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10 Jul 2018
Education#CareerBytes: How can a non-techie learn to code?
In this tech-driven world, learning how to code is no longer limited to software engineers or IT professionals.
09 Jul 2018
West BengalJadavpur University: Students continue hunger-strike, professors support them
In West Bengal's Jadavpur University, students, on a hunger strike for more than 48 hours, have found support from the professors, who have opted out of the admission process.
09 Jul 2018
India#DefenseDiaries: Tejas fighter jet misses another deadline for combat readiness
The indigenously developed Tejas fighter jet, first approved way back in 1983, has missed yet another deadline for becoming fully combat-ready.
09 Jul 2018
Delhi UniversityAspiring-models, promised Rs. 1L/day for assignments, duped by fraudsters
Nearly a dozen aspiring models were duped of lakhs in Delhi after they were promised contracts with a Dutch firm.
09 Jul 2018
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityJio Institute named 'Institution of Eminence' with IITs, IISc. Seriously?
Two years after the Modi government announced that it would brand some top educational institutes as 'Institution(s) of Eminence', only six institutes have made the cut.
09 Jul 2018
JharkhandJharkhand: All households should get electricity-connection by December, says CM
Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das today said by December this year every household in the state should get an electricity connection.
09 Jul 2018
AhmedabadAhmedabad-Delhi Vistara flight delayed by 4-hours due to hoax bomb-call
A Vistara flight to Delhi from Ahmedabad airport was delayed by around four hours today following a bomb threat which turned out to be a hoax.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaSurvey finds one-fourth of India's elderly population lives alone
It has been some time since India's population breached the 1 billion mark, but a recent survey has revealed that this overwhelming sea of people has done little to make the elderly less lonely.
09 Jul 2018
MaharashtraNo reduction in reservation for OBCs in medical courses: Fadnavis
There will be no reduction in reservation for students from OBCs in admissions to medical courses in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaLooking for safe places for women? Look to India's northeast!
If you're wondering if there's any place safe for women anymore, India's northeast might surprise you.
09 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaKathua rape: After shifting case, accused moved out of J&K
The SC today passed a slew of directions to authorities in the Kathua rape-murder case, including shifting the accused from Kathua prison in J&K to Gurdaspur district jail in Punjab.
09 Jul 2018
MuslimsUP: Married for ten-years, woman alleges forceful conversion to Islam
A 27-year-old woman has alleged she was forced to convert to Islam by her husband and approached Uttar Pradesh police following which the Meerut-based man has been booked.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaWhy is Mumbai facing extreme rainfall? Here, we decode
Mumbai has been experiencing severe rainfall over the last few days, and as of now, schools are shut, traffic is held-up, and several locations in Vasai are cut-off due to floods.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaIIM-Ahmedabad gets a service tax bill of Rs. 52cr
The IIM-Ahmedabad has been hit with a massive tax burden: authorities have demanded Rs. 52cr as service tax for the period between 2009-10 and 2014-15.
09 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaNon-local Muslims can't offer Friday prayers at Taj Mahal: SC
Taking another step towards preservation of the Taj Mahal, the SC has upheld a January notification that barred non-locals from offering Friday prayers at the mosque in the complex.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaRajasthan: Cook suspended for throwing-away food touched by lower-caste student
A woman cook was today removed from a government school in Rajasthan's Udaipur district after she allegedly threw away the midday-meal touched by a lower caste girl student.
09 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaUP: Woman given 'triple-talaq' by husband for serving burnt roti
A woman has complained to the police that she was given triple talaq and forced to leave her husband's house because the roti she had prepared got burnt.
09 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshUP: Trains wait hours at Murshadpur, thanks to drunk stationmaster
On Friday, when trains on UP's Murshadpur route started queuing up one after another, officials were confused why there was no green light.
09 Jul 2018
OdishaOdisha: Man arrested for raping 13-year-old girl in Jajpur
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl at a village in Odisha's Jajpur district.
09 Jul 2018
Rahul DravidAchiever to quadriplegic to IIM-B grad: This Amritsar-man rewrote fate
Life throws you lemons all the time; some people make margaritas out of them.
09 Jul 2018
ChikungunyaDelhi: 54 malaria and 33 dengue cases reported this season
At least eight fresh cases of malaria have been reported in the first-week of July in Delhi, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the national capital this season to 54, according to a municipal report released today.
