- India
Maha: Teenage girl raped in Aurangabad; 5 men arrested, minor boy detained
Aurangabad: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by five men and a minor boy in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, police said on Tuesday. One of the accused allegedly raped the girl, a…
- Health
BCG vaccine for tuberculosis protects diabetics from COVID-19: Study
Boston: A widely used tuberculosis vaccine protected people with Type 1 diabetes from COVID-19, according to a study that demonstrates the potential of multiple doses of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) preventive against…
- India
MP: Villagers tie body to floating tube to cross flooded river for last rites
Anuppur: A group of villagers in Madhya Pradesh tied a man’s body to a floating rubber tube to cross the flooded Narmada river due to the closure of a connecting road to…
- World
China sanctions 7 top Taiwanese officials after 2nd US delegation’s visit
Beijing: China on Tuesday announced sanctions on seven “die-hard” pro-independence Taiwanese politicians and officials, including Taipei’s representative to Washington, amid concerns over the increasing visits by foreign dignitaries to the self-ruled island…
- India
Got to know of their release through media: Bilkis Bano’s husband
Ahmedabad: A day after 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for Bilkis Bano’s gang rape and murder of seven of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots walked out of jail, her…
- India
Bihar cabinet expands, 31 ministers inducted
Patna: The newly formed cabinet in Bihar expanded on Tuesday when 31 ministers took oath, with the RJD getting a lion’s share, and care having been taken to represent all sections of…
- India
Jeweller held for threatening to harm Mukesh Ambani, kin
Mumbai: A 56-year-old jeweller was arrested on Monday afternoon for allegedly calling up the landline number of Reliance Hospital in Mumbai and threatening to kill industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family, police…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: All 11 life imprisonment convicts released
Godhra: All the eleven convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder of seven members of her family on Monday walked out of Godhra sub-jail…
- Sports
India banned by FIFA, stripped of U17 women’s World Cup hosting rights
New Delhi: India was on Tuesday suspended by world governing body FIFA for “undue influence from third parties” and stripped the country of the right to host the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled…
- India
Maha govt officials to say ‘Vande Mataram’ while attending phone calls
Mumbai: Newly-appointed Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Sunday said all officials of the state government will have to say Vande Mataram instead of hello while receiving phone calls in offices.…
- Crime and Accident
UP: Woman dies during forced abortion, 4 booked
Varanasi: A case has been registered against four people including a doctor in connection with the death of a 22-year-old rape victim during a forced abortion, police said on Monday. The accused…
- Politics
Stalin invokes Gandhi’s ideals, says Dravidian model takes forward Mahatma’s vision
Chennai: The ideal of secularism and brotherhood championed by Mahatma Gandhi is the urgent need for the nation today and the DMK regime’s Dravidian model embodied all such lofty principles for the…
- India
Army jawan’s body found 38 years after he went missing in Siachen
Haldwani: The body of an army jawan was found in an old bunker in Siachen, 38 years after he went missing in an avalanche while on patrol. The Sainik Group Centre in…
- Politics
I-Day celebrations would’ve been better if people could tide over inflation, poverty: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday said Independence Day is a matter of immense happiness, but the celebrations would have been brighter had the citizens not been bogged by inflation…
- Politics
Want to build a nation where no one goes hungry: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she wants to build a nation where no one goes hungry, where no woman feels unsafe and where no oppressive forces divide…
