Girl Beaten With Leather Belt Allegedly For Not Doing Homework
Bengaluru girl, 7, was beaten with a belt, allegedly by her tutor. BENGALURU: Class 2 Bengaluru student beaten with belt allegedly by tutor. Teacher got enraged because student hadn't done homework. The seven-year-old, a student of St. Joseph School in Nelamangala...
1 killed, 5 injured in knife attack in London
London: A woman has died and up to five people have been injured after a man allegedly 'went on the rampage' with a knife in a possible terror-related attack in London. Police confirmed a man was arrested after he was seen...
One India One Tax : GST bill passed
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday to introduce a country-wide goods and services tax (GST), shifting the focus on the tax rates. Under the new system, the states and the Centre will collect...
Kanhaiya Kumar denied entry in Maharashtra Assembly: Congress asks if he is a terrorist
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: The opposition Congress on Wednesday raised the issue of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar being refused entry into the visitors' gallery of Maharashtra Assembly here, saying he was not a terrorist and in a democracy anyone can...
Mid-air crash averted over Guwahati
File Pic Guwahati/Nagpur: Two Indigo aircraft miraculously escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid, officials said on Wednesday. At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the...
Emirates Airline flight from Thiruvananthapuram crash lands at Dubai International Airport
Dubai/Nagpur: An Emirates Airline flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai crash landed in Dubai on Wednesday with authorities saying the 275 passengers on board had been evacuated safely and no injuries reported. "Concerned Authorities at #Dubai International Airport are dealing with the incident...
CPI makes history, agrees to Mamata’s West Bengal name change
Kolkatta: The Communist Party of India, for a change, is on the same page as the Trinamool Congress government on the issue of renaming the state as 'Bengal', saying the move reflected reality. "We agree. It's alright. No problem," CPI General...
Speaker asks AAP MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend Parliament
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan asks AAP MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend Parliament till a decision is taken on the videography matter. The Speaker has also extended by 2 weeks the term of the House panel probing the...
Sonia stable, under observation at hospital: Cong
Varanasi: Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi during a road show in the view of upcoming UP Assembly elections in Varanasi on Tuesday. New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today "stable" and under observation of specialist doctors at the Army's...
Sonia Gandhi raises dust in PM’s Varanasi, 1st visit in a decade
Varanasi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi began her road show in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh today. The event follows a road show and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's rally in that state, marking the beginning of the...
Sydney bike rider Gareth Clear left with third-degree burns after iPhone ‘explodes’
A Sydney bicycle rider, who says he was severely burnt when his iPhone exploded after a minor fall, is now on a mission to make people aware of the potential dangers of using such devices. Bondi management consultant Gareth Clear, 36,...
JK minister Naeem Akhtar’s house attacked with petrol bombs, no injuries reported
Kashmir: A petrol bomb was hurled at the house of Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Naeem Akhtar in Parraypora area of the city on Monday night, police said. No one was hurt in the attack that was carried out by unidentified...
Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Sealink to be toll free?
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is likely to take over the Bandra-Worli sea link, effectively making it toll free seven years after it was constructed, as part of the arrangement for a coastal freeway from South Mumbai to Bandra. However, while...
Bulandshahr gang rape: She shouted ‘Papa’ when assaulted, says father
The father of the teenage gang-rape survivor said that the rapists should be given exemplary punishment so that no one commits such a crime again. "Papa!" was what the girl had cried out when her attackers tried to catch her,"...
‘Sacrificing the scapegoat won’t save BJP’: Rahul on Anandiben’s resignation
New Delhi:; A day after Anandiben Patel resigned from the post of chief minister of Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi took a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. The Congress vice president wrote, "13 years of Modi rule, not 2...
Anandiben Patel resigns as Gujarat chief minister
Gujarat/Nagpur: Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel has submitted her resignation after a week of protests across the state following the assault on four Dalits by a so-called cow vigilante group. Patel sent her resignation to the BJP top brass seeking...
What lesson will you teach us: Opposition asks Parrikar
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed a brief uproar by opposition members over alleged remarks by Manohar Parrikar against actor Aamir Khan, even as the defence minister denied having said what was been quoted to him. During the Zero...
Relief for Amit Shah as SC refuses to reopen Sohrabuddin case
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition challenging the discharge of Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. "Rejected," a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan said after nearly a...
AIADMK MP who slapped DMK MP sacked for bringing ‘disrepute’ to party
New Delhi: AIADMK's Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa sacked from the party for bringing disrepute to the party. The AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa allegedly slapped a DMK MP Tiruchi Sive at Delhi's IGI airport. Both the Rajya Sabha MPs were checking in...
Swamy backs Parrikar, says ‘ignorant’ Aamir needs a teacher
File Pic New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has found support in BJP MP Subramanian Swamy for his criticism of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan over the intolerance row. Swamy on Monday tweeted, "Why so much hu ha about Parrikar's statement...
BJP contradicts Mehbooba, says forces were aware of Wani’s presence
File pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Contradicting Mehbooba Mufti's stand, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said security forces had the knowledge of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani's presence at the encounter site. Terming the killing of Wani as "success", Jammu and Kashmir BJP...
