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Mumbai stampede: Railways ignored CAG and Sachin Tendulkar, but Raj Thackeray blames migrants

The Elphinstone Road foot overbridge stampede is bringing out some sordid truths about the Railways as well as the true face of some politicians. Read to know more.

Sep 30, 2017

Pakistan PM Abbasi hands over dossier on Kashmir to UN chief Antonio Guterres

The Pakistan National Security Committee was informed that Abbassi gave a dossier documenting the "systematic human rights violations by India" in Jammu and Kashmir to UN chief.

Sep 30, 2017

Donald Trump to skip India in November's Asia tour, North Korea in spotlight

Trump is scheduled to make a stop in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Sep 30, 2017

Veteran actor and Padma Shri awardee Tom Alter dies at 67

The veteran acted in over 300 films and worked in various TV shows. He was famously known for his role as the gangster Keshav Kalsi in the hit soap opera Junoon in the 1990s.

Sep 30, 2017

Footage shows huge crowd moments before deadly stampede kills dozen at Mumbai train station

Eyewitness video shows a large crowd minutes before a deadly stampede in a Mumbai train station. At least 22 people were killed and 30 were injured. The stampede was a result of heavy rains causing commuters to slip while walking on a bridge that connects two busy railway stations.

Sep 29, 2017

Bizarre eyeball tattoo leaves Canadian model partially blind

An eye tattoo has left 24-year-old Catt Gallinger partially blinded and oozing purple tears. The tattoo was meant to have tinted her sclera, the white part of her eye, but has caused possible permanent impairment.

Sep 29, 2017

Henry Bolton defeats Anne Marie Waters to be named Ukip leader

The Nigel Farage-backed candidate has been elected leader of the UK Independence Party after a vote during the party conference on 29 September. Anti-Islam candidate Waters, who was favourite for the leadership, came in second place.

Sep 29, 2017

Baahubali fame Prabhas joins hands with PM Modi in making India cleaner

Prabhas posted on social media about his support to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and asked fans to make India more beautiful.

Sep 29, 2017

No ban on dress or alcohol for women on campus, says BHU's first female proctor

BHU V-C Girish Chandra Tripathi not only said that the female students in campus should not speak about sexual harassment but also asked why did they protest and "bring dishonour to the university".

Sep 29, 2017

UN chief Guterres urges Myanmar to end anti-Rohingya ops, open humanitarian access

The UN chief said that the intergovernmental organisation has received "bone-chilling accounts" of Rohingya refugees being subjected to "excessive violence."

Sep 29, 2017

Delhi woman claims 23 men took turns and raped her in Bikaner

The woman met the Bikaner SP two days ago and complained that 23 men had raped her after she was kidnapped from outskirts of the place in broad daylight.

Sep 29, 2017

Conspiracy theorist David Meade claims the 'celestial event' he predicted appeared in sky

David Meade said that a "spiritual sign" appeared in the sky on September 23, as predicted.

Sep 29, 2017

Bengaluru: 9-year-old boy and friend die after drinking sulphuric acid by mistake

The boy, Sahil Shankar, was celebrating his ninth birthday when he and a friend, Aryan, drank the acid assuming it was a cold drink.

Sep 29, 2017

Video shows robbers wearing ponchos raiding store

Police are looking for information on two men who robbed a shop in Etwall, Derbyshire while wearing ponchos. The men stole cigarettes, alcohol and the till and tied up the staff before fleeing the scene.

Sep 29, 2017

Helicopter on scene after fatal rockslide at Yosemites El Capitan

At least one person was killed and another injured in a rockslide on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, on Wednesday, September 27. Yosemite National Park said that the rockfall was near the Waterfall climbing route on the eastern face of the rock.

Sep 29, 2017