India

Deepika Padukone on Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain's suicide: 'Depression killed them'

Deepika Padukone shared a heartfelt note on Instagram talking about depression and how the illness is taking lives of celebrities such as Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

Jun 13, 2018

Chess star Soumya Swaminathan winning hearts with anti-hijab statement: Full text and reactions

Quite a few Facebook users have lauded Soumya for a taking a brave stand against Iran's compulsory headscarf law. The Grandmaster from India has decided to not travel to the Islamist Republic for a continental tournament next month.

Jun 13, 2018

Pune teenager hacked to death by cousin; murderer accused of molesting family member

The cause behind the murder is suspected to be personal enmity as Kanhurkar and the deceased were cousins. Kanhurkar had allegedly circulated pictures and other information online about the victim's sister after which the family had even filed a police complaint

Jun 13, 2018

Here's how Mumbai Police nabbed absconding Armaan Kohli for assaulting Neeru Randhawa

Armaan Kohli was on the run for almost a week after a physical assault complaint was filed against him by his girlfriend Neeru Randhawa, a 35-year-old model, on June 3.

Jun 13, 2018

Bigg Boss Telugu 2: Prabhu-Sevakulu task sparks fight on day 2, Gogineni alleges Sanjana of harassment

A luxury budget task Cheppandi Prabhu sparked a fight between Prabhu and Sevakulu groups in the house of Bigg Boss Telugu 2 on day 2 and Babu Gogineni went on to allege Sanjana Anne of harassment.

Jun 13, 2018

India vs Afghanistan: Can Test debutants stun the top-ranked side in Bengaluru?

Afghanistan, who have made giant strides in white-ball cricket, are set to make their Test debut in Bengaluru from June 14 against hosts India, who will be without their talismanic skipper, Virat Kohli.

Jun 13, 2018

Here are the reasons why angry VHP activists uprooted Taj Mahal's west gate

The VHP members damaged the turnstile gate installed by ASI near Basai Ghat as it was blocking their way to an ancient Hindu temple which is located on the same premises.

Jun 13, 2018

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen terror recruitment cell active in West Bengal, reveals arrested terrorist

Hizbullah was detained from the ticket counter of Bandel railway station in West Bengal's Hooghly district late on Sunday. He is said to be a resident of Samsherganj in Murshidabad district.

Jun 13, 2018

Bharathiraja speaks in favour of Rajinikanth over Kaala issue, slams SIFCC

Bharathiraja, who has become a critic of Rajinikanth after the actor entered politics, has slammed SIFCC for failing to solve the issue pertaining to Kaala in Karnataka.

Jun 13, 2018

Xiaomi Mi TV owners are in for a treat: ACT Fibernet offers lucrative internet plans with extra data benefits

As part of the Xiaomi-ACT Fibernet initiative, Mi LED TV owners are entitled to claim lucrative broadband internet tariff plans with high data benefits up to 1,000GB. Read to know how to avail the new internet service and in which cities it will be available.

Jun 13, 2018

Infosys' Narayana Murthy to head Karnataka planning board? Kumaraswamy extends offer

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy has said that he is looking to appoint Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy as the head of Karnataka Planning Board and believes that this will help build the government's image and also bring in a lot of foreign investors to the state

Jun 13, 2018

Narendra Modi's yoga video goes viral in minutes, HD Kumaraswamy was quick to respond

PM Modi nominated Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to take up the fitness challenge, he lauded the PM but also replied stating that he is more concerned about the "development fitness of the state."

Jun 13, 2018

'Being a Muslim, I shouldn't be here': BJP MLA gets threat letter with bullets

The police have registered a case under Sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc) and 506 (criminal intimidation).

Jun 13, 2018

Bus with travellers on roof overturns killing 17 in Uttar Pradesh

The accident took place when the bus, which was carrying around 60 to 70 passengers, was on its way from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur to Farrukhabad in UP.

Jun 13, 2018

Compulsory headscarf rule irks Soumya Swaminathan as Indian chess ace snubs tournament in Iran

The 29-year-old chess Grandmaster expressed regret at missing an important tournament but insisted it was the only way to prevent her personal rights from getting violated because of the compulsory headscarf rule in Iran.

Jun 13, 2018