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23 Apr 2018

Indian Railways

'Tu', 'Tum' unacceptable, address juniors as 'aap', directs Railways Chairman

In a bid to end VIP culture in Railways, Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani has directed senior officials to address subordinates as 'aap' and do away with 'tum' or 'tu'.

23 Apr 2018

India

Subramanian Swamy hails VP Naidu's decision to reject CJI impeachment-notice

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's decision of rejecting the impeachment notice moved by the Congress and seven other opposition parties against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

23 Apr 2018

Odisha

Odisha: 6-year-old girl, who went to buy biscuits, raped

In yet another shocking incident, a six-year-old girl was raped, strangled and left to die in a village school campus of Cuttack district, Odisha, on Saturday.

23 Apr 2018

Ghaziabad

Delhi Metro girder in Ghaziabad comes crashing down, 7 injured

Seven people were injured when a girder at an under-construction portion of the Delhi Metro came crashing down this morning in Mohan Nagar area of Ghaziabad.

23 Apr 2018

Delhi Government

Jessica Lall's sister won't object to Manu Sharma's release

Sabrina Lall, Jessica Lall's sister, has forgiven Siddhartha Vashistha better known as Manu Sharma and has no objection to his early release.

Pleasant morning in Delhi; minimum temperature settles at 22°C

It was a pleasant morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at a notch below normal.

23 Apr 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar: Woman attacked by three men for resisting rape

A woman was attacked allegedly by three men after she resisted their attempt to rape her at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, police said today.

23 Apr 2018

Bihar

1,449 cases relating to atrocities against SCs pending before NCSC

As many as 1,449 cases relating to atrocities against Scheduled Castes in Bihar and Jharkhand are pending before the Commission till date, said Yogendra Paswan, a National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) member.

23 Apr 2018

India

Thane: Woman arrested for allegedly killing newborn daughter

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her newborn daughter, police said.

23 Apr 2018

Tamil Nadu

Former BJP candidate molests sleeping minor in Chennai train, arrested

A lawyer who fought the 2006 Tamil Nadu (TN) elections on a BJP ticket has been arrested for allegedly molesting a sleeping nine-year-old girl on a train, somewhere between Salem and Erode, Sunday night.

23 Apr 2018

India

Don't make irresponsible statements: PM Modi warns BJP leaders

PM Narendra Modi has asked BJP leaders to refrain from making "irresponsible" statements, saying such comments hurt the party's image.

22 Apr 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: Shiv Sena shakha pramukh Sachin Sawant shot dead

Shiv Sena's Sachin Sawant, shakha pramukh of Kurar, was shot dead in Kandivali's Gokul Nagar, Mumbai today.

22 Apr 2018

Twitter

What-have-we-come-to: Man cancels Ola ride because of Muslim driver

Taking bigotry to unfathomable levels, a verified Twitter user Abhishek Mishra, apparently a member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, canceled an Ola ride because the driver was Muslim.

22 Apr 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Death for child-rapists: DCW chief Swati Maliwal ends 9-day fast

Swati Maliwal, chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women, ended her 9-day fast at Rajghat, New Delhi on Sunday after President Ram Nath Kovind approved death penalty for those convicted of raping children below 12 years.

22 Apr 2018

India

CBSE introduces mandatory physical fitness course for Class-9 and above

According to a study, India had the second highest number of obese children in the world as of June'17, with 1.44cr children weighing excess.

22 Apr 2018

Delhi High Court

RBI circular barring banking service for cryptocurrencies challenged in HC

The Delhi HC has sought the response of the Centre, the RBI, and the GST Council on a plea challenging a circular which prohibits banks and financial institutions from "providing any service in relation to virtual currencies such as cryptocurrencies."

Congress to move Supreme Court if CJI's impeachment-notice is rejected

As the Congress awaits the decision of Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on an impeachment notice moved by it and other parties against CJI Dipak Misra, it is considering moving the Supreme Court if the petition is rejected, party leaders said.

22 Apr 2018

Bihar

Bihar: Maoists incidents come down to less-than-half since 2013

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today lauded the efforts of Nitish Kumar government in tackling Naxalism in Bihar, saying the number of Maoists incidents in the state has come down to less than half since 2013.

After SC's tweak in judgement, surge in alcohol-shops on highways

Road safety activist Harman Sidhu's incessant fight to make highways alcohol-free turned fruitful when the Supreme Court put a ban on liquor vendors 500 meters from highways in April 2017.

22 Apr 2018

Jammu

JKNPP stages demonstration demanding early deportation of Rohingyas, Bangladeshis

The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today staged a demonstration in Jammu as part of its campaign to press for early deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals.

