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In a shocking incident, a 13-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly kidnapped and repeatedly gang-raped by three people in Risod town in Maharashtra’s Washim district, officials said on Monday. The alleged crime…
A senior citizen was arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl, the incident coming to light after she opened up about the ordeal while talking at a ‘good touch, bad…
A man was detained on Monday for allegedly raping and murdering a 70-year-old woman in Maharashtra’s Latur district, a police official said. The incident came to light after a foul…
Bihar Police on Monday arrested a woman on the charge of murder of her three-year-old daughter Muzaffarpur. Police identified the accused as Kajal Kumari, who allegedly committed the crime inspired…
Two men were booked on Monday for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura and posting a video of the act on social media, police said. The girl’s…
Over two dozen people, some of them armed, vandalised the house of a BJP spokesperson in Manipur’s Churachandpur on Monday night. They also fired shots in the air, and set…
After its seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress was finalised, National Conference (NC) Monday issued its first list of 18 candidates for the first phase of the three-phased assembly elections in…
Another steel bridge of 100 m length has been launched for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project on August 25 near Silvassa in Dadra & Nagar Haveli. This 1464 MT steel…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray’s visit to Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city on Monday triggered a clash between workers and local leaders of his party and those of the rival…
Actor Namitha on Monday complained that she was asked to furnish proof of being a Hindu during her visit to the renowned Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwar temple in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai,…
A junior artiste in the Malayalam film industry has accused award-winning actor and director Baburaj of rape, adding to the flood of sexual abuse complaints against senior Mollywood figures, sordid…
Hitting out at the BJP, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that it is impossible to remove him from power as long as he has the blessings of the…
Two people died and a youngster was injured when a compound wall collapsed at Kalbadevi in south Mumbai on Monday evening, civic officials said. The 30 feet long compound wall…
A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaji collapsed at the Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg today. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2023 and the incident has…
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable allegedly died by suicide on Monday in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, an official said. At around 10:30 am, head constable Vipin Chandra of…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced Monday the creation of five new districts in Ladakh, raising their number to seven in a decision welcomed by local people as fulfilment of…
The Gujarat government has been taking all necessary precautions amid a heavy rainfall forecast for the state, an official said on Monday. The official said that 13 teams of the…
The national capital experienced intervals of clouds and sunshine on Monday with a maximum temperature of 35.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above the normal, according to the weather department. The…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that former Jharkhand Chief Minister and senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Champai Soren joining the BJP would further strengthen the party.…
The Forest Department in UP’s Bahraich district is utilising elephant dung and urine to drive away a pack of wolves that has been terrorising the Mahsi tehsil. The wolves are…
The First Information Report against Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College – has cleared the decks for his eventual arrest. Ghosh — who is in…
The Indian Coast Guard on Monday said it rescued 11 crew members of a merchant vessel in a “challenging” operation after it reportedly sank around 90 nautical miles south of…
Market regulator Sebi has issued notice to fintech firm One97 Communications, which owns the Paytm brand, in the March 2024 quarter on employee stock options given to its MD and…
Continuing his pitch about the “threat to the Constitution”, Rahul Gandhi visited Prayagraj on August 24 for the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan, organised by an NGO. His primary talking points were…
Superstar actor Rajinikanth and Tamil Nadu Minister Durai Murugan patched up Monday – declaring each other “old friends” – after a spat over the former’s praise for Chief Minister MK…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the BJP’s campaign in the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the first such democratic exercise after the erstwhile state was downgraded to…
A 35-year-old woman and two children, including her eight-year-old son and 15-year-old nephew, were electrocuted in the Bundi district on Monday, a police official said, adding that another man of…
In the wake of the March to Secretariat (‘Nabanna Abhijan’) call given by the students of West Bengal on Tuesday in protest against the rape and murder of the junior…
Taking note of a marriage solemnised between a girl and her ‘phupha’ (uncle) who falsely claimed to be unmarried, the Delhi High Court has asked an Arya Samaj temple to…
Veteran Malayalam actor Siddique has lodged a complaint with Kerala police against actress Revathy Sampath after she accused him of sexual misconduct, officials said on Monday. According to an official…
At least a dozen houses and a few vehicles were set on fire by unidentified persons after an idol was found defaced at a temple in flood-hit Tripura, the police…
Facing flak over the video showing preferential treatment to actor Darshan in prison, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday directed authorities to transfer the accused actor and his associates to…
Singapore’s Indian-origin leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh has applied to have his case heard in the High Court instead of the State Courts. Mr Singh, 48, faces two charges…
