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11 Aug 2018

India

Top 5 preschools in Delhi-NCR

Sending your kid to a quality preschool is crucial to their overall mental, physical, and cognitive development, and also for making them ready for primary school-level education.

10 Aug 2018

India

#HealthBytes: What causes pain during sex? How to cure it?

If you experience pain during sexual intercourse, know that you're not alone.

10 Aug 2018

India

#TravelBytes: Planning your honeymoon? These are most-romantic places in India

Honeymoons, just like weddings, are a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and for that very reason, they have to be unforgettably special.

10 Aug 2018

Road Accidents

Rs. 1.22cr compensation to kin of man killed in accident

A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs. 1.22cr to the family of a North Delhi resident, Rajesh Jain, who was killed in a road accident in Haryana on January 5, 2014.

10 Aug 2018

Mumbai

Railways to launch digital museums at 22 stations on I-Day

The Railways Ministry has decided to launch digital museums at 22 stations on Independence Day to showcase railways' history after the PMO objected to the public transporter spending on developing separate railway museums.

10 Aug 2018

Prakash Javadekar

HRD Ministry may reconsider conducting NEET exam twice a year

The HRD Ministry may reconsider its decision to conduct the NEET medical entrance exam twice a year.

10 Aug 2018

India

Critical drug vanishes, pushing millions of Indian women into risk

A few months ago, the government passed new rules restricting the manufacture and sale of oxytocin.

10 Aug 2018

Delhi Police

Recruitment of 4,000 personnel for Delhi Police under consideration: Rajnath

Delhi Police requires more personnel and a proposal for recruitment on more than 4,000 posts is under serious consideration, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

10 Aug 2018

Facebook

Man arrested for posting fake letter from President on Facebook

A year after a case was registered against the Director of a management college in Bengaluru for allegedly posting a fake letter from the President of India on his Facebook account, the man was arrested, police said today.

10 Aug 2018

India

India's elderly population to cross 340 million by 2050

The Indian Government is taking steps to ensure proper care of India's elderly people whose population will cross 340 million by 2050, Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel on Friday said.

10 Aug 2018

Aadhaar Card

UIDAI tightens rules for updating DOB in Aadhaar: Details here

While the UIDAI is making some processes easier for Aadhaar holders, others are being tightened.

10 Aug 2018

West Bengal

Delhi: Temple prohibits Muslim-man from performing Hindu-wife's last rites

A Muslim man was not allowed to perform last rites of his dead Hindu woman at a temple in Delhi's CR Park for 'obvious reasons'.

10 Aug 2018

Meerut

Kanwar yatra: UP spends Rs. 14L on chopper for petal-showering

We're used to believing that the government lacks money to improve the many things wrong around us- illiteracy, hunger, homelessness, etc.

10 Aug 2018

Indian Railways

Northern Railway's women workers demand apron over uniform

Women workers of Northern Railway have written to the Railway Board saying that given the lack of changing room for them at most stations, their uniform should be restricted to an apron which can be worn over their regular clothes.

10 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Right-wing Hindu outfit member held for possessing explosives

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a member of a right-wing Hindu outfit and seized huge quantity of explosives from his residence at Nallasopara in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said today.

10 Aug 2018

Indian Railways

Indian Railways' concession rules for patients and senior citizens

The Indian Railways offers concessions on tickets for people belonging to certain specified categories.

10 Aug 2018

India

Missed IKEA's opening in Hyderabad? Walk through with us

India got its first IKEA store in Hyderabad yesterday. It was a hit: thousands lined up to check out the world-famous chain on Day-1 itself, creating a stampede-like situation.

10 Aug 2018

Bhopal

This 14-year-old Bhopal boy is gifting freedom to poor prisoners

At just 14, this Bhopal boy is rich.

10 Aug 2018

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: Top 5 home remedies to cure hangovers

After a hard week of work, weekends often involve partying, and of course, plenty of alcohol for those who have a taste for it.

Aarushi-Hemraj double-murder: SC to hear CBI appeal against parents' release

Ten years after their daughter Aarushi was killed, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are still fighting to clear their name in the ghastly crime.

10 Aug 2018

POCSO

Delhi: Class II girl raped by electrician in NDMC school

A Class II student of a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) school in the upscale Gol Market area in Delhi was allegedly raped by an electrician inside the institute's premises, the police said today.

