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18 Jan 2019
Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)You'll have to pay for baggage screening at Delhi Airport
From February 1, Delhi International Airport (DIAL), after being allowed by AERA, will charge for X-ray baggage fees ranging from Rs. 110 to Rs. 880 for domestic flights, and $149.33 (Rs. 10,655) to $209.55 (Rs. 14,952) for international flights.
18 Jan 2019
India#CareerBytes: The dos and don'ts of UPSC exam preparation
The Indian Civil Services are a dream for lakhs and many spend years preparing to crack the UPSC Civil Services Examination.
17 Jan 2019
IndiaIndian Railways helps woman passenger on period with sanitary pad
Traveling during menstruation can be daunting.
17 Jan 2019
India#HealthBytes: How to maintain a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely accepted and effective measure of body fat, computed by taking into account a person's body mass and height.
17 Jan 2019
MurderDelhi: Couple stabbed to death while neighbors filmed incident
In yet another incident that highlights the growing apathy among people, a couple in Delhi was stabbed to death while their neighbors watched and recorded the crime on their phones.
17 Jan 2019
Jammu And KashmirStudents body blames PUBG for poor results, wants it banned
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has taken the youngsters by storm and kept them hooked to their cell phones.
17 Jan 2019
HaryanaHaryana: Ram Rahim sentenced to life imprisonment for journalist's murder
On Thursday, a special CBI court in Panchkula awarded a life imprisonment sentence to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for his involvement in the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
17 Jan 2019
Narendra ModiGandhinagar: PM inaugurates global trade show at Vibrant Gujarat Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a global trade show in Gandhinagar, organized as part of the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019.
17 Jan 2019
WhatsAppWife in US, husband in Nagpur; divorce granted via WhatsApp
In a rare incident, a family court in Nagpur, Maharashtra, granted divorce to a couple through an unusual method: a WhatsApp video call, since the woman was in Michigan at the time of hearing.
17 Jan 2019
MizoramDisease kills thousands of swine, Mizoram government bans pigs' import
Mizoram government has banned the import of pigs and piglets to prevent the outbreak of a disease that has cost the lives of thousands of swine in the state.
17 Jan 2019
Narendra ModiFormer CBI-chief Verma to give keynote speech at SRCC event
Alok Verma, who was removed from his post of CBI director last week, has been invited to give a keynote speech at an event of Delhi University's SRCC college on February 14.
17 Jan 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaSC allows reopening of dance bars, bans showering of cash
Giving a major relief to restaurant owners in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court on Thursday relaxed stringent conditions set by the state government for obtaining a dance bar license.
17 Jan 2019
Indian Railways2 AC coaches of Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express looted by men
In a shocking incident, two AC coaches of the Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express were looted by armed men in the early hours of Thursday, at the outskirts of Delhi.
17 Jan 2019
NoidaPenalty doubled, owners to pay Rs. 5,000 if animals stray
The Noida Authority yesterday doubled the penalty imposed on owners of animals and cattle found roaming at public places and roads in the city, officials said.
17 Jan 2019
MeghalayaMeghalaya: Rescue forces spot one miner's body after 33 days
More than a month after 15 miners got trapped inside an illegal rat hole coal mine in Meghalaya, one of them has been found dead.
17 Jan 2019
India25% Class-4 students in rural India can't read Class-2 books
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018 has shed light on the sorry state of education in rural India, again. It is alarming, to say the least.
16 Jan 2019
IndiaIRCTC installs first-ever Pizza Vending Machine at Mumbai railway station
Pizza lovers, and Indian railways passengers, both of which are high in numbers, have something to rejoice!
16 Jan 2019
IndiaJadavpur professor, who likened girls' virginity to sealed bottles, removed
Kanak Sarkar, the professor of Jadavpur University, who equated virgin girls to a sealed bottle was on Wednesday divested of his duties with immediate effect.
16 Jan 2019
IndiaIndian Railways: 7 advanced features on the new IRCTC website
The official Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website was given a major upgradation last year.
16 Jan 2019
BiharMinor girl raped at her home, in front of mother
In a ghastly incident, a minor girl was raped at her home in front of her mother in Bihar's Bhabua sub-division on January 10.
16 Jan 2019
KeralaNuns, who protested against rape-accused Bishop, asked to leave Kerala-convent
Four out of five nuns, who spoke against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, have been asked to leave Kerala convent, claims The NewsMinute.
16 Jan 2019
India2,340 women to visit Hajj without male-companion: Details here
Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Hajj this year without 'Mehram' or male companion.
