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Former IIT professor GD Agrawal dies after 100 days of fast unto death

Agrawal was in Rishikesh and was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences where he passed away at 1 pm.

Oct 11, 2018

Students protest against new preferential rule in Visvesvaraya Technological University

The old college rule had said that students who haven't cleared their first and second-year papers will not be allowed to move on to the final year. At the moment, the rule has been relaxed only for a select students

Oct 11, 2018

West Bengal judge summons cops after chargesheet shows 4-year-old accused of molestation

The four-year-old girl was among the six people accused by a woman in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Read what happened when the judge saw her standing among the accused.

Oct 11, 2018

Rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's security guard commits suicide in Sirsa

Shankar Mandori had served as a constable with Haryana Police and was terminated over the riots in Panchkula last year.

Oct 11, 2018

PM Modi is a corrupt man: Rahul Gandhi demands probe in Rafale deal

Gandhi's demand for a probe came a day after a report in French publication said Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale, had to choose Ambani's firm Reliance Defence as its offsets partner in India as a trade-off for getting the deal.

Oct 11, 2018

Three Kashmiri students with alleged terror links arrested in Punjab

The Punjab Police recovered an AK-47 rifle, another weapon and an explosive from one of the students' room.

Oct 11, 2018

Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including PhD scholar Manan Wani, killed in Kupwara encounter

Manan Wani was known for various letters he wrote on social media mentioning why he took up arms and gave up his studies.

Oct 11, 2018

Union Minister MJ Akbar might resign today amid sexual harassment charges

Editor of the Force magazine, Ghazala Wahab had written a detailed report in The Wire regarding the sexual abuse she faced by Akbar who was then the editor of the Asian Age.

Oct 11, 2018

Controversial godman Sant Rampal found guilty in two murder cases; Hisar on high alert

In order to avoid any violence near the Hisar Central jail, the local administration had deployed around 1,300 police officers from Haryana and 700 from the neighbouring states.

Oct 11, 2018

Mount Etna: Active volcano in Italy could collapse any moment into the sea, triggering tsunamis

The south-eastern flank of the volcano is moving both above ground as well as its portion under the water.

Oct 11, 2018

Mallya trying to save posh London home after defaulting on loan repayment

This is the latest in a serious of lawsuits he is fighting in UK and India as creditors pursue him for return of $1.3 billion loans he took for his now defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

Oct 11, 2018

Floccinaucinihilipilification made your head spin? Shashi Tharoor believes you may have this 35-letter phobia

After leaving netizens in search of the meaning of floccinaucinihilipilification, Shashi Tharoor believes some of those who raised eyebrows over the long word may have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

Oct 11, 2018

INX Media money laundering case: ED seizes Karti Chidambaram's assets worth Rs 54 crore in India, UK

The central probe agency issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for attachment of Indian assets in Kodaikanal and Ooty in Tamil Nadu and a flat in Delhi's Jorbagh.

Oct 11, 2018

Ghaziabad: AAP worker charred to death by gay live-in partner out of jealousy

The mystery of his death deepened when the car key was not found inside the car, which finally led to the cracking of case.

Oct 11, 2018

Rafale deal: Dassault was forced to tie up with Reliance Defence, claims French website

Under the Rs 59,000-crore deal, French companies are obliged to re-invest 50% of the contract value in Indian companies related to defence and aviation as offsets.

Oct 11, 2018