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11-year-old girl to become youngest mother in Britain

Police have said that the father of the baby is believed to be another minor, just a few years older than the girl.

Mar 19, 2017

Who is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath?

Adityanath was born as Ajay Singh Bisht in Garhwal. He took deeksha and changed his name.

Mar 19, 2017

Kim Jong-un oversees North Koreas high-thrust rocket engine test

North Korea has tested a new high-thrust rocket engine. Leader Kim Jong-un personally monitored the test calling it a new birth of North Korea’s rocket industry. The rocket engine could be used for long-range missiles. Recently, the U.S. and China agreed to persuade North Korea to move away from its weapons programmes.

Mar 19, 2017

Nicola Sturgeon hits out at Theresa May and promises IndyRef2 will go ahead

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has told British Prime Minister Theresa May that Scotlands future must be Scotlands choice at the SNP Spring Conference in Aberdeen on 18 March.

Mar 19, 2017

Rock n roll legend Chuck Berry dies, aged 90

Rock n roll legend Chuck Berry has died aged 90. He was found unresponsive at his home in St. Charles County, Missouri.Chuck Berry was born in 1926 and learnt to play the blues guitar as a teenager. He formed his first band in 1952 and worked on new songs all his life.Musicians around the world paid tribute to the late singer. Berry is survived by his wife of 68 years Themetta Toddy Suggs and four children.

Mar 19, 2017

CVC denies report claiming loss of data post-demonetisation

The migration of earlier data from the physical server to a cloud based storage application is taking some more time, the CVC said in a statement.

Mar 19, 2017

Donald Trump's '30 feet' Mexico wall to cost $21.6 billion, will take 3.5 years to build

The reports also states that the Trump administration is seeking to build a 30-feet high barrier made of series of fences and walls which looks "aesthetically pleasing in colour."

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath oath-taking ceremony: Spiritual guru sworn in as UP Chief Minister; Mohsin Raza only Muslim face in Cabinet

In a first, state BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma — were sworn in as deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. PM Narendra Modi is also attending the ceremony.

Mar 19, 2017

School tries to prevent students from giving Telangana SSC exam over non-payment of fees

Police have filed a complaint against the school for confining the students before the SSC exam.

Mar 19, 2017

Jat quota agitation: Protests turn violent in Haryana's Fatehabad district; Roads to avoid in Delhi-NCR

Yashpal Malik, the leader of the All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), agreed to meet Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar along with 20-30 protesters at noon on Sunday to have a one-on-one dialogue.

Mar 19, 2017

Paris airport attacker said he was 'ready to die for allah'

The assailant was described as "an extremely violent individual" by Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

Mar 19, 2017

Yellow Ambassador taxis are failing to survive test of time: One of Kolkata's famous identities on path to extinction?

The enthusiasm to operate yellow taxis in the City of Joy has come down alarmingly, thanks to the advent of modern service-providers like Ola and Uber and also the gradual disappearance of the iconic Ambassador itself.

Mar 19, 2017

Indus Waters Treaty: India-Pakistan expected to discuss five hydro projects at Permanent Indus Commission meet starting March 20

The Permanent Indus Commission is a bilateral commission comprising Indian and Pakistani officials who have been given the task to implement and manage goals of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.

Mar 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath is UP chief minister: 5 things that may happen now

Yogi Adityanath is a firebrand leader, but will his style of leadership court controversy in UP?

Mar 19, 2017

Two Indian clerics, who went missing in Pakistan, have been found

The two clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah were reportedly found in a remote village of Sindh province with no mobile connectivity.

Mar 19, 2017