16 Jan 2019
XAnand Mahindra wants nickname for his car. There's a prize
We often hear names of car models such as 'Grey Ghost', 'Verito Vibe' or 'Scorpio'. However, the odds of finding one in an Indian language are rare.
16 Jan 2019
NoidaNoida: Body of man found floating in drain
The body of an unidentified man was found floating in a drain in Sector 8 of Noida this morning.
16 Jan 2019
IndiaTrain 18: Meet the brains behind India's first engine-less train
Train 18, India's first indigenously built engine-less train, recently became the fastest train in the country after hitting speeds of over 180 kmph in a trial run.
16 Jan 2019
Uttar PradeshChased by monkeys, 60-year-old woman falls to death in UP
A 60-year-old woman died and another was injured yesterday as they fell from a terrace after being attacked by monkeys in the Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh, a police official said.
16 Jan 2019
IndiaPhilip Kotler congratulates PM Modi for award, but questions remain
After a couple of days of political sparring over Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential Award, marketing guru Philip Kotler himself took to Twitter to clarify that he had selected PM Modi for the award.
16 Jan 2019
XAmazon sells coconut shell for Rs. 1,365; netizens go crazy
There has been a staggering rise in online shopping globally, over the last few years.
16 Jan 2019
KolkataKolkata: Two nursing students arrested for brutally killing 16 puppies
Two days after the brutal murder of 16 puppies rocked Kolkata, two nursing students have been arrested in connection with the killings.
16 Jan 2019
RajasthanBotched-up delivery case: Rights body issues notice to Rajasthan government
A few days back, it was reported that a male nurse at a government health center in Rajasthan pulled an infant so hard during delivery that the baby got decapitated and the head was left inside the womb.
16 Jan 2019
IndiaIndia registers 25 universities in 2019 global emerging economies rankings
Times Higher Education (THE) has released its 2019 rankings for universities in emerging economies, and 25 Indian higher education institutes have made it to the top 200.
16 Jan 2019
Lok SabhaTo enable quota for economically-weak, 25% hike in college seats
Union Minister for Education Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday announced a 25% increase in seats across universities and colleges in the country to ensure the new caste-agnostic reservation doesn't affect the existing quotas.
15 Jan 2019
India#HealthBytes: 5 home-made face packs for winter skin care
Winter is not the best season for your skin.
15 Jan 2019
West BengalOn Makar Sankranti, 33L pilgrims take holy-dip in Ganga Sagar
Over 30 lakh pilgrims from across the country and neighboring Bangladesh and Nepal took holy dip at the confluence of the River Ganga and the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar Mela in Sagar Islands on Makar Sankranti today, the West Bengal government said.
15 Jan 2019
IndiaIndia to have 200-airports, 1.1bn air-passenger traffic by 2040: MoCA
India's air passenger traffic is expected to grow six-fold to 1.1 billion and the number of operational airports to increase to around 200 by 2040, according to Ministry of Civil Aviation's (MoCA) vision document released at a summit in Mumbai today.
15 Jan 2019
Arun JaitleyJaitley headed to US, for check-up related to kidney ailment
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unexpectedly left for the US for a medical check-up relating to his kidney ailment on Sunday night, sources said.
15 Jan 2019
IndiaFacebook censors posts on Kashmir, Gods, and Tricolor in India
In what comes as a contradiction to Facebook's publicly stated global policy, the social media giant has 20 "locally illegal" markers for India, on the basis of which posts are flagged and proactively removed.
15 Jan 2019
MumbaiGoAir to pay Rs. 98,000 for canceling 25-tickets 'without reason'
In an incident of gross mismanagement, low-cost carrier GoAir has been recently directed by the consumer forum to pay more than Rs. 98,000 to a Mumbai-based man for canceling "without reason" 25 tickets that he had booked in 2015.
15 Jan 2019
Uttar Pradesh'Kumbh Mela' begins amid tight security to ensure incident-free event
Blending traditions with modern-police techniques, the Uttar Pradesh police is all geared up for an incident-free Kumbh, the largest congregation in the world, which begins today at Prayagraj.
15 Jan 2019
Supreme Court Of IndiaWoman who entered Sabarimala disowned, attacked by family; hospitalized
Kanaka Durga, one of the two women who scripted history by becoming the first women of menstrual age to enter the Sabarimala temple in centuries, has been hospitalized after she was allegedly attacked by her mother-in-law.
