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Teens, expelled from school for 'blackface', get more than Rs 8 crore compensation. What's the matter?

Two teenagers, who were expelled from an elite California Catholic school while falsely accused of wearing blackface, have been jointly awarded more than $1 million after successfully proving that it a green acne face mask.

10 May 2024 6:17 pm
Now, retired Mangaluru engineer loses Rs 1.6 crore in courier fraud

A retired engineer in Mangaluru, Karnataka has fallen victim to courier scam a new cyber fraud - losing a staggering amount of Rs 1.6 crore.

10 May 2024 4:43 pm
Karnataka Shocker! 32-yr-old beheads 16-yr-old fiancee after authorities stops their marriage, flees with her severed head

Shock and horror gripped Surlabbi village in Kodagu district as a 16-year-old girl, Meena, was allegedly beheaded by a 32-year-old man named Prakash.

10 May 2024 3:10 pm
Europe: Which countries have compulsory military service?

Against the backdrop of Russia's war on Ukraine and low birth rates, Germany is debating a return to compulsory military service. It wouldn't be the only country in Europe to do so.

10 May 2024 1:14 pm
VIDEO: Black U.S. airman fatally shot by police at home in Florida; family claims deputy went to wrong apartment

A black U.S. airman was fatally shot last week at his own apartment by police in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, local media reported on Thursday.

10 May 2024 12:50 pm
Uttar Pradesh: Youth arrested for editing photo showing CM Yogi washing Akhilesh Yadav's feet

A youth has been arrested by the police for editing a photo of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath indecently and posting it on social media from the Surajpur area of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh

10 May 2024 11:25 am
Mumbai: Palmist rapes woman for 3 years to 'rid her of evil spirits and sufferings', arrested

A palmist who claimed to be a self styled godman, was arrested by police on charge of allegedly raping a woman on several occasions for past three years under pretext of getting rid her of evil spirits and sufferings through occult practices, a ...

10 May 2024 11:11 am
Controversy on involvement of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict in campaigning for Sena-UBT candidate (VIDEO)

The involvement of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict in campaigning for Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate from Mumbai North-West Lok Sabha constituency, Amol G Kirtikar -- son of Gajanan Kirtikar, who belongs to the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena ...

10 May 2024 10:59 am
Haryana: Jalebi Baba, who raped 120 women after giving intoxicating tea and made obscene videos, dies in jail

Billu Ram alias Amarpuri, popularly known as Jalebi Baba, accused of raping 120 women, has died at Hisar's Central Jail-2 in Haryana, police said.

10 May 2024 10:46 am
3 men claiming to be cops forced victim to register fake complaint against Prajwal Revanna: NCW

The National Commission for Women (NCW) clarified that no victim has come forward to register a complaint against Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna, and one woman complainant who reached out to the commission alleged that she was forced to register a ...

10 May 2024 10:17 am
From sexual positions to not wearing condom: Stormy Daniels details sex with Trump at hush-money trial, denies using Trump encounter to make money

Adult film star Stormy Daniels denied using a sexual encounter with former US President Donald Trump to make money as she wrapped up testimony in his hush money trial.

10 May 2024 10:07 am
'Report from WhatsApp University': Opposition parties slam EAC-PM paper on rise in Muslim population

A working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) claiming a substantial jump in the share of the Muslim population in the country has evoked sharp reactions from opposition parties.

10 May 2024 9:55 am
Air India Express reinstates 25 terminated cabin crew members, restores airline services, offers refund for delayed flights

Air India Express has agreed to restore normal airline operations after hours of detailed deliberations between the crew and management members at the conciliation meeting held by the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) on Thursday, an official ...

10 May 2024 9:42 am
Pakistan: 7 barbers shot dead in their sleep in Gwadar city

Police said gunmen stormed into a house near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar city and shot workers in an apparent ethnic attack. The victims were originally from Pakistan's Punjab province.

9 May 2024 6:17 pm
'Campaigning not a fundamental right': ED files affidavit in SC, opposes interim Bail to Delhi CM Kejriwal

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court urging not to grant interim bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Excise policy case and said that the right to campaign for elections was ot ...

