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13 Jul 2018

Rajkumar

Delhi: Two auto-lifters arrested, six two-wheelers recovered

Two suspected auto-lifters were arrested in northeast Delhi on Tuesday, the police said.

13 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

Burari: Final autopsy rules out foul play,confirms death by hanging

More than 10 days after the Burari deaths, police confirmed yesterday that all 11 people died by hanging.

13 Jul 2018

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: Diet mistakes that won't take your weight-loss plans anywhere

First things first, what goes into your body i.e. your diet is the single biggest determinant of your health.

Why should you read about Justice Indu Malhotra?

Indu Malhotra is the first woman to be directly appointed as the Supreme Court judge and has recently expressed her support for the LGBTQ community's "Right to Live".

12 Jul 2018

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: 5 simple exercises for people stuck with desk jobs

Stuck in a 9-to-5, in-office, desk job? You're not alone.

12 Jul 2018

India

Why are women paid less than men? Here we decode

It is common knowledge that women, in India and elsewhere, are paid substantially lesser than men. This disparity has persisted since antiquity, across sectors and geographies. Unfortunately, this pay parity exists even today.

12 Jul 2018

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Woman confined after being given 'triple talaq', dies

A case of dowry death has been registered against the husband and in-laws of a woman in UP's Bareilly who was given triple talaq over the phone and allegedly locked up for a month without food and water leading to her death.

12 Jul 2018

iPhone

South-Central Railway to launch UTS app to benefit unreserved passengers

The Secunderabad-headquartered South Central Railway (SCR) would soon launch the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) app for the benefit of unreserved passengers.

12 Jul 2018

India

CBSE saves 50,000 trees and Rs. 100cr by going digital

At a time when the capital struggles to breathe amid polluted air, CBSE has welcome news.

12 Jul 2018

Kerala

Jinsha Basheer: The woman biker fighting for social causes

This Kerala woman rides a Royal Enfield. So what, women have been bike riding since ages, you'd argue?

12 Jul 2018

India

PETA moves court seeking ban on elephant 'joyrides' in Rajasthan

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has filed a petition before Rajasthan High Court seeking an end to the elephant joyrides at Amer Fort and Hathi Gaon (Elephant village) in Jaipur.

12 Jul 2018

Assam

Assam: Two women murdered in similar manner; lunatic-on-loose?

The deaths of two women within just 36 hours, in Assam, has troubled police authorities.

12 Jul 2018

WhatsApp

As tax-filing deadline nears, be cautious of this email ID

The time for filing tax returns is here, and with it has come new ways for frauds to dupe people.

12 Jul 2018

Tamil Nadu

TN: 7-year-old boy finds bundles of Rs. 500 notes; rewarded-for-honesty

A seven-year-old boy who found a bundle of Rs. 500 notes totaling Rs. 50,000, while playing in front of his school in Erode (TN), has come in for praise from local police after he handed it over to them.

Delhi Metro's Violet Line services hit due to technical snag

Services were briefly hit this morning on the Delhi Metro's Violet Line, which connects Kashmere Gate to Escorts Mujesar, due to a technical snag, officials said.

12 Jul 2018

India

Anti-dowry fight: SC wants brides, grooms to declare wedding expenses

The SC has advised the Centre to make it mandatory for brides and grooms to furnish details of their wedding expenses to their marriage officer.

12 Jul 2018

Kerala

Kerala: Rape accused priest surrenders to Crime Branch in Kollam

One of the three Malankara Syrian Orthodox priests, accused of sexually abusing a woman, today surrendered before the police in Kerala's Kollam.

12 Jul 2018

Indian Navy

Indian Navy has 24 vacancies with salary upto Rs. 81,100

The Indian Navy has issued a notification for 24 vacancies for the post of Civilian Motor Driver Grade-II for posting at the Headquarters, Goa Naval Area.

12 Jul 2018

Ghaziabad

Cop, who visited journalist's house for passport-verification, asks for hug

In a shocking incident, a journalist from Hindustan Times was asked for a hug by a police officer who visited her Ghaziabad house for her passport verification.

12 Jul 2018

Facebook

Depressed Agra youth live-streams suicide as 2,750 people watch

The tale of this 24-year-old Agra youth brings to the fore two burning issues: depression and apathy.

12 Jul 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal, Sisodia visit school which locked kindergarten girls for 5hrs

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia today visited the school where 16 kindergarten students were allegedly confined in the basement for non-payment of fees.

