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06 Apr 2018

Saif Ali Khan

In jail, Salman had dal-sabzi-roti for dinner, slept on floor

In Jodhpur Central Jail, Salman Khan is no superstar, but simply Prisoner No 106.

06 Apr 2018

India

Need help quitting? Cigarette packs to now have helpline number

Along with a statutory warning that smoking causes cancer, cigarette packs will now have a helpline number to help addicts quit.

06 Apr 2018

Bhiwandi

Thane horror: Missing four-year-old girl found dead with no hands

In a horrific incident, the body of a four-year-old girl, who was reported missing, was found dead in some bushes in Bhiwandi area of Thane with her hands missing.

06 Apr 2018

Black Buck Case

Bishnois vs Salman Khan: How the community fought the superstar

Salman Khan was convicted in a two-decades-old case for killing blackbucks and was handed a five-year sentence by the Jodhpur sessions court.

06 Apr 2018

India

Including fuel-prices under GST will bring in rational tax-mechanism: Pradhan

Amid an uproar over higher fuel rates, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the inclusion of petroleum products under the ambit of the GST will bring the products under a rational tax mechanism.

06 Apr 2018

Saif Ali Khan

Salman to spend another-night in jail as court postpones bail-order

A Jodhpur court has reserved its order till tomorrow in the bail plea of Bollywood star Salman Khan, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment yesterday in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.

06 Apr 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi Police bust 'Dhoom'-inspired gang of burglars

A gang of thieves, who carried out bike thefts and burglaries drawing inspiration from Bollywood blockbuster 'Dhoom' and Hollywood movies, has been busted in Delhi.

06 Apr 2018

India

I&B to form committee to regulate online media in India

A day after the government cancelled a controversial 'fake news' circular, the I&B Ministry has decided to constitute a committee to frame guidelines for online media.

06 Apr 2018

Delhi

Delhi government to assess and grade over 5,000 city schools

The Delhi government is embarking on a first-of-its-kind exercise: it is going to assess and grade over 5,000 schools in the national capital.

06 Apr 2018

Delhi

Delhi: How a bunch of women changed Nizamuddin locality

Locals residing in Nizamuddin, Delhi needed to walk to bus-stops far away, since their area didn't have one.

06 Apr 2018

India

Top career options for Commerce students after Class 12

What to do after 12th Class? This is a common question among students and commerce students are no different.

05 Apr 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: 1L students quit BMC schools for lack of Class-8

A Mumbai-based activist has filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) claiming that over one lakh students of BMC-run schools have dropped out for lack of Class 8 in many schools.

05 Apr 2018

Salman Khan

Have preferred an appeal to sessions court: Salman Khan's lawyer

After Salman Khan was sentenced to a five-year jail term on Thursday in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, his lawyer Anand Desai said that they will appeal to the Sessions court to seek relief for the actor.

05 Apr 2018

Vadodara

CBI books Vadodara firm for Rs. 2,654cr fraud; raids premises

The CBI on Thursday said it had registered a criminal case against a Vadodara-based company dealing in electric cable and equipment, and its directors for allegedly cheating various banks to the tune of Rs. 2,654cr.

05 Apr 2018

Kolkata

Kolkata horror: Man living with mother's 'mummified' body for 3-years

In a horrific case, a Kolkata man in his fifties has been found to be living with his mother's 'mummified' body since three years.

05 Apr 2018

Meghalaya

Meghalaya: Rs 20 lakh calamity fund announced for all districts

The severe hailstorm that lashed Meghalaya last week affecting over 2,500 households has forced the government to keep Rs. 20 lakh each with the district chiefs for immediate relief in case of calamity, the Assembly was informed today.

05 Apr 2018

West Bengal

Piracy is a real threat to writers, says Bengali Author

Litterateur Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay, one of the finest fiction writers in Bengali literature, has expressed concern over piracy of published works from West Bengal in Bangladesh and called for highest level action to put an end to this practice.

05 Apr 2018

Saif Ali Khan

Salman to sleep on floor beside Asaram's barrack in prison

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will now have a change of address. He will have (in)famous neighbors too.

05 Apr 2018

Puri

Puri: Jagannath Temple's Ratna Bhandar needs renovation, says official

The Ratna Bhandar (storehouse for ornaments) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri is in need of repair, a senior administration official of the shrine said today.

