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18 Mar 2017

Pakistan News

Missing clerics in ISI custody over MQM links

The two clerics from Delhi's Nizamuddin who went missing in Pakistan are reportedly in the custody of the ISI, over their alleged links to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.

18 Mar 2017

India

2 blasts outside Agra's Cantonment railway station

Authorities said two explosions went off outside the cantonment railway station, Agra. There have been no reports of injuries/casualties.

18 Mar 2017

India

Demonetization: Rs. 6000 crore tax so far on unaccounted money

Sources revealed that the government has collected over Rs. 6000crore on unaccounted money deposits made by people after demonetization.

18 Mar 2017

India

The tale of train: Farmer now owns the Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi

A farmer, Sampuran Singh who had moved to court seeking compensation for his land acquired by Northern Railways became the owner of the Swarna Shatabdi train.

18 Mar 2017

Tamil Nadu

Car Racer Ashwin, wife pass away in a car accident

Professional car racer Ashwin Sundar and his wife passed away in a car accident late last night. Sources said the couple was trapped inside their BMW car as the doors could not open, and were burned to death.

18 Mar 2017

India

29 lakh debit cards compromised last year

The government said that over 29 lakh debit cards were the victims of malware attacks in 2016. The cards in question were those used on ATM machines operated by Hitachi.

17 Mar 2017

India

RBI to try plastic Rs.10 notes

Sources said that the RBI will soon conduct field trials of plastic Rs. 10 notes that are expected to be more durable than their paper counterparts.

17 Mar 2017

Pakistan News

ISI picked up missing clerics?

Sources have stated that Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI may be behind the disappearance of the two clerics from Delhi in Pakistan.

17 Mar 2017

AIADMK

Man claiming to be Jayalalithaa's heir faces potential jailterm

Justice Mahadevan of the Madras High Court said he could ask police officers to "straightway" imprison the man claiming to be Jayalalithaa's son.

17 Mar 2017

India

Long wait over for comprehensive health care guarantee

Decades in the making, the National Health Policy was finally launched in the Parliament, aiming to raise public expenditure in health sector.

17 Mar 2017

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal train blast: A 'gift' from ISIS to India

Ongoing investigations into the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast of 7th March have disclosed that the incident was meant to be an 'announcement' of the arrival of the Islamic State (IS) in India.

17 Mar 2017

Pakistan News

Sushma Swaraj asks Pakistan to find Delhi's missing clerics

Sushma Swaraj said that Pakistan has been asked to relocate two clerics from Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah who went missing in Karachi.

17 Mar 2017

India

Pro-ISIS groups vows attacks on Taj Mahal

A pro-ISIS group warned of conducting attacks in India, and published a picture of the Taj Mahal as a possible target.

17 Mar 2017

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar donates Rs.1.08 crore to martyrs' kin

Actor Akshay Kumar has donated Rs. 1.08 crore to the families of twelve jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force who were killed by Naxals in Sukma.

17 Mar 2017

Jagadesh Kumar

JNU students protest against UGC rule

Students from JNU gathered in protest of the UGCs new rule that sought to allocate 50% grades to the viva portion of exams for MPhil and PhD candidates, instead of 30% as was originally the case.

17 Mar 2017

Railway Ministry

2 killed every 3 days in train accidents

Data revealed that of the 1018 train accidents in the last 8 years, only 4.7% of them were caused by sabotage. In addition, the 1018 accidents took 1940 lives and injured over 3200.

17 Mar 2017

India

Rural electrification: 5150 villages still dark

The deadline for the Centre's rural electrification programme may be missed, as data revealed that over 5150 villages in India are yet to be electrified. It was supposed to be completed by May 2017.

17 Mar 2017

India

Burhan Wani's successor calls for Sharia in Kashmir

Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Rashid Bhat has called for the imposition of Sharia law in Jammu and Kashmir.

16 Mar 2017

India

India leans towards smarter planning of wedding expenses

A Tata-Capital Survey revealed that 58% Indians would prefer loans to finance their weddings, even if a significant number of respondents were unaware of such loans.

16 Mar 2017

Prakash Jha

Union law ministry announces plans for TV channel

In a bid to spread legal awareness, the Union Law Ministry announced plans to start its own TV channel.

