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17 Jan 2019

Meghalaya

Meghalaya: 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

India

25% 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

India

IRCTC 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

India

Jadavpur 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

India

Indian 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

Bihar

Minor 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

Kerala

Nuns, 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

India

2,340 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

Twitter

Anand 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

Noida

Noida: 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

India

Train 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 Pradesh

Chased 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

India

Philip 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

Twitter

Amazon 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

Kolkata

Kolkata: 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

Rajasthan

Botched-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

India

India 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 Sabha

To 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 Bengal

On 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

India

India 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 Jaitley

Jaitley 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

India

Facebook 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

Mumbai

GoAir 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.

Woman 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.

15 Jan 2019

India

#DefenseDiaries: PM Modi hails troops on 71st Army Day

Indian Army stands for various things: the top-most being their professionalism, bravery and selfless service. They protect our restive borders, safeguard internal law-and-order and save lives during natural calamities/disasters. Their training and discipline are obviously legendary.

15 Jan 2019

Security

Kumbh Mela 2019 commences with first bath of Makar Sankranti

At the daybreak of Tuesday, which marked Makar Sankranti, thousands of pilgrims took a dip in the chilly waters of the Sangam - the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers - thus officially kicking off the Kumbh Mela 2019.

15 Jan 2019

India

#CareerBytes: Career path of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the most prestigious and sought-after service among the Civil Services of the country.

14 Jan 2019

India

#HealthBytes: 5 delicious-yet-healthy smoothies to help you lose weight

Losing weight healthily and effectively is a long-term process.

Kolkata: 16 puppies murdered in cold-blood leaves city enraged

The cold-blooded murder of 16 puppies has sent shockwaves across Kolkata, and outraged citizens are demanding strict action against those responsible.

14 Jan 2019

Jammu And Kashmir

J&K governor extends support, asks terrorists to shun violence

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik today advised terrorists to shun the path of violence, assuring that his administration is ready to do whatever it can for their rehabilitation.

14 Jan 2019

India

How to link your Driving License with Aadhaar online

After the September 26, 2018 Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar authentication, it is totally upto users' discretion to link or not to link their Aadhaar cards with entities like banks, telecom, and other services.

Petition alleging UP encounter killings needs 'serious consideration,' says SC

The Supreme Court today agreed to examine in detail a plea seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into incidents of alleged police encounters and killings in Uttar Pradesh.

14 Jan 2019

Mumbai

Petrol price breaches Rs. 70-mark, diesel crosses Rs. 64

Petrol price breached the Rs. 70 a liter-mark and diesel crossed Rs. 64-mark today, after rates were hiked for the fifth consecutive day on rising input cost.

14 Jan 2019

Delhi Police

JNU sedition case: Charge sheet filed against Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid

The Patiala House Court is slated to hear the sedition case involving 10 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students - including former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and ex-student Umar Khalid - on Tuesday.

14 Jan 2019

Narendra Modi

Now, you can give feedback to PM Modi on NaMo-app

With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections fast approaching, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to citizens and has asked for "direct feedback" on a number of issues through a survey launched on the NaMo app.

14 Jan 2019

India

#CareerBytes: YouTube Channels for engineering students to learn Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us; AI is being integrated into almost every field, including healthcare, banking, transport, defense, education, etc.

14 Jan 2019

Uddhav Thackeray

Mumbai BEST bus stir: Fadnavis intervenes, speaks to Thackeray

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis today intervened in the BEST bus strike in Mumbai and spoke to Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to find a solution.

14 Jan 2019

Uttar Pradesh

Fire breaks out in camp a day before Kumbh Mela

On Monday, a massive fire gutted several tents at the Kumbh mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The event is officially supposed to start on Tuesday.