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04 Feb 2018
Samajwadi PartyUP Police suspend four personnel over Noida shooting
The Uttar Pradesh Police has suspended four personnel after a trainee sub-inspector opened fire on two civilians in Noida's Sector 122 on Saturday night.
04 Feb 2018
IndiaPride parades are going 'desi' in India's smaller cities
Guwahati is one week away from its fifth pride parade. Other smaller Indian towns are also beginning their LGBTQI movement.
04 Feb 2018
Jammu And KashmirKashmir shocker: Minor boy sexually assaulted by Madrassa teacher
In a shocking incident of sexual assault, a minor boy was allegedly sodomized by an Islamic teacher in a Madrassa in North Kashmir's Baramulla district.
04 Feb 2018
IndiaRailways announces a massive recruitment drive for 26,502 vacancies
In one its biggest recruitment drives, the Railways has announced 26,502 vacancies for assistant loco pilots and technician posts.
04 Feb 2018
Uttar PradeshUP school in trouble for teaching book on Zakir Naik
A UP school is in trouble for allegedly teaching students books where controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is hailed as a "hero."
04 Feb 2018
KarnatakaKarnataka: Man hit by bus, dragged for 70kms
In a disturbing incident, a man hit by a bus in Karnataka was dragged for 70kms from one station to another before someone noticed his body stuck in the undercarriage.
04 Feb 2018
IndiaIndians ignore safety instructions on flights, endanger themselves: Official report
We have known this for long, but an official report has finally confirmed it: Indians habitually break rules, even to the point of endangering themselves.
04 Feb 2018
IndiaBudget 2018: Rs. 50cr to assign cows Aadhaar-like unique IDs
The Budget 2018 has been hailed for its emphasis on agriculture and related sectors. Of the many schemes approved, a mission to assign unique Aadhaar-like IDs to cows was allotted Rs. 50cr.
04 Feb 2018
GujaratTraders found using Rs. 15,000 software to illegally access biometrics
Amid a raging debate on safety of Aadhaar information (or the lack thereof), police in Gujarat have busted a ring that used stolen biometric data for unauthorized profits.
03 Feb 2018
Yogi Adityanath15 police encounters in two days in Yogi's UP
As many as 24 criminals were arrested and one gangster was killed in 15 police encounters across 10 districts in Uttar Pradesh.
03 Feb 2018
IndiaJodhpur: US Air Force general flies fighter jet Tejas
American Air Force General David L Goldfein on Saturday became the first foreign military chief to fly India's light combat aircraft Tejas.
03 Feb 2018
IndiaGovernment announces Modicare, but can it afford it?
As was largely expected, PM Modi's government announced a people-friendly budget, in a bid for getting re-elected to office in 2019.
03 Feb 2018
IndiaTrouble for people depositing more than Rs. 15lakh during demonetization
Indians who bank-deposited unaccounted cash over Rs. 15 lakh during demonetization are now under government scanner.
03 Feb 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaUP liquor shops to now introduce cashless payments
It is now mandatory for all liquor retailers in Uttar Pradesh to install point of sale (PoS) machines to enable electronic payments through credit/debit cards, as per the new state excise policy.
03 Feb 2018
IndiaPM Modi's book gives advice on how to handle exam-stress
Ahead of this year's board exams, Narendra Modi is set to launch his fifth book - the first book he's ever written on exam stress.
03 Feb 2018
HaryanaJ&K CM demands probe after assault on Kashmiri students
After reports of two Kashmiri college students getting assaulted in Haryana surfaced, Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti demanded a probe into the issue, and urged the Haryana government to take stringent action against the perpetrators.
03 Feb 2018
IndiaDelhi HC to AAP: "For Heaven's sake, do your duty"
AAP's whining, that it isn't getting support from other authorities, has now exasperated the Delhi HC.
03 Feb 2018
DelhiDelhi-murder: "I carried my son, he died in my lap"
A 23-year-old wedding photographer was stabbed in front of his parents on a busy street in West Delhi, allegedly by the family members of the Muslim woman he was courting.
03 Feb 2018
IndiaPune's Shruti Shrikhande tops UPSC CDS exam among girls
Shruti Shrikhande, a 22-year-old from Pune, has topped the Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination among girls, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently announced.
