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13-year-old girl fasts for 68 days, dies
A 13-year-old girl, who belonged to the Jain community, died here on October 3 after undertaking a fast for 68 days as part of a community ritual. The incident was brought to light on Saturday by child...
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Law panel seeks public opinion on triple talaq
In its effort to address "discrimination against vulnerable groups and harmonise various cultural practices", the law commission has sought public response on triple talaq and Uniform Civil Code. The...
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We don't talk, just deliver: IAF chief
The Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha on Saturday declined to make any comment on the controversy over the surgical strikes against terror infrastructure in Pakistan.He said the armed forces would not...
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Loopholes in social schemes require urgent attention: study
A multi-disciplinary study on "chronic poverty" has revealed that loopholes in social sector schemes do not allow a large section of poor people to overcome the difficulties they have been facing since...
View ArticleSchool in Kochi booked for objectionable course content
Police has registered a case against the management of Peace International School in Kochi in connection with objectionable course content being taught to students. While reports said the case was...
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Cops' Durga puja app
Puja revellers in Kolkata need not go in circles in search of their favourite marquee any more as the "perfect guide" for pandal hopping is now available in the form of a smartphone app.Launched and...
View ArticleVishnu, Riya clinch top honours
Vishnu Vardhan and Riya Bhatia clinched men's and women's singles titles respectively at the Fenesta tennis national championships at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association on Saturday.Riya, seeded third,...
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'Parties can't use public funds to promote poll symbol'
The Election Commission of India (EC)has directed that no political party will be allowed to use public funds and government machinery to promote or advertise itself and the symbol associated with it....
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Kashmir boy succumbs to pellet injuries
Curfew was imposed in several parts of Srinagar on Saturday after the death of a minor boy, who was injured after security forces fired pellet guns at protesters on Friday evening.Elsewhere in Kashmir,...
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India wants BRICS to denounce cross-border terror
India will push the BRICS to take a tough stand on terrorism and specifically denounce cross-border export of the menace during the forthcoming summit of the five-nation-bloc.China, however, is likely...
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Series of works on Deendayal's life to be launched today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will launch a series of works dedicated to BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay's philosophy and his life. With the BJP celebrating his birth centenary as the year of...
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Kriti, Rohan bag under-15 titles
Wild card entrant Kriti Bharadwaj won the girls' under-15 title in the all-India Sub-junior ranking badminton tournament at the Patil Stadium in Kalaburagi on Saturday, defeating Maheshwari Devi 21-16,...
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'I am director of shut schools, need a job'
On Saturday, when Kashmir was mourning the death of another schoolboy in the ongoing unrest, the director of school education said he was the director of "shut schools". This statement seems to...
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'Plan is to post a big total'
While lauding skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane for sharing an unbroken 167-run third wicket stand that has put India in command position, Cheteshwar Pujara said the plan would be to post a huge...
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Man held for trying to rape 3-yr-old girl
The DJ Halli police arrested a 28-year-old man who tried to rape a three-year-old girl on Thursday afternoon.The police said the suspect Nadeem, who works in a vegetable shop in Gundappa Block, was...
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Neesham lauds Kohli, Rahane
New all-rounder James Neesham, playing his first match of the series, applauded Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane for putting India in a position of strength. "We started a touch loose but over the day we...
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Nigerian national held for online car sale fraud
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths have arrested a Nigerian national in a cheating case. The suspect Christiana D, 28, was on the run after the Cyber Crime police registered a case against...
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Prostitution: former aide of TN minister among 11 arrested
Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths on Thursday raided a massage parlour in Banaswadi and busted a prostitution racket. Eleven people, including a former assistant of a Tamil Nadu minister, were...
View ArticleEx-serviceman attempts to rob canteen supervisor
The Halasuru police arrested a retired armyman for attempting to rob Rs 11.90 lakh cash from a canteen supervisor of the Madras Engineer Group & Centre (MEG Centre).The suspect has been identified...
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Kohli comes to the party
For the fifth time in this series the spirited New Zealand bowlers appeared to have India in a spot. And for the fifth time India swam through the tide successfully with skipper Virat Kohli and usual...
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