9 May 2024 5:31 pm
India elections: Why is no one talking about climate change?

Climate change hasn't appeared as a hot-button election issue in India, despite a staggering 80% of people living in areas at risk of climate-induced disasters.

9 May 2024 5:25 pm
Rainfall expected over Central, East & South Peninsular India: IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted a wet spell accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over Central, East and south Peninsular India till May 12.

9 May 2024 4:58 pm
Kerala: Wild female elephant killed in Palakkad after being hit by train, second incident at same crossing in a month

Palakkad (Kerala): A wild female elephant died after being hit by an express train while crossing the railway track at Kottekad along with her herd. This is the second such incident at the same crossing with a month. According to forest officials, the incident took place Monday around 11 pm, when the herd of elephants were crossing the railway track at Pannimada near Kottekad in Valayar-Kanjikode railway stretch. The elephant herd entered the Kunupully and Arakode populated area near the Kotte

9 May 2024 4:30 pm
Maruti Suzuki launches new Swift at starting price of Rs 6.49 lakh, 14% more fuel efficient

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Thursday launched the new Swift, the fourth generation premium hatchback, with a starting price of Rs 6.49 lakh (ex-showroom).

9 May 2024 2:55 pm
Maharashtra: Man rapes teenager who came to his home to watch TV, gets 20 yrs in jail

The District and Sessions Court here sentenced a man to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 20 years, under the POCSO Act, for sexually assaulting a teenage girl and making her pregnant.

9 May 2024 2:38 pm
Uttar Pradesh: 4 die due to asphyxia after falling into septic tank in Chandauli

Four people, including three labourers, died due to asphyxia after they came into contact with poisonous gas while cleaning a septic tank in the Mughalsarai area of Chandauli district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said.

9 May 2024 2:26 pm
Damdami Taksal chief asks Sikhs to have 5 kids; Women Commission says Women are not baby-making machines

Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal chief Harnam Singh Khalsa has triggered controversy for appealing the community to have at least five children to strengthen Punjab religiously, socially, politically and culturally.

9 May 2024 1:09 pm
Muslims cant claim rights to live-in relationship, if they have living spouse: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that Muslims cannot claim a right to a live-in relationship if they have a spouse, as such a relationship contradicts Islamic principles.

9 May 2024 12:11 pm
Nepal map on currency note stirs up border row with India

New Delhi has slammed Nepal's decision to come up with a new currency note featuring a map that claims border areas currently under India's control.

9 May 2024 11:34 am
Air India Express sacks 25 cabin crew members, day after mass sick leave; asks others to join duty

Air India Express Airlines has sacked around 25 cabin crew members a day after nearly 300 employees of the airline called in sick, leading to large-scale flight disruptions, news agency ANI and PTI reported citing sources within the airline.

9 May 2024 10:15 am
CBI arrests 4 for duping young Indian men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine war

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it has busted a major human trafficking network involved in trafficking of Indian nationals for combat roles in the Russian Army and arrested four in connection with the case.

9 May 2024 9:42 am
'Send CBI-ED to probe them': Rahul Gandhi hits back at PM Modi's 'deal with Ambani-Adani' jibe

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Adani-Ambani jibe linking the grand old party with the two industrialists.

9 May 2024 9:33 am
'Indians in East look Chinese, South like Africans': Congress leader Sam Pitroda stirs controversy again - WATCH

Congress leader Sam Pitroda stirred a major controversy yet again after remarking that 'Indians in the East resemble the Chinese while those in the South look like Africans'.

8 May 2024 3:59 pm
Will kill you today: Agitated woman throws 13-month old on the court floor, leaves judge shocked

Throwing a toddler on the floor would amount to the offence of attempt to murder, the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held while refusing to quash a FIR against a woman.

8 May 2024 2:53 pm
J&K: Baramulla police introduces GPS tracker anklets to monitor bailed out criminals

Police in Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla district on Wednesday affixed Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker for monitoring round the clock movement of a bailed out drug peddler.

8 May 2024 2:06 pm
Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections: Man arrested for demanding Rs 2.5 crore from Shiv Sena-UBT leader to manipulate EVMs

The Economic Offences Wing of city police on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly demanded Rs 2.5 crore on pretext of installing a special type of chip in EVM (electronic voting machine) for getting maximum votes for the party candidate.

