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Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: Prevailing mechanism to curb sexual abuse inadequate, says Supreme Court

Pointing out that 34 victim girls need counselling, the court wondered there could be many more girls like them and something was needed to be done. It recalled that in the past it had sought the formulation of child protection policy but nothing moved.

Oct 5, 2018

Hundreds of Brett Kavanaugh protesters arrested in Washington day before Senate's confirmation vote

Thousands of protesters, mostly women, swarmed the streets of Washington on Thursday, October 4, to protest the attorney's nomination, of which hundreds were arrested by the police.The Senate is set to hold a vote on Kavanaugh on Friday, October 5.

Oct 5, 2018

Man collects over Rs 1 cr by promising Rajya Sabha seat, fake jobs; arrested

The police claimed that the accused was using a prank call app on his android phone to make fake calls to high-profile people.

Oct 5, 2018

Delhi govt rejects early release for killers of Jessica Lal, Priyadarshini Mattoo, Naina Sahni

Manu Sharma, Priyadarshnini Mattoo's rapist, and killer Santosh Singh, and Sushil Sharma convicted in the tandoor murder case were among 86 cases which approached the government for early release and were denied permission.

Oct 5, 2018

Salaries in India to rise by 10% in 2019, the highest in Asia-Pacific region — report

Steady economic growth, progressive reforms and a sense of optimism in all sectors were the factors which made India edge out other countries in this regard.

Oct 5, 2018

Pakistan wants India to share data of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishanganga Dam

It has also sought dates for inspection of the 330MW hydroelectric project that India had agreed to during a two-day meeting held in August in Lahore between Indus water commissioners of the two countries.

Oct 5, 2018

Two men attack 31-year-old Ambala woman with acid; incident caught on CCTV

The complete incident was caught on a CCTV camera installed in front of the road where the gruesome incident took place.

Oct 5, 2018

Modi-Putin summit LIVE: India and Russia sign $5bn deal for five S-400 Triumf missile shield systems

Modi and Putin have signed the S-400 defense deal. Putin's foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov had confirmed ahead of the Russian President's visit to India that the S-400 defence deal will likely be signed.

Oct 5, 2018

Bengaluru deputy mayor passes away one week after being elected into office

Ramil Umashankar, 44, reportedly died due to a cardiac arrest.

Oct 5, 2018

Are polio vaccines contaminated or safe? Here is what the Health Ministry says

The Union Health Ministry has issued a statement in response to a viral social media message that urged people to not vaccinate their children because the vaccine had been tainted. Read to know what the government said.

Oct 5, 2018

After threats and weapon snatching, J&K Police withdraw SPOs of VIPs

The SPOs have been at the receiving end of militant attacks and abductions in the recent past.

Oct 4, 2018

Artificial Intelligence can spot fake, biased news article right from its source

A new program developed by researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in collaboration with the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) aims to not only look at individual news stories but also their sources.

Oct 4, 2018

Ooty accident: Car plunges into Nilgiris gorge; 5 tourists killed, 2 found alive after 48 hours

The initial probe suggested that the driver lost control of the car as he was driving on the 35th hairpin bend of the Ooty-Kalhatty ghat.

Oct 4, 2018

T-14 Armata battle tank top priority for Army Chief Bipin Rawat's Russia visit

The process to procure the future ready combat vehicles for the Indian Army was initiated in November 2017 and at the moment there are three contenders: T-14 Armata, Ukraine's Oplot and South Korea's K2 Black Panther main battle tanks.

Oct 4, 2018

Uttar Pradesh: Woman thrown from culvert over dowry, no arrests made so far

A complaint was registered by the victim's mother at the city police station, accusing her son-in-law and his family members of the incident as their dowry demand was apparently not met, the officer said.

Oct 4, 2018