While the integration of AI into financial services brings significant opportunities for customers, banks and regulators, the cutting-edge technology also poses its own set of challenges such as data privacy…
A video showing a woman’s miraculous escape after a goods train passes over her body has gone viral on social media. The video shows the woman lying on the tracks…
With the clock ticking on finalising candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, Congress has rushed troubleshooters to Srinagar to clear the roadblocks in its seat-sharing talks with National…
The BJP today released a list of 44 candidates for the three-phase election to 90 Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir, but deleted it soon after. Hours later, the BJP…
A local trader’s body was found in a field in the Akhandnagar area of this Uttar Pradesh district, with police suspecting personal enmity as the motive behind the crime. Krishna…
In the wake of public outrage over the sexual assault of two Class IV girls in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, the state government proposed the installation of panic buttons in schools and…
BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday asserted that she was not retiring from active politics and alleged that the “casteist media” had been “propagating such fake news”. The 68-year-old Bahujan Samaj…
A man was shot in the leg after he tried to escape police custody while being taken to a hospital for a check-up in the Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh,…
BSP chief Mayawati on Monday referred to the 1995 Lucknow ‘state guest house incident’ to attack the Samajwadi Party for the “deadly assault” on her, and the Congress for not…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its first list of seven candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Sunday. The party has fielded Fayaz Ahmed Sofi from Pulwama,…
A man who went to a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur to file a complaint was left shocked by an unusual demand from the cops. Chanchal Kumar, who lost…
After a 11-hour search later at the home of Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital’s former Principal Sandip Ghosh, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation left late this evening with multiple…
The BJP is hoping to win 66 of the 90 seats in the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, sources told NDTV after a meeting of its Central Election Committee…
People across the country are celebrating ‘Janmashtami’ today, which is the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. Devotees flocked to temples from the morning, which were decked up with colourful floral…
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday extended greetings on the occasion of Janmashtami and said that we must imbibe the teachings of Lord Krishna and work for the nation’s progress. In…
Asserting that Jannayak Janta Party will not ally with the BJP for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls, JJP Chief and former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday claimed…
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her party is willing to support a Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections, provided they…
Five Bangladeshi nationals who illegally crossed into Indian territory were arrested by the Tripura police and Border Security Force on Sunday in a coordinated operation. The arrests were made following…
A 16-year-old boy was detained on Sunday for allegedly killing his father in a fit of rage, police said. Police said the boy allegedly smashed a plastic pipe on his…
Actor Nagarjuna Akkineni on Sunday claimed that no land was encroached upon for the construction of the N-Convention Centre in Hyderabad, which was demolished by authorities on Saturday. “Dear all,…
The Mizoram Police has rescued and brought back three Mizo women who were engaged as housemaids and stranded in Syria for about 20 months, an officer said on Sunday. The…
In a setback to the AAP on Sunday, five councillors of the party in the MCD, joined the BJP boosting it’s chances of having majority in the standing committee of…
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a 70-year-old woman at her residence at Kayamkukam near Alappuzha, police said. Kanakakunnu resident Dhanesh raped the woman after throwing…
Karnataka BJP has questioned the land allotment to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s family in the Hitech Defence Aerospace Park near Bengaluru. “When did the Kharge family become aerospace entrepreneurs to…
Activist Prashant Kishor on Sunday said his Jan Suraaj will contest all 243 seats in next year’s assembly elections in Bihar and at least 40 candidates will be women. Addressing…
The trainer aircraft that went missing in Jharkhand was located on Sunday in the Chandil dam’s reservoir in Seraikela-Kharswan district, an official of the aviation company that owned it said.…
A 28-year-old man from Murbad taluka in Thane district was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping his 17-year-old girlfriend, police said on Sunday. Police investigation based on CCTV camera footage…
A man allegedly killed his wife here on Sunday and later attempted suicide by consuming poison, police said. Assistant Commissioner of Police (South) Sanjay Sharma said the incident took place…
The BJP is ready to contest polls tomorrow, asserted senior leader Anil Vij after his party faced opposition criticism for seeking to defer the September 1 polls. The party, in…
Amid the ongoing investigation into the gang rape of a minor at Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, police on Sunday claimed to have arrested all five accused in…
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Ganderbal constituency. This announcement was made by…
In a bizarre incident, a suspected thief died while attempting to commit theft at a fast-food stall in Hyderabad on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred at a fast-food stall…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge today took a swipe at the Narendra Modi government over what he called was a “government of U-turns”, a day after the Centre announced its approval…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today assured strict action in cases of crime against women, amid a huge outrage over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in a hospital…
