India

Class 12 student kills herself a few hours after being gang-raped

The minor said that her perpetrators had taken her to wooded area in Haryana, where they took turns raping her. They also threatened her with dire consequences if she reported the sexual assault to anybody.

May 4, 2018

130 firemen fight major blaze at ISRO's facility: Quick facts

Firefighting personnel said that it was only after they reached the facility that they realized that the fire was a major one. Dr Tapan Misra, Director the SAC said that the police will investigate if there was foul play and sabotage involved in the mishap.

May 4, 2018

Karnataka Assembly elections: Siddaramaiah slams Modi for his jibes at Congress

Siddaramaiah has engaged in a war of words with prime minister Narendra Modi on Twitter. The CM reacted to almost every topic that Modi had touched upon in his three rallies, which he addressed in Karnataka on Tuesday

May 3, 2018

Rickshaw-puller rapes niece during her summer visit to his house

The 11-year-old was raped during her stay at her maternal uncle's house in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. She was there for her summer vacations and informed her mother of the sexual assault when she came to take her back home.

May 3, 2018

Passenger caught railway staff using toilet water to make 'chai', contractor penalized

The incident was also caught on camera by the passenger. It has been doing rounds on various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp for the past few days.

May 3, 2018

Uma Bharti says she'd rather invite dalits home than dine at theirs

This incident took place at a time when UP chief minister Yogi Aditynath is trying to appease dalit people to vote for BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha Polls. The CM had spent a night in a Dalit village and ate his meals at a Dalit's house in his state.

May 3, 2018

Gangster Chhota Rajan convicted in J Dey murder case: 10 quick facts

Chhhot Rajan plotted to kill journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, owing to a dispute, which started over a book that he was writing on around 20 underworld gangsters. Rajan had tried to dissuade Dey several times to not belittle him in the books.

May 2, 2018

Minister stokes controversy for ordering restaurant food during dinner at Dalit's house

May 2, 2018

Tripura CM Biplab Deb says BJP criticizers' 'nails should be chopped off'

Biplab Deb had earlier hit the headlines on the eve of World Veterinary Day, for advising youngsters to set up a paan shops rather than seeking government jobs. He had also claimed that internet was invented in India hundreds of years ago.

May 2, 2018

Kolkata couple thrashed for hugging, Bengalis and others shame attackers, city

While locals staged a vivid protest against the manhandling of the couple and the attackers who reports claim were above 50 years of age, others have taken to social media platforms to shame the city and the accused men.

May 2, 2018

Security guard rapes teenager inside toilet

The security guard allegedly sexually assaulted the girl, a slum sweller, inside the toilet of a cinema theater in Hyderabad. The accused has been taken into judicial custody.

May 2, 2018

Narendra Modi, election rally, karnataka

Modi dares Rahul to speak for 15 minutes without paper

The Prime Minister's attack comes in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's challenge last week that if he was allowed to speak for 15 minutes in Parliament, Modi would not be able to withstand it.

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

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