12 Jul 2018

India

These arguments made in favor of Section 377 are appalling

The sane minds of India are rallying together to make Section 377 a thing of the past. But the arguments being given by supporters of the archaic law shows it won't be an easy battle.

12 Jul 2018

Narendra Modi

Sadhu Vaswani Mission head, Dada Vaswani, dies at 99

Spiritual leader Dada JP Vaswani, head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, died today due to old age-related ailments, a mission member said. He was 99.

12 Jul 2018

Delhi Police

Four-year-old abducted Delhi girl rescued from Rajasthan: Police

A four-year-old girl, who was kidnapped by a childless couple from northwest Delhi, was rescued from Rajasthan, police said today.

12 Jul 2018

Bihar

After criticism, Bihar dilutes anti-liquor laws

More than two years after implementing stringent prohibition, the Bihar government is taking a step back, clearing at least five dilutions in the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

12 Jul 2018

IndiGo

Bengaluru: 330 people escape disaster as planes narrowly avoid collision

More than 300 passengers aboard two IndiGo planes had a narrow escape when the aircraft almost collided in mid-air over Bengaluru airspace Tuesday.

12 Jul 2018

India

India approves "world's strongest net neutrality rules"

In a big win for access to information, the Indian government has accepted recommendations to enforce one of the strongest net neutrality protections in the world.

12 Jul 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

13 Amarnath pilgrims injured as vehicle rams into stationary truck

Thirteen Amarnath pilgrims were injured when their vehicle rammed into a stationary truck on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today, a police official said.

12 Jul 2018

India

Delhi: British MP denied entry into India on arrival

British Parliamentarian Lord Alexander Carlile was yesterday denied entry into India on his arrival in New Delhi for not having an appropriate Indian visa, Ministry of External Affairs said.

30 arrested for duping 2,000 SBI customers of Rs. 5cr

Thirty people, mostly women, have been arrested in Delhi for allegedly running a fraud SBI credit card racket and duping around 2,000 customers of Rs. 5cr, Cyberabad Police said yesterday.

12 Jul 2018

India

#CareerBytes: 6 online-courses that can help you become UI/UX designer

UI/UX design is one of the most exciting tech fields right now. While User Interface (UI) is about how a product looks (presentation/interactivity), User Experience (UX) is how the product works.

11 Jul 2018

India

Things one should understand, before judging the LGBTQ community

For the longest time now, the LGBTQ community has been judged by heterosexual people. Why, you ask? Because, judging people different from us comes naturally to humans.

11 Jul 2018

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: Make snacking a healthy habit, with these 5 food-items

With fast-paced lives and busier work schedules, people nowadays have no time to prepare full-fledged meals to be eaten at leisure. That's why, snacking comes as a natural habit to a lot of us.

11 Jul 2018

India

Group denied entry into Pune bar for wearing slippers, shorts

A group of people was denied entry into Pune-based Agent Jack's Bar as some of them were wearing slippers and shorts.

11 Jul 2018

Mukesh Ambani

Govt is in Ambani's pocket: Kejriwal on Jio Institute row

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today slammed the government over the selection of Jio Institute for the "Institution of Eminence" status, saying the government "is in Ambani's pocket".

11 Jul 2018

Twitter

I-T raids at sisters' hospital to silence me: Yogendra Yadav

Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav alleged that an income-tax raid was conducted at his sisters' hospital premises in Haryana's Rewari with an intent to "intimidate" and "silence" him as he launched an agitation for fair crop price for farmers.

11 Jul 2018

Rajasthan

Rajasthan: Road accident victims die as onlookers take selfies, make-videos

Three persons, who met with an accident in Barmer (Rajasthan), died after writhing in pain for nearly 30 minutes even as a group of onlookers clicked selfies and made videos with no one coming forward to the help of the injured.

No steps taken by government to check Delhi's groundwater-depletion: SC

The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Center, Delhi Government, and their civic bodies for not taking any step to tackle the "serious problem" of groundwater depletion in Delhi.

Close Taj Mahal, demolish or restore it: SC lashes out

The SC has lashed out at the Centre and the UP government for their "lethargy" in protecting the Taj Mahal, which has now become a "hopeless cause."

11 Jul 2018

Delhi Schools

Delhi: Over 25 students fall ill after consuming mid-day meal

Over 25 students fell ill after consuming mid-day meal at a government school in Delhi's Narela area and were rushed to a hospital, the police said.