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J&K cop charged with raping wife acquitted; room of doubt in prosecution's evidence cited [details]

After the woman's written complaint, the police had arrested her estranged husband and provided him in court.

Sep 2, 2022

MNS suspends party activist for assaulting woman shopkeeper in viral video; issues apology [details]

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday suspended its south Mumbai Up-Vibhag chief Vinod Argyle after a video showing him abusing, pushing and assaulting a woman shopkeeper sparked an uproar.

Sep 2, 2022

Journalist P. Sainath returns award given by rape accused seer [details]

Sainath's announcement came after a court in Karnataka on Friday sent the Chitradurga mutt seer accused of raping minor girls to police custody till September 5.

Sep 2, 2022

Biden says Trump, MAGA Republicans represent extremism, are threat to democracy [details]

US President Joe Biden went into a combative mood, dubbing his predecessor Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans as representing "extremism" that threatened the very foundations of American democracy.

Sep 2, 2022

Egyptian vultures on decline in TN due to scarcity of food, presence of chemicals in prey

Even as the Tamil Nadu government restricted the use of anti-inflammatory drugs ketoprofen and flunixin, considering the adverse impact they cause to predatory birds, the Egyptian vulture population in the state is on the decline.

Sep 2, 2022

Three footballers bring laurels to J&K; selected for under-17 Indian squad [details]

Three players from Kashmir will represent India in the coming SAFF under-17 football championship to be held at Srilanka.

Sep 2, 2022

PM Modi commissions India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant; a historic moment [here's why]

The Prime Minister said that despite the security of the Indo-Pacific region is "our priority, but in the past it was ignored".

Sep 2, 2022

Who is Laxman Narasimhan; Starbucks gets new Indian-origin CEO [details]

Laxman Narasimhan, who currently heads health and hygiene company Reckitt, will join Starbucks in October and take over from its iconic interim CEO Howard Shultz in April.

Sep 2, 2022

Punjabi singer Nirvair Singh dies in freak car crash near Melbourne

According to media reports, Nirvair was driving in his lane when a speeding car lost its control and crashed into a jeep, which flipped into the singer's lane.

Sep 2, 2022

Crowd at Indira Gandhi International Airport as Lufthansa cancels flights

The Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital witnessed a massive crowd on Friday as German flag carrier Lufthansa cancelled most of its flights for Frankfurt and Munich from India due to a pilots' union strike.

Sep 2, 2022

Adani Group rejects NDTV claim on stake attached by I-T Dept

Adani group had announced acquisition of a 29.18 per cent indirect stake in NDTV through takeover of VCPL, which holds a 99.99 per cent stake in RRPR Holding.

Sep 2, 2022

Covid-19 Update: India reports marginal decline in new cases at 6,168 in last 24 hours

The daily positivity rate rose to 1.94 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.51 per cent in India now

Sep 2, 2022

Global Covid-19 caseload surpasses 600 million; US, India worst hit: WHO

The global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed 600 million, and is still continuing after it first broke out in early 2020, said WHO

Sep 2, 2022

Anti-terror operations to intensify in Kashmir; 140 terrorists eliminated in 2022 [details]

Security Forces devise a new strategy to mount pressure on terrorists by snapping their supply lines through different means.

Sep 2, 2022

K'taka Mutt scandal case: Accused Lingayat seer arrested [details]

Lingayat seer Murugha Shivamurthy Sharanaru, accused of raping minor girls, was finally taken into custody by the Karnataka Police on Thursday night - six days after the FIR against him was lodged.

Sep 2, 2022