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Regionalism on the rise? Bengaluru woman molested and asked to 'learn Kannada', friend slapped

Four men were arrested after the victim lodged a complaint with Chikkajala police station.

Mar 20, 2017

Could Theresa May call an early general election?

The next general election in the UK is not due until 2020, and thanks to the 2011 Fixed-Term Parliament Act it has become more difficult than ever before for a prime minister to call a so-called snap election. IBTimes UK looks at the process of calling an early vote, and at just what would have to happen for Theresa May’s government to trigger a general election in 2017.

Mar 20, 2017

Yogi Adityanath as UP chief minister is a gamble: 5 risks that Narendra Modi took and they paid off

Narendra Modi loves to take gambles and enjoys the outcome. He has been seen making risky moves even before becoming the PM in 2014 and almost each time, they have delivered.

Mar 20, 2017

Uttarakhand HC recognises rivers ganga and Yamuna as first living entities of India

Several projects to clean up Ganga River are expected to be given a boost after Bharatiya Janata Party's win in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections.

Mar 20, 2017

Beef ban in UP and Uttarakhand imminent? Allahabad slaughterhouses closed; Trivendra Singh Rawat backs law to protect cows

It will be interesting to see how the Opposition — which was unable to reverse beef bans in Maharashtra and Haryana — reacts to these developments.

Mar 20, 2017

London hammer attack: Indian-origin man held for killing toddler son, critically injuring daughter

Bidhya Sagar Das was hunted down by Scotland Yard after being on the run for 20 hours. He lived with his partner and the two kids at their north London home near Finsbury Park.

Mar 20, 2017

Donald Trump says North Koreas Kim Jong-Un is acting very, very badly

US President Donald Trump on 19 March, criticised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he was acting very, very badly. Trump was speaking to reporters while departing his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where he spent the weekend. His comments come two days after he accused China of doing too little to help curb Pyongyangs weapons drive.

Mar 20, 2017

Two missing Indian clerics return to India, to meet Sushma Swaraj today

Syed Asif Nizami and his nephew Syed Nazim Nizami travelled to Pakistan on March 6, but were reported missing on March 16 after their families lost contact with them.

Mar 20, 2017

Move over Denmark, Norway is now world's happiest country

Norway was ranked fourth in the United Nations' World Happiness Report last year. It has now jumped three spots to become the happiest country in the world.

Mar 20, 2017

Yogi Adityanath's journey begins: 5 former UP chief ministers he can keep in mind as he assumes office

While a lot of apprehension is in the air about Hindutva leader Yogi Adityanath's journey as the CM of Uttar Pradesh, he can learn some lessons from five of his predecessors who ruled the state after Independence.

Mar 20, 2017

Is Rahul Gandhi a goner now? Chidambaram wants THIS politician to lead a united Opposition against the BJP

There has been growing clamour to remove Rahul Gandhi from the leadership of the Congress and a possible anti-BJP front in the country after the recent Assembly elections debacle.

Mar 20, 2017

Indian Army rescues tourists stuck in blizzard in Arunachal Pradesh; Bulgarian woman falls to death

The Indian army has rescued 127 people including five foreign nationals from a blizzard in Arunachal Pradesh.

Mar 20, 2017

Despite postponement of Jat quota agitation, Haryana readies for trouble in state

As many as 12,000 policemen have been deployed on Haryana-Delhi borders.

Mar 20, 2017

'23 fake universities, 279 fake technical institutes across India,' says UGC

The UGC and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), in its annual review, had released a list of fake educational institutions on their websites.

Mar 20, 2017

Maharashtra doctors go on mass leave: Here are the 3 attacks on medical staff by patients' kin that led to the strike

Around three-quarters of all doctors in Mumbai and many more across the state have joined the strike.

Mar 20, 2017