India

Social security scheme for 50 crore workers: Know more about the ambitious project

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has proposed a comprehensive social security system to cover over 50 crore workers in India.

Mar 5, 2018

Facebook is testing new Voice Clip feature in India: Now share your voice as status update

Facebook's Voice Clip status update in India will be an easier and more intimate option than texting or uploading a video status.

Mar 5, 2018

Man stabs to death his neighbor after losing Uno card game

A Mumbai man stabbed to death his neighbor after he lost at a game of cards.

Mar 5, 2018

Kolkata: 3 arrested for supplying LSD & magic mushrooms to students, party drugs seized

The Kolkata unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau acted on a tip-off and found ecstasy, magic mushrooms, LSD blots and MDMA during the raid.

Mar 5, 2018

Chennai: Cop shoots himself dead at Jayalalithaa memorial on Marina Beach

Arunraj last spoke to his father at 7:30 pm on Saturday, police said. He along with three others were posted on duty at Jayalalithaa memorial on Marina Beach.

Mar 4, 2018

Indian forest official trampled to death by elephant on World Wildlife Day

IFS officer S Manikandan and his team were trying to trace the location of a fire but were not carrying any weapon to save themselves from the elephant.

Mar 4, 2018

AIIMS elevator crash: Pregnant woman and at least 4 others injured

AIIMS has formed a probe committee after a case was registered under sections 287 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code.

Mar 4, 2018

Who is Navnath Yewle? Indian 'chaiwala' earns Rs 12 lakh a month from just selling tea

The Yewle Tea House - based out of Pune, India - currently has three branches across the city and Navnath plans on turning it into an international brand soon.

Mar 4, 2018

Ghaziabad: Naked couple found dead inside bathroom after Holi celebrations

Family members had informed the police that the couple was lying in an undressed state on the bathroom floor. Their four-year-old daughter was asleep in the bedroom.

Mar 4, 2018

Eco cryptocurrency by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp: Know more about it

The new cryptocurrency is being developed by the Eco Foundation and one trillion Eco tokens will be issued, according to its design proposal.

Mar 3, 2018

Man wanted to divorce wife because of her 'inability to cook tasty food', courts thought otherwise

The Bombay High court has upheld a family court's order that dismissed the divorce petition of a man who alleged that his wife did not cook well for the family and abused his parents.

Mar 3, 2018

US postpones decision on work authorization of spouses of H-1B visa holders

Since 2015, the spouses of H-1B visa holders in the US are granted H4 visas. The H4 visa holders are not entitled to work or do their own business unless they obtain an 'employment authorization document' (EAD).

Mar 3, 2018

Who is Biplab Kumar Deb? Once a gym trainer, now Tripura CM frontrunner

As the BJP routs the CPM in Tripura, the name of the saffron party's state president is doing the rounds as a chief ministerial candidate.

Mar 3, 2018

Bengaluru court rejects bail of Nalapad Haris and 6 others in assault case

Nalapad and his aides have been charged under various sections of the IPC, the severest of which is Section 307 (attempt to murder), a non-bailable offense.

Mar 3, 2018

Trump's tariff on metal exports: India doesn't expect an immediate hit

Donald Trump on Thursday said the US would impose an import tariff of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum to protect US producers.

Mar 3, 2018