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Kathua rape: SC stays trial over request to move case to Chandigarh

The 8-year-old girl was brutally raped and murdered in Kathua in January. Her father had requested to get the trial moved to Chandigarh. He had said that there would not be a chance of fair proceedings if it is held in Jammu and Kashmir.

Apr 27, 2018

Pakistan court jails man in nation's 1st child pornography conviction

The accused, Sadat Amin, was found guilty on charges of being part of a child pornography racket in Europe and the United States. The accused was arrested from Sargodha in Pakistan after a complaint was filed by the Norwegian Embassy in April last year.

Apr 27, 2018

Twitter trolls journalist Shekhar Gupta for getting thrown out of Bangalore Club

Shekhar Gupta claims that he was thrown out as he was wearing a kurta pajama to the club. While, a few Twitter users supported Gupta, others trolled him for the attire that he wore to the club.

Apr 27, 2018

Indian court summons Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after start-up alleges harassment

Additional sessions judge Parth Shankar Mishra was hearing a civil suit filed by Swapnil Rai, who reportedly runs "thetradebook.org" that he says is a business networking platform. Rai has accused Facebook of stopping his promotional campaign after running it for three days.

Apr 27, 2018

Pregnant woman spots dead grandmother's face on her unborn baby's scan

The woman's grandmother passed away around 14 years ago, but Jackson had been 'praying' to her grandmother for a baby as she wasn't sure whether she and her partner would be able to conceive .

Apr 27, 2018

In this picture taken on December 12, 2017, a taxi driver uses a navigator while driving in Tokyo. Uber may be shredding business models for taxi firms the world over but it is struggling to make inroads in Japan, where risk-averse passengers prefer to st

Woman forced to drink, allegedly gang raped by cab driver and co-passenger

The victim, a BPO executive, was reportedly asked to consume alcohol inside the cab following which she was taken to a nearby forest area and gang-raped by the cab driver and co-passenger. The Uttar Pradesh police have detained the accused.

Apr 27, 2018

AIIMS resident doctors on indefinite strike after faculty member slaps colleague

The senior doctor reportedly slapped the resident doctor in front of other staff members, junior doctors, and patients. Doctors at the institute are now demanding the resignation of Dr Atul Kumar and have said that they will not call off the strike until then.

Apr 27, 2018

Twitter reacts to Trump being 'too busy' to buy Melania birthday gift

The US first lady, Melania Trump, was also busy planning the state dinner for French president Emmanuel Macron. The office of the FLOTUS later said that she had spent her 48th birthday with the Trump family.

Apr 27, 2018

Aishwarya 'justified' Miss World title not Diana Hayden: Tripura CM Biplab Deb

This is Deb's second such remark in a week. Earlier, he became a butt of jokes on Twitter when he said that internet and satellite communication had existed in the days of Mahabharata.

Apr 27, 2018

Mentally unstable woman strangles 2 children to death before killing herself

The mentally unstable woman in Andhra Pradesh killed herself after killing her four-year-old son and her daughter, who was only six-months-old.

Apr 27, 2018

Students appear in ICSE class 10 exams in Kolkata on Feb 26, 2018 [Representational picture]

Telangana SSC Class 10 results at 7 pm, check scores online

The Telangana Board of Secondary Education, which is also known as the Directorate of Government Examinations, conducted the class 10 exams from March 15 to April 2, 2018, and about 5,33,701 students are said to have taken these exams. The results of the class 10 exam is expected at 7 pm.

Apr 27, 2018

Siddaramaiah takes potshots at Yogi, asks what can he do in Karnataka

Siddaramaiah took a dig at Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, who is all set to arrive in Karnataka on May 3 to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Karnataka chief minister also stated that BJP was defeated in Yogi's own constituency "so, why should he come here and do anything?"

Apr 27, 2018

Guard and cashier shot dead in broad daylight, Rs 12 lakh looted

The incident took place in west Delhi's Narela area around 2.30 pm when the wine shop's cashier Rajnikant and guard Prem Kumar were shifting the cash box into an SIS company's van. Three bike-borne assailants shot at the duo and fled with the cash

Apr 27, 2018

Bill Cosby, once beloved 'America's Dad,' convicted of sexual assault

Cosby, 80, best known as the lovable father from the 1980s TV hit "The Cosby Show," faces up to 10 years in prison for each of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand, 45, following a three-week trial at the Montgomery County courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Apr 27, 2018

chimpanzee (Wikimedia Commons/Kabir Bakie)

Decade-long census finds more gorillas, chimpanzees

A decade-long study of Western Equatorial Africa's gorillas and chimpanzees has uncovered both good and bad news. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-led study titled "Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa" appears in the latest edition of the journal Science Advances.

Apr 27, 2018