India

Now online from Bengaluru: The only website outside Kolkata that sells exclusively Bengali books!

Three entrepreneurs from Bengaluru have started www.boi4u.in that sells only Bengali books at the moment.

Feb 2, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017: Will the Meerut rally be PM Narendra Modi's Waterloo moment?

UP Assembly elections 2017: The elderly in the population are still staunch loyalists of Lok Dal and will vote for Chaudhary Charan Singh's son, Ajit Singh. But every passing day keeps the BJP on tenterhooks

Feb 2, 2017

Controversial Bastar top policeman Kalluri to not return after medical leave

A noted activist Bela Bhatia was attacked by men, reportedly supported by the police, in Chhattisgarh.

Feb 2, 2017

The Real Lion: Meet Saroo Brierley, the inspiration behind the Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman hit film, Lion

Saroo Brierley, played by Dev Patel in the Oscar-nominated film, Lion, located his family in India through Google Earth 25 years after he got lost. He tells IBT about seeing his life on big screen

Feb 2, 2017

Punjab elections 2017: Why do Rahul Gandhi, Sukhbir Singh Badal believe Arvind Kejriwal is behind Maur Mandi bomb blast?

Congress vice-president says those who destroyed Punjab are resurfacing with help from Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.

Feb 2, 2017

Four men sodomise 26-year-old man in Delhi's monkey park area

The man accused the four of them for allegedly overpowering him following which they took him to a jungle-like region and sodomised him.

Feb 2, 2017

BSF jawan Tej Bahadur arrested, threatened and mentally tortured, says wife

BSF denied the allegations and said that disciplinary action has been recommended against Tej Bahadur after he was found guilty in an enquiry.

Feb 2, 2017

Badaun kidnapping: Family attempts to self immolate to protest against daughter's abduction allegedly by local politician's nephew in UP

The girl's family filed a complaint against the accused at the Musabagh Police Station alleging that the accused kidnapped her and forced her to marry him.

Feb 2, 2017

Baahubali meets Uttarakhand elections 2017: Watch viral video that shows Congress leader and CM Harish Rawat as Bahubali

The video shows Uttarakhand Chief Minister as Baahubali/Bahubali from the film, lifting a block of stone shaped like the state.

Feb 2, 2017

Despite Good Samaritan law, nobody came to help an 18-year-old cyclist bleeding on the roads of Karnataka [VIDEOS]

The 18-year-old boy was crushed by the rear wheels of a bus in Koppal district.

Feb 2, 2017

Toddler defies death in Kanpur building collapse: 3-year-old girl pulled out of rubble, reunited with father [VIDEO]

Uttar Pradesh Police, Indian Army and National Disaster Response Force are still at the spot for search and rescue operations. The toll is expected to rise.

Feb 2, 2017

NEET PG 2017: 5,000 additional postgraduate medical seats to be set up in clinical subjects

The increased availability of PG seats along with a centralised entrance exam -- NEET PG -- is being seen as a major step in reform of medical education.

Feb 2, 2017

India news live updates: Pakistan violates ceasefire in the Samba sector on Jammu and Kashmir

A BSF post has been hit by three to four bursts of automatic weapon's fire and propelled grenades that fell nearby.

Feb 2, 2017

Odisha blast by Maoists kills 7 policemen: Is Left-wing extremism rearing its head again?

The blast took place in the Koraput district of Odisha along the state's border with Andhra Pradesh — a known haunt of Maoists.

Feb 2, 2017

Budget 2017: Allocation for children didn't even meet NPAC's conservative recommendation

The budgetary allocation for children for the 2017-18 has been 3.32 per cent, the same to that of 2016-17 though there has been an incremental increase of less than rs 10,000 crore.

Feb 1, 2017