India

Indian-origin girl in England scores 162 IQ points; beats Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking

Rajgauri Pawar, a 12-year-old Indian-origin girl, scored 162 in the British Mensa IQ Test, which she had taken in Manchester in April.

May 6, 2017

Bihar politics jolted as expose highlights Siwan don Shahabuddin lording over Lalu Prasad

Political rivals are asking Nitish Kumar to step down as Bihar chief minister after tapes leaked by Republic TV revealed Shahabuddin ordering Lalu Prasad around. Read to know more.

May 6, 2017

Ganges Voyager II: Conde Nast Traveller lists Ganga cruise as one of six river cruises to take in 2017

The 185-foot long Ganges Voyager II set sail on Ganga River in January 2016. It carries up to 56 passengers and has three decks.

May 6, 2017

Tanzania accident: 34 killed as bus carrying primary school students falls into gorge

Emergency services have started to remove bodies trapped in the wreckage.

May 6, 2017

Sukma Naxal attack: 19 Maoists behind 'cold-blooded murder' of CRPF jawans arrested in Chhattisgarh

The attack had led to 25 soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) being martyred, in what Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh would say was "cold-blooded murder."

May 6, 2017

Pakistan's ISI involved in funding stone-pelters through Hurriyat in Jammu and Kashmir: Report

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has been routing funds to the tune of Rs 70 lakh to stone-pelters in the violence-hit state of Jammu and Kashmir through Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah.

May 6, 2017

West Bengal: 2 killed, 4 injured as molten iron falls on labourers at SAIL's IISCO plant in Burnpur

Two people were killed and at least four others were injured in a freak industrial accident at IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur in West Bengal. Read to know more.

May 6, 2017

Justice Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High Court, passes away at 86

Seth was the first woman to top the London bar exam in 1958, and became the first woman judge of the Delhi HC in 1978.

May 6, 2017

Arnab Goswami back with 'Republic TV' after 6-month lull; competitors putting up a tough fight

In this broadcast media round-up, we talk about how Arnab's new channel and former employer left no stone unturned to topple the other.

May 6, 2017

AP SSC Results 2017: Results out today; find out where and how to check it online

The Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (APBSE), popularly known as SSC Board, will declare the class 10 results on Saturday. See where you can check it online.

May 6, 2017

J&K Bank told to go cashless, but it has nothing to do with Digital India!

Dozens of branches of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank have been asked to do away with cash transactions. Read to know why.

May 6, 2017

Only PM Modi can save Kashmir, says J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the nation will heed his decision. Read to know more.

May 6, 2017

Watch: Jan Sena members from Uttar Pradesh to take on stone-pelters in Jammu and Kashmir from May 7

The Jan Sena is sending 1,000 people to Jammu and Kashmir on May 7 to tackle stone-pelters, but it could go horribly wrong.

May 6, 2017

Delhi: Around 200 students hospitalised after gas leak reported near school

The vice principal of Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya said that the students complained of irritation in their eyes and throat.

May 6, 2017

Nirbhaya gang rape verdict: Bilkis Bano wants justice, demands death penalty for her rapists too

A day before the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence awarded to the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, the Bombay High Court refused to give death penalty to three of the 11 people convicted for Bano's rape.

May 6, 2017