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Centre to scrap 'pick and choose' adoption policy from Labour Day

We are also trying to discourage commodification of adoptable children where parents can pick and choose, CEO, Child Adoption Resource Authority said.

Apr 30, 2017

Juncker jokes about food at dinner with Theresa May

After the EU summit on Brexit, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was questioned about a dinner with Theresa May which was alleged to have gone badly.

Apr 30, 2017

EC seeks 5-year ban on candidates chargesheeted for bribing voters

The EC has decided to write to the Law Ministry to seek changes in the Representation of the People Act.

Apr 30, 2017

JNU professor fights back after students damage his car for honouring Sukma attack and Kupwara encounter martyrs

Professor Buddha Singh, who teaches computer science at JNU has chided students from the university over his car being vandalised. Read to know what happened.

Apr 30, 2017

McCanns still hope to find missing Maddie 10 years after her disappearance

Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann have spoken ahead of the 10th anniversary of their daughters disappearance. In an interview with the BBC to mark the occasion, the couple spoke of their continuing hope that Maddie will be found alive.

Apr 30, 2017

NITI Aayog plans simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections from 2024, but has it considered the hurdles?

Combined elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies may become a reality by 2024. Read to know how that could benefit us, and what hurdles stand in the way of this step.

Apr 30, 2017

Trump blasts media at 100th day rally in Pennsylvania

US President Donald Trump took part in a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, 29 April instead of attending the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday becoming the first American president to miss the event since Ronald Reagan in 1981, who was hospitalized at the time.

Apr 30, 2017

Illegal poaching racket allegedly run by retired Colonel busted in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut

Around 140 weapons, 50,000 cartridges, animal skins of leopard and black buck were seized. Nearly 117 kgs of nilgai (blue bull) meat packed in over 45 boxes and an amount of Rs 1 crore were also recovered from the colonel's house.

Apr 30, 2017

100 days of Donald Trump: US President praises his 'historic progress,' attacks media at Pennsylvania rally

Trump told his supporters at the rally that he was keeping "one promise after another," and deemed the criticism he has faced so far as "fake news".

Apr 30, 2017

Mann Ki Baat: Read the full text of the April 30 radio address by PM Modi to the nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on various issues at the April 2017 edition of Mann Ki Baat. Read on to find out.

Apr 30, 2017

Watch how 'Indian-American Muslim kid' Hasan Minhaj takes a dig at Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner

Comedy Central's The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj had a go at the Trumps and Fox News's Bill O'Reilly at the White House Correspondents Dinner 2017.

Apr 30, 2017

Kerala man Abu Tahir, who allegedly joined Al-Qaeda, killed in US attack in Syria

A relative of Tahir in Sharjah received the message of his death on April 4.

Apr 30, 2017

EC to call all-party meeting to assure EVMs cannot be tampered with: Nasim Zaidi

Zaidi said that the poll panel wishes to use voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) in all the upcoming elections to ensure more transparency and also to boost public confidence in the electoral process.

Apr 30, 2017

Digvijay Singh removed as in-charge of Congress' Goa, Karnataka units; Madhusudan Mistry stripped of AICC gen secy charge

The decision comes after the Congress' failure to form government in Goa despite having emerged as the single largest party in the assembly elections in the state.

Apr 30, 2017

Watch: India unveils ambitious plan to have only electric cars by 2030

Union power minister Piyush Goyal has unveiled an ambitious plan that sees India using only electric vehicles by 2030. Read to know how he is working to make this a reality.

Apr 30, 2017