02 Feb 2018
DalitHyderabad: Girl humiliated for not paying school fees, kills self
A 14-year-old Dalit girl hanged herself to death at her Hyderabad house on Thursday evening after being punished and humiliated in school for not paying fees.
02 Feb 2018
IndiaSupreme Court dismisses plea seeking gender-neutral laws for sexual crimes
India is nowhere close to accepting that men too can be victims of sexual harassment and assault.
02 Feb 2018
DelhiDelhi sealing: Relief for traders as DDA clears three amendments
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has finally provided some relief to traders from the ongoing sealing drive.
02 Feb 2018
IndiaRemembering Khushwant Singh on his 103rd birth anniversary
How does one eulogize a writer who penned his own obituary and epitaph in his prime?
02 Feb 2018
LucknowDays after major bureaucratic reshuffle, UP transfers 26 IPS officers
The UP government has transferred 26 IPS officers, including the additional director general (ADG), inspector general (IG), deputy inspector general (DIG) and superintendent of police (SP).
02 Feb 2018
India#DecodingBudget: After Jaitley's budget, are you richer or poorer?
After FM Arun Jaitley's politically-charged budget, there were few happy faces. Though Modi's government might have wooed farmers, poor and senior citizens, the middle class and salaried workforce were left high and dry.
02 Feb 2018
Telangana19-year-old allegedly raped in Hyderabad cinema hall by 'Facebook friend'
Hyderabad Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a teenager in a theater.
02 Feb 2018
HaryanaRam Rahim Singh chargesheeted in forced mass castration case
The CBI has filed a chargesheet against former Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2014 castration case.
02 Feb 2018
MumbaiYouth orders phone online, receives detergent bar
Some days back, a Mumbai youth ordered an iPhone 8 from Flipkart, but the parcel he received gave him a shock.
02 Feb 2018
West BengalGoa has promised to ban public drinking, but can it?
The Manohar Parrikar government in Goa seems adamant to remove the "social ill" of public drinking.
02 Feb 2018
DelhiDelhi: 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten to death in school
Months after the Ryan murder case, a Class 9 student in Delhi's Karawal Nagar was found unconscious in his school toilet after allegedly being beaten by his schoolmates.
02 Feb 2018
IndiaJust 28% urban Indians live in rented houses: Economic Survey
Only 28% of India's urban population lives in rented houses today, a sharp contrast from the housing pattern in 1961 when more than half of us (54%) didn't own a house and lived in a rented one, finds the Economic Survey for 2017-18.
01 Feb 2018
Delhi High CourtDelhi HC asks government to examine Rs. 50, Rs. 200-notes
The Delhi High Court asked both the RBI and the Centre to review the newly released Rs. 50 and Rs. 200 notes.
01 Feb 2018
India#DecodingBudget: Jaitley announces new GOBAR Dhan scheme
While presenting the budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a new scheme called GOBAR Dhan for solid waste management, among other agricultural reforms.
01 Feb 2018
IndiaSC Rift: CJI makes roster system for case allocation public
The Supreme Court has made public a roster system for allocation of cases to judges.
01 Feb 2018
India#DecodingBudget: Jaitley announces Modicare, world's biggest government-funded scheme
In one of the biggest budget announcements, FM Arun Jaitley unveiled a new National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS).
01 Feb 2018
India#DecodingBudget: Jaitley used "farmers" 30 times, "youth" just thrice
People talk more about things that matter deeply. If we were to say the same about FM Arun Jaitley's 2018 Budget speech, it might just hint at the priorities of the government.
01 Feb 2018
AstronautsCelebrating Kalpana Chawla, 15 years after her death
Seven astronauts were killed today 15 years ago, after their space shuttle disintegrated on entering the Earth's atmosphere, 16 minutes away from landing. Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel, was one of them.
01 Feb 2018
IndiaReactions to the Budget 2018: Who said what?
This year's budget, with its emphasis on the agriculture and health sector, has received a wide variety of reactions from corporate heads and political figures alike.
01 Feb 2018
India#DecodingBudget: What does India Inc think of Budget 2018?
At 11am, India Inc tuned in to watch FM Arun Jaitley present the government's last full-fledged Budget before 2019.
01 Feb 2018
India#DecodingBudget: Who are the biggest winners and losers this time?
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has delivered the crucial Budget 2018, which is the last full-fledged Budget for the incumbent Modi-led government before 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
