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27 Dec 2018

Kochi

Kochi: Two Navy personnel killed in hangar door collapse

In a tragic incident, two Indian Navy sailors were killed on Thursday when the heavy door of a helicopter hangar fell on them at the Southern Naval Command's base in Kochi.

27 Dec 2018

Lok Sabha

#TripleTalaqBill: AIADMK-MP asks why are Muslim men being singled out

While opposing the Triple Talaq bill in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, AIADMK MP A. Anwhar Raajhaa said the bill was barbaric towards Muslim men and asked why were they being singled out.

27 Dec 2018

India

#CBSE2019: 5 ways parents can help students prepare for boards

CBSE recently released the datesheet for 2018-19 board exams; Class 10 exams will be held between 21 February-29 March, and Class 12, between 15 February-3 April.

27 Dec 2018

Indian Railways

Railways develops AI-powered robot to help identify faults in trains

To eliminate human errors and improve the safety of trains, the Central Railways has developed an AI-powered robot that can take pictures and record videos of the undergears of trains to help engineers identify faults.

27 Dec 2018

India

Assam: This village craves for rat-meat more than chicken, pork

A weekly rural market in Assam's Baksa district exclusively sells rat meat as the finished rat, cooked as a spicy gravy dish or nicely browned, is considered a Sunday delicacy.

Delhi: AIIMS doctor commits suicide after fight with wife

In a tragic incident, a doctor who worked at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was found dead after he jumped from the balcony of his fourth floor apartment in Delhi's Gautam Nagar.

#UnnaoRapeCase: FIR filed against survivor, family members on forgery allegations

In a major twist in the Unnao rape case, an FIR has been registered against the survivor, her mother, and uncle on directions of a local court.

27 Dec 2018

Noida

Noida: Five gangsters arrested after shootout with police

Five notorious gangsters, carrying cash rewards on their arrests, were held in Noida after a gun-fight with police yesterday night, officials said.

27 Dec 2018

Meghalaya

Meghalaya: Trapped for two weeks, 15 miners feared dead

After nearly two weeks of search operations to find 15 miners trapped inside a 'rat hole' coal mine in Meghalaya, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is now fearing the worst.

27 Dec 2018

Lok Sabha

Triple Talaq bill to be debated shortly: Things to know

The tweaked Triple Talaq Bill will be debated in the Lok Sabha today and the discussion is expected to be a heated one, since the Opposition has serious reservations about it. Notably, Modi-led NDA has asked all its MPs to be present in the Parliament.

26 Dec 2018

Kerala

Woman undergoes sex-change operation for girlfriend, gets rejected after surgery

Love hurts. And, sometimes it does brutally!

Rocket launcher, bombs recovered from ISIS' new India cell

After carrying out multiple simultaneous raids across Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Wednesday, managed to foil a major terror attack that was being planned by a new ISIS-linked group.

26 Dec 2018

Mumbai

Good news for railway passengers, pod-hotel coming up near Mumbai-Central

In a bid to provide passengers the best lodging comfort, Indian Railways-owned IRCTC is planning to build a pod hotel near Mumbai Central station.

26 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

Stop posing, help trapped Meghalaya coal miners: Rahul urges Modi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today made a fervent appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save 15 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13, alleging that the government "refuses to organize high pressure pumps for the rescue."

26 Dec 2018

Bank Strike

Bankers on nation-wide strike again, second in a week

Operations at branches of public sector banks across the country were impacted today due to a strike by unions against the proposed merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB).

26 Dec 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir; Leh shivers at -17.1 Celsius

The cold wave sweeping Kashmir intensified today as the mercury stayed several degree below the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines in several residential areas.

26 Dec 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Golfer Jyoti Randhawa, Chitrangada's ex-husband, arrested for poaching in UP

International golfer Jyoti Singh Randhawa and national-level shooter Mahesh Virajdar were arrested in Bahraich on poaching charges, Uttar Pradesh police said on Wednesday.

16 places raided in Delhi, UP; new ISIS-linked group found

On Wednesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches in 16 locations across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, in connection with its probe on a new ISIS-linked group in India.

26 Dec 2018

India

Mamata pays tribute to 2004 Tsunami victims, hails rescue workers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today remembered the victims of the 2004 Tsunami, that had devastated coasts of several south and southeast Asian countries on this day.

