Madras HC Stays Centre's Slaughter Ban, Didi Defies Order in WB

Madras High Court stayed the Central Government's new ban on the sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter, for a month, on Tuesday. It directed the state and the centre to file replies within four weeks. Indian states have their own laws on slaughter of cattle and beef consumption, but the Union...

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Nepal joining China's B&R initiative a milestone, says Oli

Nepal's former prime minister K P Sharma Oli, who last year blamed India for his fall, said today that the deal signed with China for the Belt and Road initiative was a milestone and would take bilateral ties to a new level. Oli, the chairman of Nepal's main opposition party CPN- UML, described...

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Sonika Chauhan Case: Vikram Charged With Culpable Homicide

Bengali TV actor Vikram Chatterjee on Tuesday was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of model-anchor Sonika Singh Chauhan in a car accident on 29 April. The charge carries a maximum jail term of 10 years. He was earlier charged for causing death by rash and negligent...

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Woman 'sold, tortured' in Saudi to return home tomorrow: Sushma

A 55-year-old Indian woman, who was allegedly sold and tortured in Saudi Arabia, will return tomorrow, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. "Thanks for bringing this to my notice. Sukhwant Kaur is returning home on 31 May 2017 at 0415 hrs by Flt G9406," Swaraj tweeted. The minister's...

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Nine BSF personnels injured during mortar firing practice

Nine Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured during an early morning mortar firing practice on Tuesday at the Kishangarh field firing range near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan along the Indo-Pak border. The incident took place at about 8:30 am when troops were participating in a firing exercise...

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65% Fail Bihar Boards, Only 57% Pass in Jharkhand

Around 65 percent of students failed the Bihar State boards after stricter measures were taken to prevent cheating. From a total of 12,61,000 students who appeared for class XII, roughly 35 percent passed the exams. In 2016, the pass percentage was around 67 percent. Jharkhand too had a poor outcome...

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Pak soldier rapes 30-yr-old deaf, mute woman in train washroom, held

Lahore : A 30-year-old deaf and mute woman was allegedly raped by a Pakistani soldier in a Lahore-bound train. The suspect, a sepoy in Punjab Regiment and posted in Chaman, Balochistan, has been arrested by the Railways police and a rape case has been registered against him on the complaint of...

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How an Online Initiative Is Helping Children Fight Sexual Abuse

A young girl in rural Haryana was suffering sexual abuse at the hands of her biological father. She was too scared to tell her mother fearing that the father might harm her. What makes this story extraordinary is that, a few months ago, the girl filed an online complaint through e-box, an initiative...

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Dangal vs Baahubali 2 box office collection: Fans engage in Twitter war alleging fake numbers

After Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal crossed the worldwide box office collection of SS Rajamouli's Baahubali 2 (Bahubali 2), a Twitter battle has started between the fans of the movies. Baahubali 2 had earlier become the highest grossing Indian movie ever with its record-breaking run at the worldwide...

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PM Modi asks Europe to take lead role in tackling terrorism, has 'very good interaction' with Merkel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday he "had a very good interaction" with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as he met the leader at her country retreat near Berlin for informal talks. Modi, who arrived in Berlin earlier in the day to start his six-day, four-nation tour of Germany, Spain,...

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'Be cautious, exercise restraint': China's message after Modi visits NE to launch India's longest bridge

China asked India on Monday to be "cautious" and exercise "restraint" over building infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh, days after Prime Narendra Modi launched the country's longest bridge linking Assam with the state claimed by Beijing. "We hope India adopts a cautious and restrained attitude...

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Cattle trade rules: Buffaloes may go off 'no slaughter' list after protests

The Centre is understood to be having a rethink on its order restricting the sale of animals, including cows and buffaloes, for slaughter following the stiff opposition from some states, including Kerala. The government is likely to exempt buffaloes from the 'no slaughter' list, an official said...

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Pakistan says ICJ won't free Kulbushan Jadhav, not answerable on death sentence

Pakistan is not answerable to anyone about the death sentence given to Indian national Kulbushan Jadhav and the ICJ will not release or acquit him, members of the legal team representing Islamabad at the world court said on Monday. Attorney general Ashtar Ausaf Ali described the former naval officer...

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IAF's Sukhoi-30 jet crash: Black box recovered

The black box of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet that went missing with two pilots on board has been recovered from a dense forest in Arunachal Pradesh, two days after wreckage of the plane was sighted. However, the fate of the crew is not yet known. "A ground search and rescue party has reached...

