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Harmanpreet Kaur fake degree row: Cricketer's father seeks 3 years for graduation to retain DySP rank

The Punjab government had demoted Indian Women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur's rank to a constable in the Punjab Police after her graduation degree turned out to be a fake.

Jul 12, 2018

Thailand suspends salvage effort in tourist boat disaster that killed 46

Thailand suspended efforts on Thursday to salvage a boat that capsized and sank off the island of Phuket last week. The Phoenix had 101 people onboard, 42 of whom were rescued.

Jul 12, 2018

Second incident of dead lizard in Delhi school's midday meals; 30 students hospitalized

This is the second incident in less than a week where school students have fallen sick after consuming the government-sanctioned meals. The kids were asked to stop eating after a student complained about a lizard in the food.

Jul 12, 2018

Inhumane: police dragged a theft accused in medical condition

In an inhumane incident two police personnel were seen dragging a theft accused who was brought in a hospital for medical in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad.

Jul 12, 2018

Human-like mutant creature washed ashore China beach puzzles experts (VIDEO)

A bizarre sea creature washed ashore a Chinese beach and conspiracy theorists believe that it might be an alien living in the deep sea

Jul 12, 2018

Meet Shridhar Chillal, the Pune man who trimmed his bus-length fingernails after 66 years

Shridhar Chillal hails from Pune, Maharashtra, and had never cut his nails for the last 62 years. He holds the Guinness World Record for the longest fingernails ever recorded on a single hand.

Jul 12, 2018

Hindu Pakistan: Forget about troll farrago, Shashi Tharoor is burnishing his political stripes

The Tharoor-BJP fling had to end somewhere. Did he really want to ditch Congress before 2019? Or was he simply working up his BJP suitors in such a way that he's freed from the dragnet of the vexing case relating to the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar?

Jul 12, 2018

British MP Lord Alexander Carlile denied entry into India over 'invalid visa'

Lord Alexander Carlile, the lawyer for Bangladesh's jailed opposition leader Khaleda Zia, was deported from Delhi airport after his visa was found to be invalid.

Jul 12, 2018

Amit Shah meets Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over breakfast in Patna

Unprecedented security arrangements have been made for the BJP president's visit. The state capital has been turned into a fortress with thousands of security personnel deployed and traffic diversions in place.

Jul 12, 2018

Who will rein in the motor mouths and VIP brats?

Can our present day rulers ensure that those close to them are always at their best behaviour?

Jul 12, 2018

Typhoon Maria in pictures: Over 2,70,000 people evacuated as strong winds and huge waves hammer Chinese coastline

Maria was earlier rated as Category 3 but was later downgraded to a Category 2 storm by the time it made a landfall in China. It brought heavy rainfall to the region, along with sustained winds of about 191 kilometres per hour. It also destroyed a road in Dayu town and left several commercial and residential buildings severely damaged.

Jul 12, 2018

Curfew imposed in north Kashmir town a day after youth dies in army firing

Authorities have imposed a curfew in Trehgam. Schools and colleges closed all over Kupwara district after a 20-year-old was killed in protests.

Jul 12, 2018

Shashi Tharoor says India will become a Hindu Pakistan if BJP wins 2019 LS polls

He was addressing an event on 'Threats Faced by Indian Democracy and Secularism' in Thiruvananthapuram. Shashi Tharoor also added that the BJP will write a new constitution for India.

Jul 12, 2018

Two IndiGo flights avoid mid-air collision over Bengaluru

The collision was avoided when two aircraft operating on the Coimbatore-Hyderabad and Bangalore-Cochin routes came dangerously close to each other over Bengaluru. The July 10 incident has now been reported and an investigation into the same has been launched

Jul 12, 2018

Bengaluru man smashes wife and father's head with pestle; surrenders before cops

The man killed his wife and father while they were sleeping in the wee hours of Wednesday. The reason behind the murders is yet to be ascertained.

Jul 12, 2018