined twins'

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has issued a notice to the Union health secretary and director of AIIMS-Delhi over a petition that seeks to prevent the shifting of the conjoined twins from Odisha, who were separated after a surgery, from the institute to its Bhubaneswar branch.

25 Mar 2018

India

Need to make farming lucrative in India: Sadhguru

Renowned spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has made a strong call to aggregate investment in irrigation and make farming "lucrative" for farmers in India.

25 Mar 2018

India

Renowned female stand-up comedians to organize show about gender-based violence

A Pune-based group is teaming up with some renowned female stand-up comedians to organize a show to create awareness about gender-based violence.

25 Mar 2018

West Bengal

After 7,004 crimes against children in 2016, WB gears up

The latest data of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) revealed that West Bengal had registered 7,004 crimes against children in 2016, the fifth highest in the country.

UP: Former AMU students held for heinous crimes around campus

Eight members of a gang, including three former students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) allegedly involved in crimes in and around the campus, have been arrested, police said on Sunday.

Narcotics seizure increased 300% in 5-years, 3.6L-kgs seized in 2017

Seizure of narcotic drugs in the country has increased by more than 300 percent in the last five years with 2017 witnessing the highest seizure of over 3.6 lakh kg of narcotics, said an NCB report.

25 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Varanasi finally becomes 'wireless': Here are the details

Varanasi, which is touted to be one of the world's oldest cities, is finally having its overhead power cables dismantled, 86 years after the city first got electricity.

25 Mar 2018

India

Traders demand phase-wise rollout of e-way bill next month

The interstate e-way bill is going to be introduced from April 1 across India.

25 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Mann Ki Baat highlights: MSP, affordable healthcare and more

In the latest edition of Mann Ki Baat, PM Narendra Modi has announced that each and every expense incurred by farmers, including their labor cost, will be accounted for while fixing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at 1.5 times the input cost.

25 Mar 2018

Cancer

40% of Tripura's cancer patients are women, tobacco to blame

Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Burman has asked people, especially women, of the state to change their lifestyle to prevent cancer.

Fourfold increase in Liberian-women joining police, thanks to Indian peacekeepers

As the UN mission in Liberia successfully completes its mandate, the role of an all-female contingent of peacekeepers from India is being highlighted for inspiring women in the West African nation to become police officers.

25 Mar 2018

IIT-Delhi

Increasing number of IIT seats going vacant, maximum at IIT-BHU

According to data compiled by the HRD ministry, the number of seats lying vacant in the premium institutes has seen a rising trend in the last five years, except in 2014.