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Students appear in ICSE class 10 exams in Kolkata on Feb 26, 2018 [Representational picture]

Cheating in board exams: Students get creative with mobile phones, Bluetooth

A boy was found cheating in his board exams with the help of a mobile phone tucked into his exam cardboard, while another hid a Bluetooth device in his turban

Mar 19, 2018

Customer cooks meth in burger shop: Things to know about the drug

The one-pot method of cooking meth, a highly addictive drug, can lead to explosions and other serious damages.

Mar 19, 2018

India's internet habits put Aadhaar and porn side-by-side, social media on top

Web analytics firm Alexa calculated percentage of referrals that came from search engines over the trailing month to derive the online traffic data.

Mar 19, 2018

Leopard strays into residential area, spreads fear among locals

The leopard was captured by a 20-member team from Thane Forest Range along with officials from Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Mar 19, 2018

Ruveda Salam: First woman IPS officer from Kashmir

Dr Ruveda Salam cleared the UPSC examination twice. She is the first woman IPS officer from Kashmir.

Mar 19, 2018

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Muslim women protest bill to ban triple talaq, march in Lucknow

Muslim women in several states of India have been participating in rallies to scrap the Triple Talaq Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in December 2017.

Mar 19, 2018

Ivanka Trump (L) hugs her daughter Arabella Rose Kushner.

Watch: Ivanka Trump's daughter Arabella slays Taylor Swift's iconic single

Arabella Kushner performs her rendition of Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do and it is all kinds of adorable!

Mar 19, 2018

Yogi govt celebrates first anniversary in UP despite shocking bypoll defeats

Despite the surprise loss in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls, CM Yogi Adityanath will be present to celebrate the first anniversary of the BJP government in UP.

Mar 19, 2018

Man, who stopped neighbors from visiting, found living with mother's dead body

The decomposed body of his 70-year-old mother was recovered by the Kolkata police after neighbors complained of foul smell emanating from the flat.

Mar 19, 2018

5-year-old raped by neighbor who lured her with ice-cream

The 5-year-old child was raped and then dumped in an isolated area in Maharashtra's Thane city.

Mar 19, 2018

Driver shows Simpson's license and Twitter cannot get over the 'D'oh!' moment

Thames Valley Police had stopped the driver for violating a traffic rule and the officer was shocked when he produced a license with Homer Simpson's name and picture.

Mar 19, 2018

Vladimir Putin wins another six years at Russia's helm in landslide victory

The Central Election Commission, with just over 70 percent of the votes counted, announced that Vladimir Putin had won 75.9 percent of the vote.

Mar 19, 2018

With no electricity, doctor stitches woman's wound under torchlight

The doctor sewed the woman's hand while another woman shone a torch.

Mar 19, 2018

Food delivery boy killed as drunk woman rams car into scooter

The 26-year-old woman was driving under the influence of alcohol and rammed her car into the duo killing Chiranjeevi and severely injuring his friend.

Mar 19, 2018

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner's helicopter returns to airport after engine failure

President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law were flying to New York from Washington Thursday afternoon when one of the engines of the helicopter failed.

Mar 19, 2018