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VS Naipaul (1932-2018): A memorable, unsparing writer of contradictions

Celebrated author and novelist, whose books generated equal amounts of criticism and admiration, died on Aug 11.

Aug 12, 2018

US seeks release of jailed American pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey

The American pastor was jailed due to suspected connections with PKK Kurdish guerrilla organization and to cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Aug 12, 2018

Delhi: Class 11 student tries to jump off school building after being drugged, raped

The 16-year-old victim, who lives with her family in Ghaziabad, said she met a man near her school on August 3. The man later gave her an intoxicant and allegedly raped her.

Aug 12, 2018

Panic in Mumbai schools after one girl dies and over 400 hospitalised due to suspected poisoning

The students of BMC-run schools are given iron and folic acid tablets once a week under the National Iron Plus Initiative. This Central government scheme, which is aimed at fighting anaemia among children, is being given to many students at the Shivaji Nagar school over the past two years, said the school medical officer Dr Jyotsna Gurav.

Aug 12, 2018

Activists protest against the Muzaffarpur shelter home protest in Delhi

Bihar shelter home rapes: CBI raids accused Brajesh Thakur's home, takes his son in custody

Bihar Police recovered a list of 40 mobile phone numbers along with the names of those revealed by Brajesh Thakur in the initial probe of this sex scandal case.

Aug 12, 2018

Nobel Prize winning author VS Naipaul dies at 85

Naipaul was considered one of the most important writers in the English language of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, V.S. Naipaul also won the Booker Prize in 1971.

Aug 12, 2018

Guatemala: Prosecutors seek to remove President Morales' immunity over illicit campaign financing

Attorney General Consuelo Porras said the request to strip President Jimmy Morales of his immunity came after new evidence had surfaced.

Aug 12, 2018

Rome: 8 tourists fight over selfie spot in Italy's iconic Trevi fountain

There were eight people involved in the fight before the Italian police intervened. The tourists have been charged with violence.

Aug 11, 2018

Dalit lawyers 'purify' Ambedkar statue in Meerut after BJP leaders garland it

This isn't the first such incident. In April, members of a Dalit community in Hubbali, Karnataka, had cleansed a statue after BJP leaders garlanded it on Ambedkar's 127th birthday.

Aug 11, 2018

Kolkata: Amit Shah slams Mamata over NRC, says BJP will uproot TMC from West Bengal

BJP President Amit Shah was greeted with black flags reading "Anti-Bengal BJP Go Back" at streets of Kolkata.

Aug 11, 2018

Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal faces arrest in rape case

Trouble mounts for Bishop Franco Mulakkal; special team from Kerala police arrives in Jalandhar

Mulakkal has been accused of sexually exploiting a 44-year-old nun at a convent in Kuruvalangadu near Kottayam during his multiple visits to Kerala between 2014 and 2016.

Aug 11, 2018

Jawaharlal Nehru not a Pandit as he ate beef, pork: Rajasthan BJP leader Gyan Dev Ahuja

BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja backed his statement by saying that Nehru used to consume pork and beef and hence he could not be called a Pandit. Ahuja went on to say that the prefix 'Pandit' was given to him by the Congress.

Aug 11, 2018

China may be holding a million Uighurs in 'reeducation' camps, what happens at these centres?

The UN human rights panel said on August 10, that it had received credible information on how Beijing is holding about one million ethnic Uighurs in what is infamously known as China's "reeducation camps." The UN also explained that China believed that Muslims were "enemies of the state."

Aug 11, 2018

Bengaluru: Two Singapore nationals robbed at MG Road; iPad, passport and other valuables stolen

The Singapore-based executives have claimed that an iPod, wallet, some Singapore currency, passport, driving licence and their ID cards were stolen.

Aug 11, 2018

Out-of-state cabs need permit to ply in Delhi; 404 taxi drivers challaned, 104 vehicles seized

Cabs plying under various mobile aggregator services are currently plying in Delhi merely through agreements, which is illegal as per the Motor Vehicles Act, said Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot in the Assembly on August 9.

Aug 11, 2018

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VS Naipaul (1932-2018): A memorable, unsparing writer of contradictions

US seeks release of jailed American pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey

Delhi: Class 11 student tries to jump off school building after being drugged, raped

Panic in Mumbai schools after one girl dies and over 400 hospitalised due to suspected poisoning

Bihar shelter home rapes: CBI raids accused Brajesh Thakur's home, takes his son in custody

Nobel Prize winning author VS Naipaul dies at 85

Guatemala: Prosecutors seek to remove President Morales' immunity over illicit campaign financing

Rome: 8 tourists fight over selfie spot in Italy's iconic Trevi fountain

Dalit lawyers 'purify' Ambedkar statue in Meerut after BJP leaders garland it

Kolkata: Amit Shah slams Mamata over NRC, says BJP will uproot TMC from West Bengal

Trouble mounts for Bishop Franco Mulakkal; special team from Kerala police arrives in Jalandhar

Jawaharlal Nehru not a Pandit as he ate beef, pork: Rajasthan BJP leader Gyan Dev Ahuja

China may be holding a million Uighurs in 'reeducation' camps, what happens at these centres?

Bengaluru: Two Singapore nationals robbed at MG Road; iPad, passport and other valuables stolen

Out-of-state cabs need permit to ply in Delhi; 404 taxi drivers challaned, 104 vehicles seized

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

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