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60 women get permit to climb Mt Everest

As many as 59 women received permits last year. Of them, 33 women succeeded in conquering the world's tallest peak. This year 60 women have received the permit with 15 from Nepal followed by the US (nine), India (eight), China (seven) and Britain (four).

Apr 28, 2018

BJP slams 'Shahzada' Rahul Gandhi for cutting short Vande Mataram [Video]

Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell tweeted out the video with some hard-hitting caption. The video shows Rahul Gandhi pointing to his watch, following which Congress leader KC Venugopal tells the organizers "just sing one line and finish it".

Apr 27, 2018

Modi, BJP don't stand up to what they speak: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said unlike Modi, the Karnataka government-led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been successful in delivering 95 per cent of the promises made in the previous election manifesto. Siddaramaiah added that Karnataka is the top job creating state in India.

Apr 27, 2018

Father ties daughter to bike as she refuses going to school [Video]

The video of a Chinese father forcibly dragging his daughter to school by tying her up onto his bike has drawn a lot of flak on Chinese social media. The netizens dubbed the man as "crazy" and "irresponsible."

Apr 27, 2018

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Mating news from China shows where fake news is headed

If you love Modi, you intuitively gravitate to believing everything pro-Modi and anti-Opposition. If you hate Modi, you tend to hit the share button on a fake news headline that passes for a Freudian slip-up.

Apr 27, 2018

Diana Hayden on Tripura CM's remark: 'I'm a proud brown-skinned Indian'

Former Miss World Diana Hayden said that she is hurt after Biplab Kumar Deb, who is the chief minister of Tripura, belittled her achievement. Hayden had won the crown back in 1997.

Apr 27, 2018

Modi tells Xi Jinping that India and China share similar culture

During the informal meet in Wuhan, the two leaders will discuss a wide range of topics like US President Donald Trump's trade policies, globalization, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and also the India-China border dispute.

Apr 27, 2018

Tejashwi visits Lalu Yadav in AIIMS, expresses concerns over his health

Lalu Prasad Yadav was admitted to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi on March 17 and was shifted to AIIMS on March 28. He is suffering from diabetes, blood pressure, and a kidney ailment. The RJD chief had also undergone two heart surgeries in the past.

Apr 27, 2018

Man ties up horse in an unusual way and sexually assaults her

The property owner discovered the black mare "tied up in an unusual way" in the stable and then clicked a picture to send her daughter because she is a veterinarian.

Apr 27, 2018

Kathua rape: SC stays trial over request to move case to Chandigarh

The 8-year-old girl was brutally raped and murdered in Kathua in January. Her father had requested to get the trial moved to Chandigarh. He had said that there would not be a chance of fair proceedings if it is held in Jammu and Kashmir.

Apr 27, 2018

Pakistan court jails man in nation's 1st child pornography conviction

The accused, Sadat Amin, was found guilty on charges of being part of a child pornography racket in Europe and the United States. The accused was arrested from Sargodha in Pakistan after a complaint was filed by the Norwegian Embassy in April last year.

Apr 27, 2018

Twitter trolls journalist Shekhar Gupta for getting thrown out of Bangalore Club

Shekhar Gupta claims that he was thrown out as he was wearing a kurta pajama to the club. While, a few Twitter users supported Gupta, others trolled him for the attire that he wore to the club.

Apr 27, 2018

Indian court summons Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after start-up alleges harassment

Additional sessions judge Parth Shankar Mishra was hearing a civil suit filed by Swapnil Rai, who reportedly runs "thetradebook.org" that he says is a business networking platform. Rai has accused Facebook of stopping his promotional campaign after running it for three days.

Apr 27, 2018

Pregnant woman spots dead grandmother's face on her unborn baby's scan

The woman's grandmother passed away around 14 years ago, but Jackson had been 'praying' to her grandmother for a baby as she wasn't sure whether she and her partner would be able to conceive .

Apr 27, 2018

In this picture taken on December 12, 2017, a taxi driver uses a navigator while driving in Tokyo. Uber may be shredding business models for taxi firms the world over but it is struggling to make inroads in Japan, where risk-averse passengers prefer to st

Woman forced to drink, allegedly gang raped by cab driver and co-passenger

The victim, a BPO executive, was reportedly asked to consume alcohol inside the cab following which she was taken to a nearby forest area and gang-raped by the cab driver and co-passenger. The Uttar Pradesh police have detained the accused.

Apr 27, 2018