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16 Jul 2018
MumbaiMaharashtra: Over 13,500 infant deaths recorded in 11 months
A total of 13,541 children died between Apr'17 and Feb'18 in Maharashtra due to a variety of health-related reasons, including poor weight, pneumonia, and respiratory issues.
16 Jul 2018
DNA105 couples tie knot at Kashmir's biggest ever mass marriage
The Jaffri Council of Jammu and Kashmir turned dreams of 105 underprivileged couples into reality by getting them married in the valley's biggest mass marriage ceremony.
16 Jul 2018
MumbaiBMW India extends special-service support for flood-affected customers in Mumbai
BMW India has announced special aftersales support for flood-affected BMW customers in Mumbai.
16 Jul 2018
IndiaNearly 200 soldiers become disabled every year: Top Army doctor
Nearly 200 armed forces personnel become disabled every year, a senior doctor for the forces said, citing road accidents and snow avalanches, especially in hilly-terrains, as the prime reasons.
16 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMP: Tribals stripped naked, thrashed for stealing 120-liters of diesel
A transporter and his friend have been booked for allegedly stripping his three tribal employees naked and assaulting them for "stealing" 120-liters of diesel from his trucks in Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), the police said.
16 Jul 2018
Bombay High CourtBombay-HC slaps Rs. 5L fine on Leela Hotels for 'forum-hunting'
The Bombay HC today imposed a fine of Rs. 5L on Hotel Leela Venture Limited for "forum-hunting" by seeking that their pleas, challenging eviction proceedings, be heard by a single-judge bench.
16 Jul 2018
IndiaGovt to issue unique identification number to each arm license-holder
The names of all arms license holders (new or old) will be included in a national database from April 2019 and they will be issued a unique identification number (UIN), said the Home Ministry.
16 Jul 2018
JharkhandJharkhand: Four babies sold by Missionaries of Charity shelter-home rescued
A Ranchi-based shelter home run by the Missionaries of Charity is in major trouble: police have found that Nirmal Hriday, the home, sold at least four babies to couples seeking children for as much as Rs. 50,000 each.
16 Jul 2018
IndiaSupersonic cruise missile BrahMos successfully test fired from Chandipur ITR
Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was today successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
16 Jul 2018
EducationNEET is letting in students with zero/negative marks into MBBS
Be careful when you visit unknown doctors: someone you have trusted with your life might have gotten admission into a medical course with zero marks.
16 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiVaishno Devi: Landslides causes closure of new route in J&K
A landslide today struck the Tarakote Marg, the new 7km track to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing its closure.
16 Jul 2018
Delhi High Court'Can plea against 'Sacred-Games' be heard as PIL?' asks HC
Delhi High Court today sought to know whether it could hear as a PIL the plea against the Netflix series "Sacred Games" claiming that some scenes are derogatory to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and should be removed.
16 Jul 2018
RajasthanClass-10 students doing abysmally in math, worse than Class-3 students
The latest National Achievement Survey (NAS) assessed 15L students across all states and union territories to reveal alarming findings: Class-10 students were doing far worse than even Class-3 students, especially in Mathematics, where average scores were less than 40%.
16 Jul 2018
West BengalOver 20 injured as tent collapses during Modi's Midnapore rally
More than 20 people were injured when a makeshift tent collapsed amid rains during PM Narendra Modi's Midnapore rally today.
16 Jul 2018
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Noida: Cancer patient kills wife for refusing him sex
A 40-year-old barber in Noida slit his wife's throat as she "refused to engage in sex with him" because his mouth cancer had left a hole in his cheek, police said.
16 Jul 2018
West BengalTMC MP Anupam Hazra deletes Facebook account after controversies
TMC MP Anupam Hazra, who earned the ire of his party on several occasions for controversial Facebook posts, has deleted his account.
16 Jul 2018
SuicideDelhi: Air hostess jumps to death; family alleges dowry harassment
A female flight attendant allegedly committed suicide on Friday after jumping from the terrace of her residence in south Delhi's Hauz Khas, police said today.
16 Jul 2018
HyderabadGoogle engineer lynching: 'He was sophisticated,couldn't be mistaken for child-lifter'
The family of the Google engineer lynched in Bidar Friday has demanded a strict investigation into the incident, expressing disbelief that rumors about 'child-lifters' triggered the attack.
16 Jul 2018
JharkhandJharkhand: Prime accused of Khunti gang rape arrested
The prime accused in the alleged gang rape of five women in Jharkhand's Khunti district has been arrested from a village in West Singhbhum district.
16 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaSenior-advocate calls lawyer to discuss case, rapes her inside Saket-court
A 32-year-old female advocate was allegedly raped by her senior inside chambers of Delhi's Saket court, police said on Sunday.
16 Jul 2018
Jammu And KashmirTwo months after 'Burhan Boys' killed, terrorists release another group-photo
Two months after security forces eliminated all 11 men seen in the 'Burhan's Boys' photo, terrorists have released another, this time with 14 men posing with guns.