16 Mar 2017

India

28-year old raped and murdered in Goa

The body of a 28-year old Irish woman was found on a beach in Devabag village in Canacona, South-Goa. A post-mortem would confirm if she was sexually assaulted.

16 Mar 2017

India

Govt to allow upto 90% EPF withdrawal to buy house

In a relief to home buyers, the government seeks to amend the Employees' Provident Fund scheme, to allow users to withdraw up to 90% of their EPF savings to put the down payment for buying a house.

16 Mar 2017

Dearness Allowance

Dearness allowance hiked by 2%

The government has announced a 2% hike in the dearness allowance, benefiting 50 lakh government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

16 Mar 2017

India

Stent price caps to save Rs. 4,450 crore annually

The government has stated that the cap on prices of medical stents in India would save up to Rs. 4,450 crore per year for patients.

15 Mar 2017

India

28 companies blacklisted by IITs over placement row

The All-India Placement Committee for IITs has blacklisted 28 companies for revoking offers. Complaints had been filed against these companies earlier for revoking offers.

15 Mar 2017

Amritsar

Bomb scare at Amritsar airport

An unidentified briefcase was found at the parking lot of the Amritsar airport, leading to a bomb scare.

15 Mar 2017

India

SC finalizes judicial appointments procedure

Sources said the Supreme Court has finalized the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointing judges to constitutional courts.

14 Mar 2017

Mumbai

Sexual harassment cases pile up against TVF founder, he responds

Multiple women have come forward on social-media, accusing TVF founder Arunabh Kumar of sexual harassment.

14 Mar 2017

Delhi

Nepali woman gangraped in Delhi

In another shocking incident of sexual assault, a Nepali mother of two was confined and gangraped by 5 BPO employees in a flat in Delhi's Pandav Nagar.

14 Mar 2017

Maharashtra

Wife of Sangli doctor begged him to stop female foeticide

According to investigators, wife of the Sangli homeopathic doctor accused of carrying out sex-selective abortions urged him to stop the illegal practice two months ago, but her pleas were ignored.

14 Mar 2017

Railway Ministry

18 train sabotage incidents in first 60 days of 2017

The Railway Ministry said that this year there have been 40 incidents of sabotage between Jan-Feb along the railways tracks, as opposed to 45 such cases in all of 2016.

14 Mar 2017

Delhi

JNU MPhil student commits suicide

Another MPhil student in JNU, who reportedly belonged to the scheduled caste category committed suicide by hanging himself at a friend's house.

13 Mar 2017

India

ICICI, SBI top bank fraud list

Data from the RBI has revealed that ICICI bank had the maximum number of bank-fraud related cases between April-December 2016. SBI came in second.

13 Mar 2017

Pakistan News

What's in store for Pakistan after the UP elections?

The BJP's landslide victory in the UP elections has made Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually politically unassailable.

13 Mar 2017

India

Savings account cash withdrawal limits lifted

The RBI has removed the cap on withdrawal of money from savings accounts, effective today. Earlier there was a withdrawal cap of Rs. 50,000 per week.

12 Mar 2017

Delhi Police

Satyarthi's Nobel citation recovered

Delhi Police DCP (southeast) Romil Baaniya said authorities recovered Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel citation from a forested area near southeast Delhi's Sangam Vihar.

12 Mar 2017

Akshay Kumar

Maoists ambush CRPF in Sukma, 12 killed

12 CRPF personnel were killed in an ambush attack by Maoists in Sukma, Chhattisgarh.

12 Mar 2017

India

India successfully tests extended range BrahMos

India successfully tested the extended range variant of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha. The strike range was enhanced from 290 km to 450 km.

10 Mar 2017

India

Oxford Cambridge to drop suit against DU photocopier

Sources stated that the Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Taylor and Francis have filed an application with the Delhi HC to withdraw as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Rameshwari Photocopy Service.

10 Mar 2017

India

AgustaWestland: SC dismisses plea to probe media

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by journalist Hari Jaisingh seeking to probe the media's role in the AgustaWestland case. Jaisingh alleged that media-persons were bribed by AgustaWestland to influence policy makers.