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Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes being sold on Amazon? Here's the truth

A fake picture suggesting that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ashes being available for sale on Amazon has been doing rounds on Whatsapp and social media.

Sep 1, 2018

Congress asks why CBI is not investigating PM Modi's assassination plot

The Maharashtra police on Friday held a media briefing and said that evidence gathered during the raids at the houses of activists on Aug 28 clearly suggest that the activists were planning the assassination of Prime Minister Modi in a Rajiv Gandhi-type event.

Sep 1, 2018

Delhi rains: Heavy downpour lashes capital; water-logging, traffic jams in major areas

The Delhi Traffic Police asked commuters to avoid taking certain routes. The downpour also affected power supply in some areas. Many key roads in central Delhi saw slow-moving traffic.

Sep 1, 2018

Karnataka plastic ban: Traders left in lurch, lakhs of jobs at risk

More than 500 people gathered at Freedom Park and demanded the immediate withdrawal of the plastic ban which they claim is favouring large multi-national corporations

Sep 1, 2018

Saudi's bizarre move: Plans to dig huge canal and turn rival Qatar into an island

The canal will physically separate the Qatari peninsula from the mainland.

Sep 1, 2018

BJP leader's son runs SUV over sleeping labourers in Jaipur in drunk driving crash

Police said that the alcohol in his blood was found to be nine times the legal limit.

Sep 1, 2018

Hizbul Mujahideen warns J&K police of more abductions if militants' families are harassed

In Kashmir, a new tit for tat policy has emerged between militants and J&K policemen, with the respective families as the new target.

Sep 1, 2018

Bhima Koregaon violence: All you need to know

On Tuesday, Maharashtra police raided the homes of several prominent left-wing activists, writers and lawyers and arrested five over alleged Maoist links

Sep 1, 2018

Pilots' delayed reaction brought Rahul Gandhi's plane 'dangerously close to a crash' – report

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) disclosed the operational lapses in its investigation report on the snag that hit the chartered flight operated on a Falcon 2000 aircraft VT-AVH on April 26.

Sep 1, 2018

Drunk man urinates on woman passenger's seat in Air India flight; probe underway

Following the incident, junior aviation minister Jayant Sinha directed Air India to follow up the matter immediately and report back to the ministry and aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Sep 1, 2018

Indian CEO arrested for multi-year visa fraud in the US

Nearly 200 workers may have been brought in under the phoney applications, investigators suspect.

Sep 1, 2018

Tamil Nadu: 7 dead, 30 injured after two buses collide head-on in Salem

Seven people, including two women, travelling in the omni bus were killed on the spot.

Sep 1, 2018

Census 2021 to collect data on other backwards classes

This will be the first time the census will include a count of the backward classes.

Sep 1, 2018

Uniform Civil Code undesirable, reform within communities crucial: Law Commission

The panel said that mere existence of difference in a country does not imply discrimination.

Sep 1, 2018

Hospital staff sacked for taking selfie with Nandamuri Harikrishna's dead body

The four people were two nurses, one ward boy and one ward girl. The hospital has complained to the police and are seeking action against them.

Sep 1, 2018