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau on Sunday said it has arrested two persons in Hyderabad for their alleged involvement in a Rs 175 crore scam wherein transactions pertaining to cyber…
The body of a man was spotted floating in Yamuna river in Delhi today. Police arrived at the spot, near thokar number 8 of the river, and “fished out” the…
iPhone contract manufacturer Foxconn wants women employees in India to take up lead positions in design and other technology-related positions, a top company official has said. Foxconn has 48,000 employees…
Union minister Chirag Paswan was on Sunday re-elected as Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president for five years at its national executive meeting in Ranchi. The decision was taken unanimously…
Several hundred people were shifted to safety in Valsad and Navsari districts as heavy rains lashed south Gujarat on Saturday and Sunday, officials said. Incessant rains in the past 48…
A two-word post on social media by the chief executive of a content marketing company has snowballed into a massive battle of narratives, three days after Anuradha Tiwari posted a…
Ace Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith stepped down as the chairman of the state-run Kerala Chalachitra Academy on Sunday, following public outcry for his resignation after Bengali actor Sreelekha Mitra accused him…
A 10-year-old student mistook a pistol at his home for a toy and brought it to his school in Delhi on 24th August. The police recovered the firearm from the…
A 45-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh has gone missing in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur after being swept away into a sewage drain after the footpath she was walking on collapsed…
A 27-year-old man from Telangana died of dehydration and exhaustion in Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali desert. Mohammad Shehzad Khan, a resident of Karimnagar, who had been working in Saudi…
Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle on Saturday slammed IndiGo for changing an elderly couple’s seats on the flight. Taking to his official X account, he alleged that the couple had paid…
Amid an uproar over the alleged rape of a minor girl in Assam this week, Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma today said the crime against women in some parts of…
The Union government has introduced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), despite opposition from several non-BJP-ruled states over the New Pension Scheme (NPS). Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced…
The Union government has introduced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), despite opposition from several non-BJP-ruled states over the New Pension Scheme (NPS). Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced…
Amid the crisis in Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday claimed that Hindus are not attempting to enter India from Bangladesh and they are fighting there. “Hindus…
A heart-stopping moment recently unfolded in Mumbai when Sunita Manohar More’s scarf became entangled in her bike’s handle, putting her life at risk. Ms More, who frequently commutes by bike,…
A man allegedly killed his wife and child in Arunachal Pradesh’s Longding district, a police officer said on Sunday. Police arrested 35-year-old Gangngam Gangsa, a resident of Khanu village of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said on his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’ that the country can never forget the Chandrayaan-3 achievement and the scientific developments are happening…
Four people were arrested on Sunday over the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Dharashiv. The main accused in the case is still at large, an official…
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao, under fire for his alleged derogatory remarks about women, today appeared before the Telangana Women’s Commission in response to a summon. During…
The anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches on Sunday at multiple locations connected to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and his relatives…
Noted actor Siddique on Sunday resigned as the general secretary of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) following sexual assault allegations raised by a woman actor on August 24.…
Police on Sunday arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in his neighbourhood in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said. Accused Rama Ganpat Bhoir, a resident of…
The centre on Saturday approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for central government employees which is expected to impact 23 lakh employees, aimed at providing financial security and stability for…
Kolkata Police has extended prohibitory orders near the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for an additional week, until August 31. The orders, which were first imposed on August…
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that for her, the upcoming assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir is not for statehood or seat sharing but for a…
The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the ‘BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy for fostering High-Performance Biomanufacturing’. Briefing the media after a meeting of the Union Cabinet, Information…
She had gone for her coaching class. She was later found in a semi-conscious state near a pond, with her bicycle beside her. The 14-year-old girl was raped by three…
The BJP planned to set up 768 offices of the party across the country of which 563 are ready, BJP president JP Nadda said on Saturday. Mr Nadda, scheduled to…
A 40-year-old housewife suffered serious injuries after her in-laws allegedly threw her from the sixth floor of a building for failing to bring money from the parents, police said on…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will never be restored. Amit Shah’s comments came…
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said the unprecedented floods in the state have caused an estimated loss of Rs 15,000 crore, affecting infrastructure, agriculture, and other property. At…
Mumbai Police on Saturday detained the husband of a woman and four of his relatives, a day after her partially decomposed body was found stuffed in a gunny bag in…