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Thousands protest in Kashmir over new status despite clampdown

The demonstration soon after Friday prayers was the largest since authorities locked down the revolt-torn region five days ago, cutting off telephone and internet services and detaining more than 500 political and separatist leaders.

Aug 10, 2019

Seven Bengalureans off to the UK on Chevening Scholarships

British Deputy High Commissioner Dominic McAllister announces application window for the Chevening Scholarship and Fellowship programmes for the year 2020-21.

Aug 10, 2019

Arun Jaitley admitted in Delhi's AIIMS after breathing difficulties, PM Modi visits hospital

Jaitley, 66, a diabetic, stepped down in January this year due to ill health before elections that returned Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power.

Aug 10, 2019

Pakistan reactivates terrorist training camps in PoK amid tension over Article 370 move

Earlier last week, Indian forces foiled major infiltration bid by Pakistan's Border Action Team (BAT) on forward post along the LoC in the Keran Sector, killing at least five intruders.

Aug 10, 2019

Modi to inaugurate 720 Mw hydro project in Bhutan visit

Modi's visit comes against the backdrop of China's increased wooing of the tiny but strategically important Himalayan nation.

Aug 10, 2019

Zomato wins the internet again, delivers toys to 4-year-old

The toddler's father tweeted images of Zomato's response when his son asked for a car, gifts and balloons. Zomato's sweet gesture won the internet.

Aug 9, 2019

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Toxic ash leak contaminates Madhya Pradesh farm; Essar alleges sabotage

Photos and videos of the incident show farmland covered in sludge leaked from an artificial ash pond.

Aug 9, 2019

Heavily armed man with rifle, body armor arrested at Missouri Walmart

The southern state of Missouri is an "open carry" state which gives people the right to freely carry firearms in public.

Aug 9, 2019

Leopard mauls four people while roaming primary school

Leopard kills pet dog, Uttarakhand man poisons animal in revenge

Haridwar man, identified as Sukhpal, takes revenge after leopards kill one of his two pet dogs.

Aug 9, 2019

Indian Navy puts all bases, warships on vigil as seaborne terror threat looms

"We are on a state of heightened alert on the eastern and western seaboards," media reports cited an unnamed official as saying.

Aug 9, 2019

Alien Sightings? Extraterrestrial hunter spots two triangular UFOs near International Space Station

After analyzing the clip, Scott C Waring assured that this UFO sighting is proof of extraterrestrial existence

Aug 9, 2019

Three of Indian family killed in Philadelphia plane crash

No distress calls were made by the pilot and the plane was in the air only for about three minutes before it crashed.

Aug 9, 2019

Red alert in Chennai airport after caller triggers bomb scare ahead of I-Day

The call to the New Delhi airport police control room was traced back to Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

Aug 9, 2019

Delhi court charges Kuldeep Sengar with rape under POCSO in Unnao case

Kuldeep Sengar was suspended from the BJP after the rape survivor's family alleged that they have been under constant pressure from his kin.

Aug 9, 2019

Man from Detroit dies short of insulin shots weeks after deportation to Iraq

Aldaoud said in a video that he was vomiting, unable to take his insulin shots and sleeping in the streets of Baghdad since he was deported despite living in the US since he was six months old.

Aug 9, 2019