10 Aug 2018

Delhi High Court

Woman who abuses in-laws not entitled to their property: HC

A woman mistreating her in-laws has no right to stake claim over their property, the Delhi HC has ruled.

10 Aug 2018

Delhi High Court

After Maharashtra, Andhra now allows outside food in multiplexes

Less than a month after Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh is now allowing moviegoers to bring their own food into multiplexes.

10 Aug 2018

Vijay Kumar

'Drug addict' Kanwariya arrested for vandalizing car in Delhi

The Delhi police, on Thursday, arrested a kanwariya named Rahul alias Billa for vandalizing a car in Moti Nagar, earlier this week. They damaged a car driven by a 25-year-old woman after it 'brushed' one of them.

10 Aug 2018

Narendra Modi

Kerala: Death toll rises to 26, CM calls emergency meeting

As the death toll in Kerala rains increased to 26, CM Pinarayi Vijayan called an emergency meeting this morning to discuss the "very grim" situation.

Triple Talaq Bill deferred in Rajya Sabha as "no unity"

The much-awaited triple talaq bill, which was expected to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha today, has been deferred.

10 Aug 2018

LinkedIn

#CareerBytes: Top 5 websites to help you become a blogger

If you've always been fascinated by a career in blogging, stop thinking and make it happen.

10 Aug 2018

India

#TravelBytes: Top 5 deserts in India that you must visit

Deserts are often and unconventional choice for those seeking to go on relaxing vacations, but what's the point of traveling if you're not willing to step out of comfort zones?

09 Aug 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Woman, set on fire by mother's lover, dies

A 19-year-old woman, Priti Shendge, who suffered 80% burn injuries when a man set her, her 9-month-old daughter Siddhi, and mother Sangita Devre (40) on fire four days ago in Nashik in Maharashtra, has died, police today said.

09 Aug 2018

Lok Sabha

Railways install door frame metal detectors at 345 stations: Gohain

The Indian Railways has installed door frame metal detectors at 345 stations while 4,780 hand-held metal detectors have been made available for checking of passengers, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain informed Lok Sabha.

09 Aug 2018

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: 5 common myths about masturbation busted

Myths about masturbation have been around since a long time, because people have given it a bad rap, citing various untrue mental and physical health concerns.

09 Aug 2018

Pakistan News

Indian man in Pak jail for 36yrs to walk free

A Jaipur resident who is languishing in a Pakistan jail for 36 years is likely to be released next week, according to an MP in Jaipur.

09 Aug 2018

Kolkata

IIT KGP to become country's first smart college campus

IIT Kharagpur today claimed to have taken a step towards becoming the country's first smart college campus, in which students can operate equipment inside their hostel rooms remotely using a smartphone app.

09 Aug 2018

Narendra Modi

GST on more items could be slashed if revenue increases

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal today said the capacity to slash the GST rates on more items would go up as Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues and the compliance rate increases and the economy formalizes.

09 Aug 2018

Goa

CM Manohar Parrikar to fly to US for medical check-up

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will leave for the United States of America on August 10 for a medical check-up and return on August 17, a senior official said today.

09 Aug 2018

Aadhaar Card

Ram Sewak Sharma gets two-year extension as TRAI chief

Ram Sewak Sharma was today given two-year extension as the chief of TRAI.

09 Aug 2018

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Tribal woman commits suicide after being raped

An 18-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after being raped in Bothia village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police said today.

09 Aug 2018

Tamil Nadu

Karunanidhi used films, command over Tamil to promote Dravidian ideology

M Karunanidhi used the medium of films and his command over Tamil language to reach out to people and promote the Dravidian ideology, according to two books related to the late DMK patriarch.

09 Aug 2018

Bihar

UP: 26 women missing from two shelter homes in Pratapgarh

At least 26 women were found missing from two shelter homes in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh during surprise checks conducted by the district administration, officials said today.

09 Aug 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Kanwariyas smash cars, attack police vehicle in Delhi, UP

For the second time in one day, kanwariyas were caught on camera vandalizing property. Tuesday, some 50-60 kanwariyas attacked a police vehicle in Bulandshahr, UP.