No namaz in parks: Noida-police says companies won't be liable

In a damage control mode after an earlier order claimed companies would be liable if their employees offered namaz in parks, the Noida police have now retracted the same.

26 Dec 2018

West Bengal

Bengal education department to introduce lessons on obesity-prevention, healthy lifestyles

In order to raise awareness about obesity-prevention among students, the West Bengal Education Department has decided to introduce lessons in the school curriculum on the importance of maintaining healthy lifestyles for addressing the health problem, a senior official said.

25 Dec 2018

India

#CBSE2019: How to score over 90% in Class-10 Hindi?

The CBSE Class-10 board exams are less than two months away and it is high time for students to prepare seriously.

25 Dec 2018

Delhi Police

Delhi Police are acquiring technology to hack cloud storage systems

After the controversy over the Center's 'snooping order', the Delhi Police are gearing up to acquire new technology that will enable cops to hack into cloud-based storage systems and extract suspects' data for analysis.

25 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

Ganga activist Swami Gopal Das' disappearance raises questions on government

For the last six months, Swami Gopal Das has been fasting for Ganga river.

25 Dec 2018

Arvind Kejriwal

Odd-even scheme could return as Delhi grapples with pollution crisis

Delhi's 'odd-even' vehicle rationing scheme might soon be making a comeback.

25 Dec 2018

Punjab

Punjab: Former PM Rajiv Gandhi's statue vandalized, CM condemns act

A statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was vandalized today in Ludhiana, Punjab by some persons, who Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh claimed, owed allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal in the state.

25 Dec 2018

Maharashtra

90% farmers have got benefit of loan waiver: Maharashtra BJP-chief

Maharashtra BJP chief Raosaheb Danve has claimed that nearly 90% of farmers in the state have got the benefit of the government's loan waiver announced last year.

25 Dec 2018

India

Hung-over? Try these 5 easy and natural home-remedies

It's the year-end, which mainly implies two things: Christmas festivities and the new year celebrations.

25 Dec 2018

Muslims

Why should the (not a) Ram Mandir be built

Being atheist is fashionable, questioning the tenets of Hinduism is elite and calling everything regressive is equated to being scientific.

25 Dec 2018

Telangana

Telangana: Son kills mother; thought she practised black magic

In yet another horrific incident of murder over suspected black magic, a man strangled his own mother to death over suspicions that she was practising sorcery on him.

25 Dec 2018

India

#CBSE2019: How to score over 90% in Class 12 Accountancy?

For many Class 12 students, belonging to the Commerce stream, preparing for the Accountancy board examination can be a daunting task.

SC must fast track hearing in Ayodhya title suit: Prasad

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has appealed to the Supreme Court to fast-track the hearing in Ayodhya title suit, stressing if it could happen in Sabarimala issue, it can be done to resolve this long-pending matter as well.

25 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

Vajpayee's memorial, Sadaiv Atal, inaugurated on his 94th birth anniversary

Sadaiv Atal, a memorial of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was dedicated to the nation today on his 94th birth anniversary.

25 Dec 2018

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Furious over sister's sudden marriage, son shoots his mother

A 55-year-old woman has been shot dead by her son yesterday after a heated argument in the Nai Basti locality, Badaun (Uttar Pradesh).

25 Dec 2018

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Farmers using alcohol as 'medicine' to improve potato production

In a country where livelihood of majority of the population is dependent on agriculture, new methods to boost farming are always needed.

25 Dec 2018

India

Center renames three Andaman-&-Nicobar islands to mark first-ever Tricolor hoisting

To mark the 75th anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose hoisting the Indian Tricolor at Port Blair for the first time, the Center has decided to rename three Andaman & Nicobar islands.

25 Dec 2018

India

#AtalBihariVajpayee: His poems are our guiding light now

Life is a work in progress. Where it ends, death starts. All your life, you step towards death, inch by inch.

25 Dec 2018

Gurugram

Gurugram: Nigerian national arrested with heroin worth Rs. 12 crore

Haryana Police arrested a Nigerian national yesterday in Gurugram with over three kg heroin valued Rs. 12 crore.

25 Dec 2018

Narendra Modi

PM Modi inaugurates Bogibeel bridge, India's longest rail-cum-road bridge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in Assam today, in a bid to commemorate the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the man who commenced the project.