India

Hyderabad High Court judge calls cow substitute to mother and God; wants slaughter to be made a non-bailable offence

Justice B Siva Sankara Rao has also said that the Andhra Pradesh Cow Slaughter Act,1977 should be amended and cow slaughter should be made a a non-bailable offence.

Jun 10, 2017

Gujarat: Class 12 student turns chemistry paper into adult fiction; debarred

A cheating case has been filed against the student for writing explicit content on the answer sheet.

Jun 10, 2017

Engineer killed after being snared in helicopter blades in Uttarakhand

The helicopter belongs to Castle Aviation Company in Mumbai.

Jun 10, 2017

Tamil Nadu farmers relaunch strike; to bind themselves with iron chains to seek loan waiver, drought relief

At least 200 farmers gathered at Chepauk and started an indefinite strike by lighting candles to condole the death of the six farmers who were killed in police firing in Madhya Pradesh.

Jun 10, 2017

MP CM on fast to quell furious farmers; Congress leaders caught on cam instigating violence [VIDEO]

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Friday he would sit on a fast in Bhopal from Saturday and listen to people's problems, even as video emerged of Congress leaders instigating violence. Read to know more.

Jun 9, 2017

Respect sovereignty, regional integrity in connectivity projects: PM Modi

The Prime Minister met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and held discussions on a range of issues.

Jun 9, 2017

Gujarat board's Hindi textbook refers to Jesus Christ as "demon"; Christian community demands apology

A Class 9 Hindi textbook of the Gujarat State Board, in an embarrassing mistake, describes Jesus Christ as a demon and goes on to add that stories of this "demon" would be remembered forever.

Jun 9, 2017

ISI planning 'major terror attack' in India: Intelligence Bureau

Pakistan's spy agency ISI is planning a major terror strike in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, according to an IB input shared with state governments. Read to know more.

Jun 9, 2017

Seeing stars over beef: MLA invokes Mammootty's Joseph Alex IAS to lampoon cattle sale ban

During the special session on Thursday, VS Achuthanandan, B Ganesh Kumar and Mullakara Ratnakaran too expressed their views on the ban of cattle slaughter in the country.

Jun 9, 2017

Karnataka school teacher nabbed for assault, forcing students to watch porn

Devarajaiah used to force his girl students studying in Class 6 and 7 to watch pornographic videos on his mobile phone. When the girls refused to watch the videos, he used to beat them up.

Jun 9, 2017

NIA to move to revoke Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's passport, keep track of financial transactions

The NIA said that it was keeping a track on his web of financial transactions — at least 11 companies and 19 properties in Mumbai and Pune in which the Islamic preacher invested money to the tune of Rs 104 crore.

Jun 9, 2017

Karnataka farmer gets Re. 1 compensation for crop loss

District administration is being held responsible for the slip-up.

Jun 9, 2017

Wages of indecision: Govt yet to fix MGNREGA pay

In spite of a committee's recommendation to bring in change when it comes to calculating wages under MGNREGA, the central government has failed to hike the salaries in real terms.

Jun 9, 2017

Supreme Court stays Central government order: Aadhaar not must for PAN, I-T returns

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Central government order that made Aadhaar mandatory for applying for PAN cards and filing I-T returns. Read to know more.

Jun 9, 2017

Malaysia: MDMK chief Vaiko detained, interrogated at Kuala Lumpur airport; is this a diplomatic incident? [VIDEO]

MDMK chief Vaiko was on Friday detained at the Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia and interrogated over his links to the LTTE. Read to know more.

Jun 9, 2017