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Army chief Gen Rawat on Kashmir crisis: 'You fight a dirty war with innovations'

The Indian Army is facing a "dirty war" in Jammu and Kashmir which has to be fought through "innovative" ways, army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has said, stoutly defending the use of a Kashmiri as a 'human shield' by a young officer. In an exclusive interaction with PTI, Rawat said the main objective...

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Gujarat CM downplays concerns over keeping Zika infection report under wraps

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday turned to damage control mode after having kept the Zika outbreak report in Ahmedabad under wraps for over a year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had reported on Saturday about the ZIka infections in 2016-17. Rupani tried to play down the scare...

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CBSE Class 12 results: Why outstation students have better chance of entering DU

Going by the Class 12 results of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), students from other states stand a better chance of gaining admission to Delhi University than their counterparts in the city. More students from other states - clubbed under the all-India region category - secured...

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Lionel Messi furious with Barcelona for missing out on Bernardo Silva

Manchester City have already confirmed the signing of Bernardo Silva from AS Monaco on a huge £43million deal. All leagues special site According to a report from Spanish outlet Don Balon last evening, Barcelona star Lionel Messi has expressed his anger with the club after the Catalans missed out...

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Massive waste management campaign to be launched in 4000 cities on June 5: PM

A massive waste management campaign will be launched in 4000 cities across the country on June 5, the World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today. Under the campaign, waste bins of blue and green colours would be distributed in these cities along with an awareness drive. "I...

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Man asked to stay 3 days of week with first wife, next three days with second

In a bizarre case, which has few precedents, a man charged with bigamy has been asked by the cops to stay for first three days of a week with his first wife while another three days with the second wife. The seventh day he will have to stay alone. Sounds outlandish, but this is the compromise formula...

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ISRO braces to tame monster rocket that could launch Indians into space

An indigenous rocket as heavy as 200 full-grown Asian elephants could well be the one taking "Indians into space from Indian soil" as the country inches closer to joining the big boy's space club. Standing tall on the rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh is the country's latest rocket...

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Couple marries after five decades of 'live-in' relationship

It was certainly a marriage with a difference for it was solemnised more than five decades of 'live-in' relationship and among the wedding guests were the couple's grandsons, granddaughters and sons-in-law. Bhanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, about 40 kilometres from here, was...

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Police trying to hush up case, says Jewar gang rape victim

One of the four women, who were allegedly gang-raped on the Jewar-Bulandshahr road off the Yamuna Expressway, has accused the police of trying to hush up the case and making false statements against the victims. District Magistrtae B N Singh, SSP Love Kumar and Chief Medical Officer Dr Anurag...

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Modi to embark on 4-nation tour on Monday

New Delhi, May 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his four-nation tour of Germany, Spain, Russia and France beginning on Monday is aimed at boosting India's economic engagement with these nations and inviting more investment. In the first leg of his six-day trip, he will visit Germany,...

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Mumbai: Man gives triple talaq to wife as she switched off fan while he was sleeping

In a bizarre case, a Mumbai taxi driver gave triple talaq to his wife as she reportedly switched off the fan while he was sleeping. The incident took place three years ago but came to light only after the 65-year-old man moved a 'Public Complaint Center' for family disputes in Pydhonie, Mumbai....

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Pak funding case: NIA summons 2 Kashmiri separatists for questioning tomorrow

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned two Kashmiri separatist leaders to its headquarters in Delhi on Monday in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq Ahmad Dar alias 'Bitta Karate' and Javed Ahmed Baba alias...

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Meghalaya: Crude bombs hurled Shillong, 2 arrested so far

Shillong, May 28: Crude bombs were hurled in several areas of the Meghalaya capital on Saturday night while two arrests were made in connection with attack on a railway construction site in Ri-Bhoi district, officials said. The crude bombs were hurled at Laban, Nongmynsong, Rynjah and Lumdiengjri...

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British police release CCTV footage of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi

Manchester: British police have released CCTV footage of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi on the night of the attack as thousands defied the terror threat to take part in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday. Security was tight as 40,000 runners pounded Manchester's streets in the annual half marathon...

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Impose governor's rule if Jammu and Kashmir is to be saved: Farooq Abdullah

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today called for the immediate imposition of governor's rule in the state, stressing that it was the only way to control tension in the country. "We have never been promoters of governor's rule; we have always opposed it. But there is no other...

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