05 Apr 2018

Delhi Police

Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra marshaled out of Delhi Assembly

Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra was today marshaled out of the Delhi Assembly after he went near the Speaker's chair and tore a copy of the House's business list, demanding the removal of a scheduled discussion regarding "alleged attempt to incite communal disturbance on the pretext of Ramnavami procession".

05 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh: Woman killed for marrying outside community; father held

A woman was today allegedly killed in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh by her family members, who were apparently unhappy with her for marrying a man from another community, police said.

05 Apr 2018

Ram Nath Kovind

Honest taxpayers suffer due to willful loan defaulters: President Kovind

Amid mounting NPAs or bad loans in the banking sector, President Ram Nath Kovind today said honest taxpayers suffer due to willful and criminal default on a bank loan.

RBI holds repo rate at 6%

In the first bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19, the RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) has kept repo rates unchanged at 6%,

05 Apr 2018

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Raped minor carries foetus in bag to register complaint

In a shocking and inhumane incident, a 16-year-old Dalit minor took her foetus in a bag to register police complaint, in Satna, Madhya Pradesh.

05 Apr 2018

Pakistan News

Army jawan cremated with full military honors in Maharashtra

The last rites of a 21-year-old army jawan, killed in shelling by Pakistan, were performed at his village in Maharashtra today with full military honors.

05 Apr 2018

Virat Kohli

Indian cricketers join hands against Afridi over Kashmir tweet

In the two days since Shahid Afridi made a tweet on Kashmir, several of his Indian peers have hit back at the former Pakistani cricket captain.

05 Apr 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: Naxal gunned down in encounter with police

A Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, an official said on Thursday.

05 Apr 2018

Parliament

Railways received 57 complaints of harassment from SC/ST employees: Minister

The railways received 57 complaints from SC/ST employees regarding caste-related harassment in the past three years, the government informed Parliament yesterday.

05 Apr 2018

Tamil Nadu

TN fishermen injured in attack by Lankan navy personnel

Five Tamil Nadu fishermen from Nagapattinam district were injured in an attack by Sri Lankan navy personnel off the Vedaranyam coast, a Fisheries Department official said.

05 Apr 2018

Bihar

How has two years of liquor ban changed Bihar?

Bihar police conducted a raid every two minutes and seven people were put behind bars every hour in the last two years since the state banned alcohol.

05 Apr 2018

Karnataka

TN shutdown: DMK's Stalin, other leaders arrested

DMK leader MK Stalin and other top politicians of Tamil Nadu (TN) were detained today while blocking roads in Chennai.

FM Arun Jaitley likely to undergo surgery for kidney-related ailment

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering from a kidney ailment and may have to undergo a surgery, sources close to the minister said.

Get faster 'Out-of-Turn' Passports without extra fee

The NDA government has continued to make the process of getting passports easier. One change it has introduced is police verification after issuance of passport.

05 Apr 2018

Chhattisgarh

Chicken breed battle: Madhya Pradesh a step away from winning

Madhya Pradesh is inching closer to getting the nativity tag for the protein-rich breed of chicken, popularly known as "Kadaknath", even as the neighboring Chhattisgarh has also staked claim over it.

Chandigarh school dropout, now ethical hacker, makes to Forbes' list

Trishneet Arora, 25, has found a place in the Forbes' Asia list of '30 under 30'.

J&K to build 14,000 bunkers to protect residents around LoC

Jammu and Kashmir will build 14,000 bunkers in its five border districts to safeguard local residents from Pakistani shelling.

05 Apr 2018

Rajasthan

Imparting quality education to students a major challenge: Rajasthan Governor

Addressing the fifth convocation ceremony of the University of Kota, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh expressed concern over the shortage of teachers in universities and said in such a scenario, imparting qualitative education to students is a major challenge.

05 Apr 2018

Delhi

Alliance Air to begin Delhi-Pathankot flight service from today

Alliance Air will begin a new service today between Delhi and Pathankot under a regional connectivity scheme, with the ticket price being fixed at Rs. 2,570.

05 Apr 2018

India

Uttarakhand: CM launches campaign to improve education standard in state

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a transformation campaign to improve the standard of education in the state's government schools.

05 Apr 2018

Rajasthan

Blackbuck poaching: Salman Khan to go to prison for five-years

Bollywood star Salman Khan has been convicted in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, in which Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were also accused.