Cloudburst in Mansarovar Yatra route; 3 dead, 7 missing

Malpa: Four soldiers and three civilians are missing in Mangti Nala, three bodies recovered in Malpa in Uttarakhand after cloudburst in Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route. The has been stopped following the incident. Two bridges have been damaged in Mangti and one in...

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Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: Death toll rises to 63

Gorakhpur: More than sixty children including new borns and infants have died in last 48 hours at Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital run by the Uttar Pradesh State government. As is being alleged, disruption of oxygen supply in the...

Baba Ban: Ramdev Doesn’t Want Us to Read a Book About His Life

New Delhi: Baba Ramdev has had an injunction put on a book about his life written by Priyanka Pathak-Narain and published by Juggernaut Books, according to a statement released by the publisher. On August 4, 2017, the court of the ACJ...

Congress sends invites for Opposition satyagraha in Gujarat

After Lalu Yadav's anti-BJP rally planned for August 27 in Patna, opposition unity will face its big test in Gujarat where the Congress has decided to launch a satyagraha on September 1 along with other opposition parties, to protest what...

Chandigarh marches for women’s rights to public spaces

Representational ImageChandigarh: Exactly a week after 29-year-old Varnika Kundu's car was chased by two drunken men in Chandigarh, women from across the city gathered to reclaim the streets. The 'Bekhauf Azaadi' march started at 10 pm on the Geri route...

Dent in Opposition unity? Sharad Pawar skips meet,JD-U RS MP Ali Anwar Ansari suspended by Party

New Delhi: Sharad Pawar's party was a no-show today at the meeting of the opposition called by Sonia Gandhi. Pawar had earlier confirmed that he would depute a representative to the session. His turnaround comes after the Congress suggested that...

India deploys more troops along China border in Sikkim, Arunachal

New Delhi: In a strategically key move, India has poured in more troops along the entire stretch of its border with China in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the face of heightened rhetoric by Beijing over the Dokalam standoff, senior...

Nihalani ‘censored’ as the CBFC chairman; replaced by Prasoon Joshi

New Delhi: Controversy’s favorite child Pahlaj Nihlani, infamous among the masses for his censor decisions has been sacked from his position as chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification in India (CBFC). He will be succeeded by lyricist Prasoon Joshi....

Colossal tragedy: 30 kids die in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College due to lack of oxygen

Nagpur/Gorakhpur: In a tragedy of colossal magnitude, around 30 children lost their lives in the past 24 hours at Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College due to lack of oxygen. The cause for the deaths of innocent kids...

Blue Whale Dare : Indore student attempts suicide, teacher foils bid

Indore: A Class VII student tried to jump off the third floor of his school building in Indore in an alleged bid to complete an online suicide dare, suspected to be the notorious Blue Whale, on Thursday, but was saved...

Hamid Ansari, outgoing V.P. warns of Tyranny if criticism of Govt. not allowed

File Pic New Delhi: Outgoing V.P. who was also Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Hamid Ansari, in his farewell speech said today said a democracy could degenerate into a tyranny if free and frank criticism of government policies was not allowed. On...

CBSE to make NEET common question paper in all languages: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for setting different question papers for students appearing for National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) in regional languages. The apex court observed that there...

School Classroom Turned ‘Dance Bar’ At Night, Students Forced To Clean Up

Mirzapur: It is a classroom with flow charts and diagrams on its walls. But instead of neat rows of students, two women dance to Bhojpuri music, surrounded by men appearing to thoroughly enjoy the show as they shower cash on...

Lalu Yadav’s aide, RJD leader Kedar Rai shot dead

Patna: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants, police said. Kedar Rai was out on his morning walk in Danapur when the attack took place, the police said. "It appears to be the...

International para athlete Suvarna Raj to get NCPEDP’s Mphasis Universal Design Award

Nagpur/New Delhi: Suvarna Raj, an international para athlete and social worker, who was denied lower berth seat in Nagpur-Delhi Garib Rath Express despite being disabled and had to sleep on the floor of the train, is being honoured with NCPEDP’s...

Teen girl murdered in UP after being stalked for 6 months

Ballia: The 17-year-old girl, a resident of Ballia district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, was intercepted when she was onher way to school and her throat was slit. The killers were four boys from her village in Ballia, and...

Mumbai shuts down as lakhs of Marathas begin historic march

Over a whopping 10 lakh Marathas from all over the state have begun a March in the state capital Mumbai this morning at 10 a.m. This is a culmination of many morchas carried out in different towns over the last few...

Gujarat RS poll: At last, Ahmed Patel wins

JUST IN: Congress leader Ahmed Patel retains his Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat, reports ANI. The result came soon after the counting of votes was restarted after being stopped for a while.. It was stalled for a while after the Bharatiya Janata...

Justice Dipak Misra to be next Chief Justice of India: Law Ministry

New Delhi: Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in May this year, will succeed Chief Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India. An official...