09 Jul 2018
AssamKnowledge of Assamese must for working in Assam: Literary body
Assam Sahitya Sabha, the apex literary body of the state, has said anyone wanting to work in Assam must know Assamese or any of the local mother tongues.
09 Jul 2018
MumbaiHeavy rains in Mumbai: Schools shut; trains and buses delayed
Torrential monsoon rains lashed Mumbai and its neighboring areas, flooding streets, rail-tracks and crippling life in the city.
09 Jul 2018
MumbaiMumbai rains Day-3: Schools closed, traffic hit, Vasai cut off
Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and its nearby regions, forcing schools to shut down and hitting rail and road traffic.
09 Jul 2018
India#HealthBytes: Here's how you can help yourself quit smoking
The ill-effects of smoking are known to most and need not be repeatedly iterated.
09 Jul 2018
AssamAssam: Man held for facilitating MLA to rape wife twice
A man was arrested from Guwahati's Azara area on July 7 after his wife complained to the police that he had helped an AIUDF MLA, Nijam Uddin Choudhury, in raping her twice in May, the police said today.
09 Jul 2018
Tamil Nadu99-year-old retired-teacher molests 10-year-old-girl. Let's hang our heads in shame!
In what is sure to make you angry and compel you to ask questions about where society is headed, a 99-year-old retired headmaster of a government school was arrested for molesting a 10-year-old girl in Chennai.
09 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaRight to know: SC, Center want live-streaming of court proceedings
In a significant move towards transparency, both the Center and the Supreme Court (SC) today favored live-streaming of court proceedings.
09 Jul 2018
South KoreaImpressed with 'Dangal', South Korea's First Lady to meet Phogat-family
South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook has invited the Phogat family for tea in New Delhi during her visit to India.
09 Jul 2018
FacebookKerala madrassa allegedly expels student for wearing bindi during shoot
A man in Kerala has lashed out at his daughter's madrassa, which apparently expelled her because she wore a bindi during a shoot.
09 Jul 2018
New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)3,340 building plans given nod online in last 2-years: NDMC
As many as 3,340 building plans have been approved online during the past two years under North Delhi Municipal Corporation's ease of doing business policy.
09 Jul 2018
Jammu And KashmirIPS officer's brother among new recruits to join Hizbul Mujahideen
In what is bound to give sleepless nights to security forces, the terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen released photographs of its new recruits on the death anniversary of its poster boy Burhan Wani.
09 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaNirbhaya's rapists will be hanged, SC rejects convicts' plea
The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the death penalty of three convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who had filed review petitions.
09 Jul 2018
Road AccidentsDelhi: 5 injured in road accident in Punjabi Bagh
Five persons were injured after a car driven by a 27-year-old woman in an inebriated state hit their vehicle in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area yesterday, police said.
09 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshGangster Munna Bajrangi shot inside UP jail, dies
Dreaded gangster Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi died inside Baghpat jail in Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning, after allegedly being shot by a rival gang lodged inside the prison.
09 Jul 2018
SuicideBurari deaths: One family member tried stopping "ritual" while hanging
A week after the mysterious Burari deaths, police have revealed that at least one of the 11 people tried saving himself and raising an alarm while he was hanging.
08 Jul 2018
Jammu And KashmirAt least 21 PDP legislators pledged support to Mufti: Party-sources
At least 21 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislators met party chief Mehbooba Mufti since yesterday and pledged their support to her.
08 Jul 2018
India42 Bhopal-Central Jail convicts, including women, being trained as paramedics
Forty-two prisoners, including four women inmates, of Bhopal Central Jail, several of them serving life sentences for murders, are undergoing a paramedical course with authorities claiming that it might be a first-of-its-kind initiative for any jail in the country.
08 Jul 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka court awards life-term to man 11-days after murdering wife
A Karnataka court has sentenced a 75-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his wife, just 11 days after the crime took place.
08 Jul 2018
Delhi High CourtHC upholds punishment of 3-men for scuffle over 'beedi' price
Three men, convicted for grievously injuring the father of a vendor for charging 50 paise extra for "beedi" bundle, leading to his death two decades ago, got respite from Delhi HC, which refused to interfere with their three-and-a-half-year jail term.