India

Assam district launches menstrual hygiene programme in 17 schools to fight social taboos

Executive Director of ONGC, Assam Asset, S D Maske said, through this project, the oil major has joined hands with the Sivasagar district administration and the UNICEF for easy accessibility and affordability of sanitary napkins for girls, especially from economically underprivileged families.

Aug 31, 2018

No excuse for fugitive millionaires anymore; Mumbai jail to get EU-style cells

The move will curb the excuse fugitives use to oppose extradition to India.

Aug 31, 2018

Xiaomi says it has moved Indian users' data to local servers

All new Indian users' data since July 1 is already being stored in local servers and all existing user data on mi.com/in/ would be migrated to servers in the country by mid-September 2018, Xiaomi said.

Aug 31, 2018

Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se movie review: The Deols emulate Akshay Kumar with the message of Ayurveda in a 'funny' film

Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se is the third film in the YPD franchise and there's nothing extraordinary about it.

Aug 31, 2018

Government denies rumours of banks remaining closed for first six days in September

Rumours have been doing the rounds on social media that September may begin with a five-day bank closure in many states and banking services may be affected.

Aug 31, 2018

Nauroji Nagar World Trade Centre Project stalled by Delhi High Court until further orders

The court has also stalled the seven redevelopment projects in South Delhi till further orders and asked the NBCC to submit a new plan within 2 weeks if they wish to continue the construction.

Aug 31, 2018

BTech student kills minor girl for rejecting marriage proposal in Hyderabad

Aravind, who is in his early 20s, had been stalking Nikitha, a class 10 student, for the past few months.

Aug 31, 2018

Delhi's Ghazipur landfill just 8 metres shorter than Qutub Minar; 5 other major garbage dumps in India

The Ghazipur garbage dump, which is the oldest functional landfill in Delhi, is 45 metres higher than the prescribed limit of 20 metres.

Aug 31, 2018

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi; says notebandi, Rafale deal done to help friends

Congress president Gandhi also lashed out at Modi for trying to "finish off" small and middle-sized businesses and small shopkeepers to help big businesses with demonetisation.

Aug 31, 2018

Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife, son granted bail in IRCTC scam

The case is linked to the alleged irregularities in granting operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm.

Aug 31, 2018

Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se Review : Sparse laughter leaves the audience disappointed

Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se Review: The third instalment of the Yamla Pagla Deewana franchise is a disaster, leaving the audience dissatisfied.

Aug 31, 2018

Nandamuri Harikrishna death: This man could have prevented TDP leader's car accident

Tuggali Nagendra, the close friend of Late Nandamuri Harikrishna could have saved the politician.

Aug 31, 2018

Rupee hits fresh low of 71; drops 40 paisa against the US dollar

Apart from high crude oil, the outflow of foreign funds from the Indian equity and bond markets has had an adverse impact on the rupee.

Aug 31, 2018

Vodafone-Idea merger cleared: How will the new entity compete against Airtel, Jio in India's 4G war?

The new company will become the country's largest telecom operator with revenues of more than Rs 80,000 crore and more than 40 crore customers, subscriber market share of 35 per cent and revenue market share of 41 per cent.

Aug 31, 2018

16-yr-old girl abducted, forced to drink alcohol and then gang-raped in Noida

The victim's family have filed a police complaint and the police are trying to nab the accused men.

Aug 31, 2018