16 Jul 2018
Dalit#HistoryMade: Dalit-groom rides horse in Thakur-dominated UP-village
On Sunday, upper caste families of Nizampur village of Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh chose to either stay indoors or leave the village. The reason? The presence of heavy police in the locality.
16 Jul 2018
Delhi PoliceGirl hangs herself in Delhi police-post, cops 'panicked and hid'
Tense moments unfolded at the Tilak Vihar police post in Delhi in the wee hours of Sunday, when a 17-year-old girl, whose family had approached police over her 'friendship' with a neighboring youth, hanged herself.
16 Jul 2018
IndiGoFive rules that every airline flier should know
Over the years, the number of airlines operating globally has surged. Air travel is the fastest way to travel within a country or overseas, and it's also the most preferred mode of transportation.
16 Jul 2018
Android#CareerBytes: These 6 online-courses will make you an Android developer
Android is the world's most popular operating system. While it is found mostly on smartphones, Android is used on many other smart devices like intelligent speakers, televisions, watches, etc.
16 Jul 2018
Health & Wellness#HealthBytes: 5 reasons why you shouldn't use hand sanitizers
Hand sanitizers may, at least on the surface, seem like the best and quickest way to ensure germ-free hands on the go.
15 Jul 2018
IndiaAll the rules you need to know about tatkal bookings
To meet the last-minute ticketing needs of passengers, IRCTC offers online as well as offline 'tatkal' ticketing services.
15 Jul 2018
Delhi High Court#SexualHarassment: Air-India asked to replace panel-chief after air hostess's complaint
Delhi High Court has asked Air India to replace the chairperson of its panel looking into the sexual harassment allegations by an air hostess against one of its senior officials.
15 Jul 2018
GujaratPrimary students of Ahmedabad civic schools to get free haircuts
Primary students of Ahmedabad's municipal schools will get a free haircut every month as part of the local civic corporation's "Ek Kadam Swachhate Ki Aur" program.
15 Jul 2018
ChennaiHit by vacancies, NGT plans to hear cases using video-conferencing
Crippled by the delay in appointment of experts and judicial members, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is planning to conduct hearings through video-conferencing to decide the environmental cases pending in its regional benches.
15 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Women turn entrepreneurs to transform lives in villages
Chingutai Jadhav, in her mid-40s, has taken it upon herself to raise the health and nutritional standards of women in her small village in drought-prone Osmanabad district of Maharashtra.
15 Jul 2018
MaharashtraThane has already received 66% of last year's rainfall
Maharashtra's Thane district has received 11,446.54mm of rainfall this monsoon which is 66% of the rainfall it received during the entire monsoon season last year, district information officer Aniruddha Ashtaputre said today.
15 Jul 2018
IndiaAnti-terror ops to be focus of mega military-drill in Russia
Boosting counter-terror cooperation and evolving a common strategy to deal with radicalization will be the focus of a mega military exercise in Russia next month, in which India, Pakistan, and other member nations of Shanghai Cooperation Organization will participate.
15 Jul 2018
Jammu And KashmirJ&K: Inquiry ordered into large-scale issuance of individual arms licences
The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department has ordered an inquiry by the State Vigilance Organization into the large-scale issuance of individual arms licenses in alleged contravention of rules, after receiving reports of a fake gun license racket.
15 Jul 2018
Health & Wellness#HealthBytes: 5 simple hacks to improve your hair health
Want long, silky, beautiful-looking hair? Everyone does.
15 Jul 2018
OdishaOdisha: Jagannath temple sans deities waits for state govt's attention
Even as Rath Yatra was celebrated with fervor in Puri, a small town Marada in Odisha's Ganjam district, which houses a 300-year-old Jagannath temple, spent a quiet day with no chariots rolling out of the shrine.
15 Jul 2018
IndiaAfter Amartya Sen's criticism,NITI Aayog VC offers him a 'challenge'
A week after eminent economist Amartya Sen said India had taken a "quantum jump in the wrong direction" since 2014, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said the Nobel laureate should spend some time in the country.
15 Jul 2018
KeralaKerala: 40,083 school classrooms turn 'hi-tech' thanks to KITE
As part of the ambitious "Hi-Tech school" project of the state government, the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has enabled 40,083 classrooms in selected state-run and aided schools to become "hi-tech" with the facility of laptops and multi-media projectors.
15 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP-cop files complaint against himself for failing to check cow-smuggling!
Talk about sincerity. Or bizarreness? A Meerut station house officer (SHO) has lodged a complaint against himself for having failed to prevent cow smuggling!
15 Jul 2018
Delhi High CourtCenter removes JNU professor accused of sexual harassment from EPCA
The Center has removed a JNU professor, accused of sexual harassment, from the Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), tasked with taking various measures to tackle air pollution.