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Gang filming couples in OYO rooms to extort money busted in Noida
Noida: The Noida police, with arrest of four persons, have busted a gang involved in blackmailing couples after secretly making their obscene videos. The gang allegedly used to set up hidden cameras…
- India
Study reveals yearning for old style news; 49% prefer bulletins, 12% for debates
New Delhi: News bulletins are preferred by nearly half of the news viewers compared to only 12 per cent favouring debate shows, a study on media in India found, highlighting yearning among…
- India
“Unacceptable”: Congress distances itself from Patil’s recent ‘jihad’ comment
New Delhi: After a political row erupted over the former Union Home Minister and Congress veteran Shivraj Patil’s controversial remark that the concept of ‘jihad’ finds mention not only in the Quran…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to hear fresh plea against release of 11 convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of a women’s organisation seeking directions to revoke the remission granted to 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and…
- Chennai
Tamil Nadu: Pregnant woman, mother killed as ambulance rams into tree
Chennai: In a tragic incident, a pregnant woman and her mother died when an ambulance taking them to hospital rammed into a roadside tree in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district on Friday. The…
- India
Three PFI members arrested in Assam
Guwahati: At least three members of the banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) along with a linkman were arrested in Assam’s Kamrup district on Friday, officials said. A police officer said…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to be in Delhi on Oct 26 for Kharge’s charge-taking ceremony
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in a function to be held at All India Congress Committee headquarters on October 26 when Mallikarjun Kharge takes charge as Congress president, said…
- India
CRPF constable held for raping woman multiple times on the pretext of marriage
New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped multiple times by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable on the pretext of marriage in the national capital, the police said on Thursday.…
- India
Ex-Congress minister Shivraj Patil draws link between ‘Jihad’ and Gita
New Delhi: Former Union home minister and Congress veteran Shivraj Patil has stoked controversy with his recent claim that the concept of ‘jihad’ finds mention not only in the Quran but in…
- India
5 feared dead as military chopper crashes in Arunachal
Itanagar: At least five Army men, including the pilot and co-pilot, were feared dead after an Advanced Light Combat helicopter operated by the Indian Army crashed in the Upper Siang district of…
- Andhra Pradesh
Indian, US militaries conduct “Tiger Triumph” humanitarian assistance exercise
Visakhapatnam: The Indian and US militaries concluded a three-day joint humanitarian assistance exercise on Thursday at India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. The “Tiger Triumph” tabletop simulation was a comprehensive effort in…
- India
Clear from beginning that party establishment will choose Kharge,
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor who lost to Mallikarjun Kharge in the recently concluded Congress presidential election, on Thursday, said that it was clear from the beginning that the party’s establishment…
- India
UN flag to be flown alongside Tricolour on Oct 24
New Delhi: On the occasion of UN Day on October 24, the UN flag will be flown along side the Tricolour in several government establishments across the country. However, the UN flag…
- India
In viral video, old man asks UP Police to save him from his son
Kanpur: In a video that has gone viral on social media, an elderly man can be seen pleading with the police to save him from his criminal son. According to the police,…
- Entertainment
Petition in Allahabad HC seeks ban on ‘Adipurush’
Lucknow: A petition has been filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, seeking ban on Bollywood movie ‘Adipurush’. Appearing on behalf of the petitioner Kuldeep Tiwari, lawyer Ranjana Agnihotri…