BSF troops' suicides: Commission research to study reasons, find solutions

Border Security Force (BSF) has initiated a maiden research project to analyze various triggers behind suicides by its troops and to formulate an action plan to reduce these instances.

22 Apr 2018

Indian Railways

Railways' biggest recruitment-drive to cost Rs. 300cr, take a year

The Railways has received a whopping 2.5cr applications for its biggest recruitment drive for 90,000 lower-level posts: 47.5L applications for 26,500 Automotive Loco Pilot positions, and 1.89cr for 62,907 Group-D positions (track maintainer, pointsman, switchman, helper, porter).

22 Apr 2018

Narendra Modi

PM Modi visiting China to hold talks with President Xi

PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a summit meeting in Wuhan city China April from April 27-28 to improve bilateral relations, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced today.

22 Apr 2018

Uttar Pradesh

In Muzaffarnagar, two minors sexually assaulted in separate cases

A day after the government approved death-penalty for rapists of children under-12, two cases of sexual assault have been reported from Muzaffarnagar.

22 Apr 2018

India

When a head priest carried a Dalit on his shoulder

In a major attack on India's deep-rooted caste system, the head priest of Hyderabad's Chilkur Balaji recently carried a Dalit man on his shoulder into the revered temple's inner sanctum.

22 Apr 2018

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh: Two Army personnel killed as road caves in

Two Army personnel were killed, and another went missing when a vehicle of Madras Regiment skidded off the road and fell into Kundil River in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh at around 2:30 am today, Deputy Commissioner Mitali Namchoom said.

22 Apr 2018

Manipur

Manipur's Karang is India's first cashless island

PM Narendra Modi handed out awards to bureaucrats yesterday for efficient implementation of select government programs, including Digital India.

22 Apr 2018

Gujarat

Gujarat shocker: 'Porn addict' rapes 46-year-old mother, arrested

In a disturbing incident sure to hang humanity's head in shame, a 22-year-old man raped his biological mother, 46, in Jal Chowk near Patan town, Gujarat.

22 Apr 2018

Rajnath Singh

MHA needs Rs. 3,50,000cr for internal, border security in 2020-25

The Home Ministry has projected a budgetary requirement of more than Rs. 3,50,000cr for internal security, police modernization, border security, disaster management and Union Territories and other related responsibilities during 2020-25.

Impeachment motion against CJI could open SC to misuse: Nariman

Fali Nariman, former president of the Bar Association of India and senior SC advocate, disagrees vehemently with the opposition's crucial impeachment motion against Chief Justice (CJI) Dipak Misra.

22 Apr 2018

Amit Kumar

Alleged rapist of minor acquitted as victim 'adult' under Muslim-laws

A Delhi court acquitted a man accused of raping a minor saying the victim, a Muslim, was an adult as per the religious laws, reports The Hindu.

22 Apr 2018

Tripura

Royal scion opposes Tripura's move to convert palace into museum

The Tripura government's decision to develop the century-old "Puspavant Palace" into a museum has come under fire from Manikya Bahadur, state's royal scion and the grandson of last king Bir Bikram Kishore, who termed it as a move to "hijack indigenous heritage".

22 Apr 2018

Gujarat

After acquittal, Maya Kodnani says no bigger court than conscience

Former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani, who was acquitted Friday in the Naroda Patiya massacre case that killed 97 people, said it was God's way of testing her.

22 Apr 2018

Thane

Thane: Police raid two bars; 31 people, including women, arrested

Thane district police on Saturday raided two bars and arrested 31 people, including 13 women, on various charges, an official said on Sunday.

22 Apr 2018

India

President signs ordinance to allow death penalty for child rapists

A day after the Cabinet approved an ordinance recommending death penalty for rapists of children below 12, President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the amendment to the POCSO Act.

22 Apr 2018

Air India

Severe turbulence injures 3, damages panels on Air India flight

Passengers of an Air India Amritsar-Delhi flight Thursday had the shock of their lives when they unexpectedly ran into severe turbulence.

22 Apr 2018

Bihar

Bihar: 13-year-old commits suicide after father rapes her; man arrested

A 13-year-old girl hung herself to death at her home in Bihar's West Champaran district on Thursday after being allegedly raped by her father.

22 Apr 2018

Bihar

Man sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for kidnapping, raping minor

A Bihar court has awarded 10 years of imprisonment to a man for kidnapping and raping a minor girl in Nawada district of the state three years ago.

22 Apr 2018

Kolkata

Airport Authority of India recruits its first woman firefighter

Firefighting in Indian aviation is no longer a man's job alone.

22 Apr 2018

Chandigarh

This lawyer's PIL helped bring death penalty for child rapists

Yesterday, in a much-needed move, the government approved death penalty for rapists of minors below 12.