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Delhi: Class 11 student tries to jump off school building after being drugged, raped

The 16-year-old victim, who lives with her family in Ghaziabad, said she met a man near her school on August 3. The man later gave her an intoxicant and allegedly raped her.

Aug 12, 2018

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Bihar shelter home rapes: CBI raids accused Brajesh Thakur's home, takes his son in custody

Bihar Police recovered a list of 40 mobile phone numbers along with the names of those revealed by Brajesh Thakur in the initial probe of this sex scandal case.

Aug 12, 2018

Despite big achievements, Delhi's innovative 'Traffic Sentinel App' still needs some improvements

Several app users claimed that despite registration of several complaints, no action has been taken by Delhi Police so far.

Aug 11, 2018

Online banking fraud: Beware of fraudsters' trap through messages, calls

As per the data provided by the Reserve Bank of India, over 25,800 fraud cases involving about Rs 179 crores were reported in December 2017.

Aug 11, 2018

In rare move, Rajya Sabha chair expunges PM Modi's jibe at UPA deputy chair candidate

PM Modi had made the remarks while congratulating NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh for his election to the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman by defeating Congress candidate BK Hariprasad.

Aug 11, 2018

Who is Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh? The incredible journey of a journalist

In 2014, Janata Dal gave Harivansh Singh a ticket to contest Upper House elections and he was elected unopposed.

Aug 10, 2018

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Mumbai: 3 'Kiki' challengers held for viral video on moving train; court directs them to clean Vasai railway station

A case has been filed under sections 156 (performing stunts), 154 (endangering the safety of passengers), 147 (entering railway premises or damaging property) and sections 145 B (indecency or nuisance) of The Railways Act.

Aug 10, 2018

BPCL shuts Mumbai hydrocracker unit after massive fire injures 43 workers

The refinery at Mumbai's Mahul-Chembur area was set up in 1955 and is BPCL's second-largest refinery. It has an installed capacity of 12 million tonnes per annum.

Aug 9, 2018

Editors Guild slams govt's attempt to punish 'unfriendly' news channels, silence inconvenient voices

The Editors Guild of India said that journalists have a legitimate democratic right to question the government on behalf of the citizens of the country

Aug 9, 2018

Justice KM Joseph to swear in as SC judge; upset apex court members criticise center's interference

Several Supreme court judges have said that the government order is unfair. They argue that Justice KM Joseph's name was nominated much before those of Justices Indira Banerjee and Vineet Sharan.

Aug 7, 2018

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Assam NRC tussle: Mamata's TMC to observe 'black day' to protest detention of leaders at Silchar airport

The Minister for Urban Development in the government of West Bengal, Bobby Hakim, has alleged that BJP updated NRC to generate ''communal tension'' among people.

Aug 4, 2018

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Maharashtra CM Fadnavis accepts Maratha quota demand; asks Central forces to counter violent protests

The Maharashtra government has requested for additional Central security forces to maintain peace during a new round of protests, which begin from August 9.

Aug 3, 2018

Man, woman equally responsible for adultery; SC slams law for promoting gender inequality

The apex court termed IPC's Section 497 as "manifestly arbitrary" and that it treats a married woman as a "chattel".

Aug 3, 2018

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After Assam NRC, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari asks AAP to identify Bangladeshis, Rohingyas in Delhi

National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, whose draft was released on Monday, July 30, excluded close to 40 lakh individuals currently residing in the state.

Aug 2, 2018

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BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose preaching moral lessons to his own party?

Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose and Tripura governor Tathagata Roy recently had a war of words on Twitter over goat meat.

Aug 1, 2018

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Gangraped goat's autopsy report: Human semen found in vulva; unlikely that it was raped by 8 men

As per an autopsy report, a major damage to a vital centre in her brain might have led to heart block and asphyxia.

Aug 1, 2018

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Manipur 'fake' encounter: SC criticizes CBI for filing 2 charge sheets against 14 dead people

Around 1,528 cases of alleged fake encounters have been brought before the apex court. Notably, all these cases are at different levels of prosecution.

Jul 31, 2018