Society News

Delhi drug racket busted: Former international athlete caught for peddling meow meow party drug

Harpreet Singh, a former international athlete whose career suffered a setback due to injury, was arrested for peddling 25 kg of meow meow drug worth Rs 50 crore.

Feb 18, 2017

South Indian actress kidnapped and molested, safe at home now; 1 arrested

The incident took place when the actress was returning from a shooting location in Thrissur.

Feb 18, 2017

China finally speaks on Masood Azhar and India's NSG membership, and it's parroting Pakistan's lines! Is this the CPEC talking?

China has said it needs "solid evidence" to support the bid to declare Azhar a terrorist, and if India gets into the NSG, so should Pakistan.

Feb 17, 2017

Baburaj asks why channels hurt him by spreading fake news; actor opens up after being stabbed

Baburaj, who is recovering at a private hospital in Kochi, thanks his well-wishers for their prayers.

Feb 17, 2017

Over 1.70 lakh child marriages reported in Andhra Pradesh in 2015-16; Krishna district tops list

Child marriage continues to remain widespread in Andhra Pradesh with over 1.70 lakh marriages reported since 2015. Over 20,000 minor girls and 19,557 boys hail from Krishna district.

Feb 17, 2017

Indian man may be jailed for sexually assaulting woman on US flight, then offering her partner a drink to 'forget the matter'

Veerabhadrarao Kunam, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, has pleaded guilty before a Newark federal magistrate judge to sexual assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the US.

Feb 17, 2017

CCTV footage shows London daylight shooting

The Met Police have released CCTV footage showing a daytime shooting in Clapham, London, from 2016. A man can be seen shooting a suspected 9mm pistol in the direction of a group in Lavender Hill, before running away. No one was injured in the shooting. The incident took place on 18 May 2016.

Feb 16, 2017

Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat says stone-pelters and disruptors will be shot: Will it bring back unrest in Jammu and Kashmir? | OPINION

General Rawat took a really strong stand when he put stone-pelters and those who disrupted Indian Army operations in the same bracket as terrorists.

Feb 16, 2017

Iraq: 25 children die of hunger in Mosul due to ISIS blockade; thousands more at risk

ISIS forbids sale of food and water, except to families of its own members. The UN has also stopped sending aid to Mosul.

Feb 16, 2017

BSF personnel find 100 fake Rs-2000 notes near India-Bangladesh border in Malda district of West Benga

Just a day after three "high-quality" fake notes of Rs 2000 were found, the BSF personnel discovered a packet containing 100 fake notes of the same denomination in Malda district of Bengal.

Feb 16, 2017

Delhi: Two Fortis doctors operate on wrong leg, lose Delhi Medical Council licence for 6 months

Orthopaedic surgeons Dr Rahul Kakarn and Dr Ashwani Maichand operated on the wrong leg of the patient at Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh.

Feb 16, 2017

Two journalists shot dead during Facebook Live

Two journalists were shot dead and another was person injured, when gunmen opened fire during a live radio broadcast in Dominican Republic on 14 February. The incident took place at radio station FM 103.5, as assailants killed presenter Luís Manuel Medina during a morning news programme, and also shot the shows producer and director Leo Martinez. Police have arrested three men in connection with the shooting but are yet to identify any motive behind it.

Feb 15, 2017

Sasikala convicted: Chinnamma surrenders in Bengaluru, sent to Parappana Agrahara Central Prison

Chinnamma was found guilty in a Disproportionate Assets case, and will serve the rest of her prison sentence — three years and 11 months — in the Bengaluru jail.

Feb 15, 2017

Love trumps hate in Iraq: Baghdad paints the town red on Valentine's Day despite teddy-beheading by ISIS

The Islamic State group had warned Baghdad residents against celebrating Valentine's Day, and even banned the wearing of red clothes.

Feb 15, 2017

West Bengal: Did negligence lead to patient death that prompted his kin to ransack Kolkata hospital? [VIDEO]

The patient's kin say the hospital authorities demanded Rs 1.5 lakh for her treatment, and did not give her full treatment because the hospital was given Rs 40,000.

Feb 15, 2017