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If an advanced species populated Earth before humans, could we have identified them?

Earth has been around for billions of years and humans have been around for less than half a million years. What if there were an ancient, industrialized, intelligent, spacefaring species that lived and died on Earth before we ended up here? How will we find them?

May 1, 2018

Football fan banned from stadium, hires crane to watch match [Video]

The die-hard fan, who was banned from the stadium for 12 months, hired a crane to watch his favorite football team's match. But he could not finish watching the match.

May 1, 2018

Indian priest falls on hot coals during firewalking ritual at temple [Video]

The 37-year-old priest in India's southwest state of Karnataka was walking on the hot coals, called as agnikonda. He tripped and fell face-first on the coal pieces and suffered 60 percent burn injuries.

May 1, 2018

Mother mistakes penis-shaped pasta as smiley faces, feeds babies

Rebecca Brett, from Dunstable, posted on social media saying that "the Mum of the Year" should go to her after she fed her daughter penis-shaped pasta, which she thought was smiling faces.

May 1, 2018

Class 11 girl allegedly abducted, raped for 4 days by Facebook friend

The 16-year-old was on the way to school April 24 when her Facebook friend met her and offered her a ride on his scooter. The accused, identified as Pankaj Dhobi, took the girl around the city and then took her to a room that had been arranged by his friend and co-accused Dinesh Lodha.

May 1, 2018

Rotting fruit triggers gas leak scare: Know all about the pungent durian

Authorities have evacuated more than 500 people from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University campus library after people mistook the smell of a rotting durian fruit for a gas leak.

May 1, 2018

Dogs feed on man's body left outside morgue, 2 suspended

Earlier, a woman's body kept outside a morgue in Uttar Pradesh was ravaged by dogs. The woman's family had found bits of her skull missing when they came to take her body.

May 1, 2018

Narendra Modi, election rally, karnataka

Siddaramaiah questions Modi as PM embarks on election rally in poll-bound Karnataka

Prime minister Narendra Modi will be in Karnataka on May 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8. He is set to address 15 rallies in 5 days beginning with Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagara district, and Udupi and Chikkodi in Belagavi on Tuesday. This comes less than 2 weeks before Karnataka goes to polls May 12.

May 1, 2018

Bombay HC grants man divorce after wife assaults him, slaps his mother

The woman accused that her husband's brother, who is medical practitioner, had sent goons to molest her. The couple has been married for 10 years and has a son.

May 1, 2018

Farmers force Dalit man to drink urine for refusing to harvest crops

Apart from the Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh, another Dalit bridegroom in Rajasthan's Bhilwara was also assaulted by upper caste men for riding a horse during his pre-wedding ceremony on Sunday.

May 1, 2018

Who was Moupriya Mitra? National-level diver found hanging in her room

Mitra had gone to practice and returned home in heavy rain at around 11 am. She is said to have locked herself up in her ground-floor room and did not respond when her parents called her. The police then arrived at the residence and broke open the door of Mitra's room, only to find her hanging.

May 1, 2018

Friend 'accidentally' kills groom during celebratory firing at wedding

Sunil Verma, 25, was reportedly hit by a bullet shot from a close range by his friend when he arrived at the bride's house. The entire incident was caught on camera and shows Ramchandra firing two shots from his "licensed gun." The accused is not on the run.

May 1, 2018

Who is Sameer Tiger? Hizbul Mujahideen's main recruiter shot dead in Kashmir

Sameer Tiger had dropped out of school after class 8 as he was not interested in studies, following which he involved himself in terrorist activities. He was killed along with another militant Monday.

May 1, 2018

Who is Idris Hassan Latif? Former IAF chief dies at 94

Idris Hassan Latif was reportedly unwell for a while now and his family revealed that he was admitted to a hospital with "aspiration pneumonia" on April 25. He breathed his last Monday at around 4.30 pm. He is survived by sons Asgar and Asad and daughter Mariam.

May 1, 2018

Lalu discharged from AIIMS, supporters call it conspiracy to kill him

Lalu Prasad Yadav also wrote a letter to the AIIMS director and cited several medical ailments which still need attention, but the hospital authorities clarified that the RJD chief's medical conditions are not serious.

May 1, 2018