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Sex, dating and 3 websites: Mumbai Police bust online ring that duped 2,000 people of lakhs of rupees; 5 arrested

The racket was using three websites to make customers pay for phone-dating through Paytm, but no one picked the phone.

Apr 6, 2017

Clean Ganga mission in shambles, Modi intervenes

Much of the money allocated to the National Mission for Clean Ganga remains unspent, and the 2018 deadline to clean the river is impossible, say officials.

Apr 6, 2017

Steve Bannon urges supporters to fight corporatist globalist media

Steve Bannon removed from US National Security Council; to remain President Trump's chief strategist

The White House said Bannon was elevated to monitor Trump's first national security adviser Michael Flynn and that he is no longer needed after McMaster took charge of the council.

Apr 5, 2017

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Hanover Zoo accused of abusing baby elephants

Zookeepers in Hanover have been accused of beating the animals with so-called ‘elephant hooks’ – a 70-centimetre rod with a metal hook and tip at the end. They have been filmed using the instruments to teach the elephants tricks.

Apr 5, 2017

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Why is Gibraltar so important to the UK?

Gibraltar has become a talking point as the Brexit negotiations are drawing ever closer, but why is the tiny territory so important right now?

Apr 5, 2017

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Australian police seize largest ever haul of methamphetamine worth £545m

In a news conference on 5 April, Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police have seized the countrys largest ever haul of methamphetamine in Melbourne – at a record 903kg. Police said the drugs had an estimated street value of £545m ($680m).

Apr 5, 2017

CRPF, cops confiscate 1,80,000 detonators in Bengal village; incident a boost for BJP's anti-Mamata campaign?

In a re-run of the Khagragarh blast in Burdwan district in 2014, police and CRPF personnel on Wednesday, April 5, found the electronic detonators near Khabpur village in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

Apr 5, 2017

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This is what millennials and Generation Z teens think is cool (according to Google)

Google published their It’s Lit list on 4 April, where they researched what American young people aged from 13-24 think is cool.

Apr 5, 2017

This young Indian wants a Nav Bharat, plans to launch a political party

Why is Bengaluru's Anil Shetty planning to launch a new political party? Will he be able to change the city's political landscape? Watch this 29-year-old talk and decide for yourself.

Apr 5, 2017

Hajj by ship from India to be possible from 2018: Travel costs to be reduced by 'nearly half'

If everything goes as planned, Muslims could travel from Mumbai port to Jeddah by ship to perform the annual pilgrimage as early as next year.

Apr 5, 2017

Iraqi forces pause advance in Mosul due to civilian casualties concern

It will take half a century and $180 million per year to clear mines in Iraq and Syria: UN

The UN official said the figure also includes $50 million annually just to get rid of the weaponry from Mosul where a battle between ISIS and US-backed coalition is underway.

Apr 5, 2017

Ajmer Dargah head sacked by brother over 'blasphemous' remarks on beef and triple talaq

A few days ago, the diwan of Ajmer Dargah had called upon all Muslims to give up eating beef and said the practice of triple talaq is against Islam.

Apr 5, 2017

Ayesha Aziz becomes India's youngest pilot, dreams of flying MiG-29 fighter jets

Aziz began her pilot's training when she was in school. She got her student pilot license from the prestigious Bombay Flying Club when she was 16.

Apr 5, 2017

Dalai Lama in Arunachal: Why China's warning about 'damaged relations with India' is hollow talk

China's state media often comes up with contradictory views on India and the latest threat over the Dalai Lama's presence in Arunachal is no exception. China has much bigger stakes today, economic and strategic, when it comes to India.

Apr 5, 2017

Islamic State calls US President Donald Trump an 'idiot' in new audio message

This is seemingly the first time that the jihadist group has directly referred to Trump since he formally assumed the US Presidency in January.

Apr 5, 2017

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