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Nine-year-old boy kills self after four days of homophobic bullying at school

Nine-year-old Jamel Myles came out as gay to his family during the summer and was excited to share the news with his friends in school.

Aug 29, 2018

Security forces kill 2 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag

Security forces launched the operation after they received a tip-off about terrorists being present in the area.

Aug 29, 2018

SC asks Assam govt to submit report on NRC's ramifications; raises doubts on Centre's role

The apex court has postponed the date for the commencement of receiving claims and objection, which was earlier scheduled to be held on August 30.

Aug 29, 2018

Manish Sisodia gets Centre's nod to travel to Moscow after 10 days' pending request

Sisodia claimed that Narendra Modi does not want the Delhi government's work to be acknowledged at an international level.

Aug 29, 2018

Who was Nandamuri Harikrishna? Telugu actor-TDP leader and NT Rama Rao's son dies in road accident

The actor-politician died after a car that he was travelling in overturned.

Aug 29, 2018

Tripura govt asks bureaucrats to avoid jeans, cargo pants for official meetings

The memorandum also pointed out that a few officials read and send messages on their mobile phones during meetings, which is a "mark of disrespect".

Aug 29, 2018

Did CIA-Saudi keep 9/11 details secret? New book throws light on conspiracy theories

The book hopes to re-focus public attention on the cover-up of Saudi complicity in the affair.

Aug 28, 2018

Activists arrested in multiple city raids in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence

Multiple raids conducted by Pune Police led to the arrests of several Dalit and human rights activists from various parts of the country including Jharkhand, Telangana, Delhi, Haryana and Goa.

Aug 28, 2018

SC raps UP govt for Taj Mahal preservation; seeks steps to save it

The apex court observed that the monument was being maintained poorly.

Aug 28, 2018

Open letter to Modiji: Forget 'jumle baazi', it's time for SWOT analysis before 2019 elections

The news about our economy overtaking that of France is indeed heart-warming. Unfortunately, the one about the poor state of health of our rupee is equally disheartening.

Aug 28, 2018

Imran Khan condemns blasphemous cartoon contest; says will take up issue at UN

Pakistan's Foreign Office had called Netherlands Chargé d'Affaires to record a protest against the announcement by Geert Wilders to hold a competition of blasphemous caricatures.

Aug 28, 2018

Nibiru appeared? Video uploaded by conspiracy theory channel goes viral

Conspiracy theorists strongly assure that the object spotted next to moon is Nibiru, the alleged killer planet which is now in its collision course towards earth

Aug 28, 2018

Kerala gets high in time of flood; swills liquor worth Rs 500 cr in ten days of century's deluge

Even as Kerala was pounded by the severest flood crisis in a century, liquor sales in the state stayed high. Callous binge drinking? Drowning flood sorrows in the moonshine. Or simply a case of the indomitable Malayalee 'spirit" on display?

Aug 28, 2018

MK Stalin elected DMK president unopposed; Durai Murugan becomes treasurer

The 65-year-old was the working president of the party since his father M Karunanidhi's death on August 7.

Aug 28, 2018

Anti-Pakistan protest in PoK leaves several injured as police use force to quell dissent

The protestors were demanding their basic rights from Islamabad, including freedom of speech and expression.

Aug 28, 2018