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Delhi Metro services curtailed on Holi, stations to remain closed till 2.30 pm

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has also said that the metro feeder bus services will not be available for the entire day.

Mar 1, 2018

Queen Elizabeth II assassination attempt by New Zealand teen confirmed in newly-released secret document

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service document also said the teenage boy who tried to shoot Queen Elizabeth II was arrested but never charged with treason.

Mar 1, 2018

Delhi traffic police thrash biker near Metro station, video goes viral

According to reports, the policemen had stopped the biker for traveling without a helmet. Police have said that he allegedly slapped one of the policemen.

Mar 1, 2018

Watch: Heartwarming video shows firefighters performing CPR on a cat as its owner cries inconsolably

The cat was found lying motionless on a stairwell of an apartment where a massive fire broke out, and was rescued by firefighters.

Mar 1, 2018

From Goa to Manipur, here's how Holi is celebrated across India [Photos]

Though colored powders, sweets and bhang are a part of all Holi celebrations, the festival is celebrated in various ways in India.

Mar 1, 2018

Georgia teacher arrested after firing gunshot in school classroom

A Georgia high school was placed on lockdown and a teacher was taken into custody after reports of gunfire on campus on 28 February. The incident follows calls from President Donald Trump and some elected officials to arm educators to prevent school shootings. Police identified the teacher as Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, who taught social studies.

Mar 1, 2018

Summer is coming: Met warns northerners of soaring temperatures, heat wave in Mumbai likely

The Met has warned of a hot spring and merciless summer in North India with temperatures likely to be 1 degree Celsius above the normal and possible heat waves.

Mar 1, 2018

Trump sharpens attack on China as trade war looms

China sends President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser Liu He to the US in view of the worsening tensions.

Mar 1, 2018

Holi 2018: The strange Holi tradition in Varanasi where people celebrate with funeral-pyre ashes [Video]

Holi is celebrated in most parts of India with the smearing of colors, but in Varanasi it is celebrated with "Chita bhasma" or funeral-pyre ashes.

Mar 1, 2018

Hope Hicks resigning as White House communications director

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks will resign from her post in the weeks following 28 February.

Mar 1, 2018

'Don't come in here, I have a gun,' says armed teacher in US school as he fires in classroom

Just a week after Trump advocated arming teachers to avoid school shooting, a teacher in Dalton High School, Georgia, fired his gun in the classroom.

Mar 1, 2018

Leopard spreads fear, anxiety in Bengaluru's Wonderla amusement park

The leopard that strayed into the Wonderla amusement park in Bengaluru was later tranquilized and captured.

Mar 1, 2018

UFO sighting: Robbie Williams recalls his bizarre encounter with a flying saucer

The former member of the band Take That, Robbie Williams claims to have been extremely sober when he encountered a flying saucer hovering right over his head.

Mar 1, 2018

Hope Hicks to resign as White House communications director, tracking the career graph of Donald Trump's aide

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks said she plans to resign from her post and Donald Trump said that he would miss working with her.

Mar 1, 2018

Stoneman Douglas students return to school after fatal mass shooting

The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida returned to school for the first day of instruction after a deadly shooting on 14 February 2018.

Mar 1, 2018