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Raghuram Rajan enters Clarivate list of probables for Economics Nobel

Rajan's name has been nominated owing to his "contributions illuminating the dimensions of decisions in corporate finance".

Oct 7, 2017

Mob stones 70-year-old man to death in Kashmir mistaking him for a braid chopper

A 70-year-old man was brutally stoned to death by the mob at Anantnag, in Kashmir, on Friday.

Oct 7, 2017

Darul Uloom Deoband fatwa bans Muslim women from plucking eyebrows, cutting hair

Darul Uloom Deoband has also banned women from cutting their hair and discouraged them from visiting beauty parlours. Read on to know why.

Oct 7, 2017

Modi Govt is changing national discourse to hide its failure: Manish Sisodia on The Talk [VIDEO]

AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia says that the Central government is changing the national discourse to take the heat off important issues.

Oct 7, 2017

Two children choked to death after negligent parent locks them in car for 7 hours

The man locked the car using a remote key without knowing that the children got stuck inside.

Oct 7, 2017

Women, schoolgirls in Trichy WHIPPED by priests in bizarre ritual to ward off evil spirits [VIDEOS]

"A lash here cures all ills, physical or mental. I have been receiving lashes at the temple for past decade," a 60-year-old woman said.

Oct 7, 2017

Trump warns Pakistan over harbouring terrorist groups; US diplomats to visit soon

"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting," said US President Donald Trump, earlier in August, in his address over Pakistan harbouring terrorist groups.

Oct 7, 2017

Women get raped at parties and not in fairs: Karnataka women's panel chief

The KSWDC chairperson made this statement at the launch of the 'A Billion Eyes' campaign. Read on to know more.

Oct 7, 2017

Denmark joins Austria and other European nations to ban burqa and niqab

Denmark is set to restrict any form of full-face covering including the Islamic veils like the burqa and niqab, but a date for a formal vote is yet to be announced.

Oct 7, 2017

Seven of the weirdest items you can buy with Che Guevaras face on

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Che Guevaras death, we take a look at the seven weirdest items you can buy with the communist icons face adorned on.

Oct 7, 2017

New Orleans hunkers down for Hurricane Nate as US mainland gears up for another storm after Harvey and Irma

Numerous residents of New Orleans have been evacuated in preparation and the city mayor has also urged them to stock up supplies and not venture out on Saturday and Sunday.

Oct 7, 2017

Rohtak girl commits suicide after principal insults her for reporting harassment

The girl was being harassed by a boy in her school but instead on being supportive towards her, the principal favoured the boy. Read on to know what happened next.

Oct 7, 2017

Delhi: 4 women from same family, security guard found dead in Shahdara

The police rushed to the spot as soon as they got to know about the dead bodies early in the morning at 7.30 am.

Oct 7, 2017

Las Vegas police say they pursued more than a 1,000 leads, but still no clear motive

Las Vegas police investigating the deadliest shooting the US history have said they are now following up more than 1,000 leads but still do not have a clear motive. Gunman Stephen Paddock reportedly fired hundreds of rounds per minute for 10 minutes from a 32nd-floor hotel suite, killing 58 people and wounding more than 500. The 64-year-old killed himself before police stormed his suite.

Oct 7, 2017

Muzzaffarnagar: 4 men gangrape woman at gunpoint in front of husband, child

A woman from Muzzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh was gangraped at gunpoint in a sugarcane field by four men in front of her family. Read to know more.

Oct 7, 2017