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CBI to probe fraud and identity theft in the name of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme

Individuals and organisations are reportedly duping people into giving their personal and banking information in the name of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme and the CBI will now probe the matter.

Mar 15, 2017

Masked burglars Christmas Day raid on Manchester casino

Greater Manchester police have released the footage of four men raiding the Grosvenor Casino on 25 December 2016. The men smashed in the reinforced glass of the cashier’s office for 20 minutes, before they stole a variety of betting chips ranging from £25 to £1,000. The police released the footage in the hopes ‘that it might trigger someone’s memory’ as theysuspect ‘the offenders would have likely left family and friends to carry out this burglary’.

Mar 14, 2017

New CCTV footage of Michael Brown raises questions about police killing in Ferguson

The CCTV footage was revealed by film-maker Jason Pollack in his film, Stranger Fruit. Michael Brown was killed by police in the Missouri city in 2014, prompting widespread demonstrations and a national debate about police brutality.

Mar 14, 2017

Maharashtra doctor thrashing case: One of the accused allegedly commits suicide in police custody

Dr. Rohan Mamunkar was beaten black and blue after he asked the family members of a patient to take him to another centre.

Mar 14, 2017

Aruvikkara: KS Sabarinadhan responds to viral videos of party worker attacking old woman over placing MLA's flex board

"The incident is unjustifiable," Aruvikkara MLA KS Sabarinadhan told International Business Times, India.

Mar 14, 2017

Maharashtra doctor thrashed by patient's relatives, blinded in one eye [VIDEO]

An orthopedic doctor of a Government Medical College of Maharashtra has sustained several injuries and gone blind in one eye after relatives of a patient thrashed him.

Mar 14, 2017

After Arunabh Kumar, AIB's Rohan Joshi accused of molesting a woman

AIB co-founder Rohan Joshi was accused of molesting a Reddit user, but the woman has now deleted the post and apologised for the same

Mar 14, 2017

Gayatri Prajapati gang rape case: UP police arrests absconding minister's 2 sons, 3 others

The UP police have so far arrested six people in connection with the case but Prajapati is still on the run.

Mar 14, 2017

Mishel Shaji death: Hartal in Piravom; crime branch takes charge; victim's father says he doesn't know Cronin

Kerala student Mishel Shaji Varghese, 18, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Kochi Wharf on March 6.

Mar 14, 2017

Hyderabad NRI held with mother for rape and unnatural sex with wife; he also let his friend rape her

The accused used to share nude videos of his wife with his friends in Australia, and after he returned to India, forced her to have anal sex.

Mar 14, 2017

PU accountancy paper leak: Lecturer tries to get paper out on WhatsApp

Disguised as a flying-squad member, a part-time faculty member of Kalinga PU College and Kalamath PU College, Raichur, sent photographs of the accountancy paper on WhatsApp exactly two hours after the exam began.

Mar 14, 2017

TVF's Arunabh Kumar sexual harassment row: Are netizens confused?

The Viral Fever (TVF) has been known for their web series Pitchers, Permanent roommates and much more that have become popular worldwide. Thus, news of sexual harassment came as a shock to everyone.

Mar 14, 2017

Karnataka doctor's card swiped for Rs 4 lakh instead of Rs 40 at toll gate

The toll company paid back Rs 3,99,960 in cash after the toll keeper swiped Rs 4 lakh from a Karnataka doctor's card instead of Rs 40.

Mar 14, 2017

Karnataka BJP member Kithaganahalli Vasu hacked to death; is this spillover from Kerala?

Vasu was travelling in a car when unidentified assailants attacked him with machetes at 5 am on Tuesday.

Mar 14, 2017

Dalit scholar at JNU commits suicide in Delhi: Police hint at 'personal issues,' but social media compares him to Rohith Vemula

Dalit scholar at JNU Muthukrishnan Jeevanantham hanged himself in a friend's room in Munirka, but the police have found no suicide note from him.

Mar 14, 2017