8 May 2024 10:59 am
'Social-based not religion-based': Lalu Yadav clarifies Muslims should get reservation remark amid BJP backlash

After facing backlash for his Muslims should get reservation statement, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav clarified that It is social-based and not religion-based.

8 May 2024 10:06 am
Cyberattack in Kerala's Regional Cancer Centre: 20 lakh patient data stolen, ransom in cryptocurrency demanded

In one of the highest volumes of cyberattacks in India, details of 20 lakh patients with the Regional Cancer Center (RCC) here were compromised, affecting 11 out of 14 servers and causing disruptions in many divisions, including the Radiation ...

8 May 2024 9:44 am
Delhi HC slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on man for making Lord Hanuman his co-litigant in temple land dispute

The Delhi High Court has imposed Rs. 1 lakh costs on a man who made Lord Hanuman a co-litigant to an appeal concerning the dispute of a private temple.

7 May 2024 6:10 pm
Credibility of ECI at all time low: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to INDIA bloc leaders

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday, in a letter to the leaders of INDIA block parties, while expressing concern over the 'discrepancies in the voting data' released by the Election Commission of India, that the credibility of the ...

7 May 2024 3:11 pm
Ex-Congress leader Radhika Khera and actor Shekhar Suman join BJP

Former Congress leader Radhika Khera and actor Shekhar Suman on Tuesday joined the BJP amid the ongoing Lok Sabha election.

7 May 2024 2:59 pm
Why are cancer cases rising in India?

The number of people suffering from cancer is expected to rise exponentially over the next two decades, health experts have warned.

7 May 2024 11:59 am
Delhi LG wants NIA probe against Arvind Kejriwal for receiving Khalistani funding, AAP says V K Saxena desperate for headlines amid elections

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has recommended a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly receiving funding for the AAP from the banned extremist organisation Sikhs for Justice ...

7 May 2024 11:03 am
Old woman tying rakhi to Modi playing with kid: Heartwarming scenes after PM cast vote in Ahmedabad (VIDEO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote on Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha election here in his home state. Union Minister Amit Shah, who is in the fray from Gandhinagar, also exercised his franchise.

7 May 2024 10:38 am
IAF Convoy Attack: J&K Police announces Rs 20 lakh reward for info on terrorists

Even as an intensive search operation is being carried out to track the terrorists who attacked the convoy of Indian Air Force, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday have released a sketch of terrorists and announced Rs 20 lakh reward for sharing ...

6 May 2024 4:52 pm
NTA refutes reports of NEET-UG 2024 question paper leak; calls it baseless and without any ground

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday refuted the reports about the leakage of NEET-UG 2024 question paper, saying it is completely baseless and without any ground.

6 May 2024 4:28 pm
West Bengal: Boy killed, 2 injured while playing with bomb mistaking it for a ball in poll-bound Hooghly

A boy was killed and two were critically wounded in a bomb explosion on Monday in West Bengal's Hooghly district, which will vote in the fourth phase Lok Sabha elections on May 20.

6 May 2024 1:28 pm
NIT Calicut student jumps to death from 7th floor of hostel, leaves heartbreaking message to parents

A third-year B-Tech Engineering student tragically died by jumping from the seventh floor of a boys' hostel at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut.

6 May 2024 12:30 pm
BJP has agents in Pakistan who issuing statements to defame Congress party: J&K Congress President Vikar Rasool

J&K Congress President Vikar Rasool alleged on Sunday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has agents in Pakistan who are issuing statements to defame the Congress party in India.

5 May 2024 5:57 pm
Petrol prices would have gone up by Rs 20 if India had not resisted pressure: EAM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said if India had not resisted pressure from the West over purchase of Russian crude during the Russia-Ukraine conflict then petrol prices in India would have gone up by Rs 20 a litre.

5 May 2024 5:52 pm
Uttar Pradesh: Body of kidnapped teenager found in canal in Bulandshahr

Body of a 15-year-old boy kidnapped from Greater Noida was recovered from a canal in the Dehat Kotwali area of Bulandshahr district here in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, a police spokesman said.

5 May 2024 4:16 pm
Case lodged against SP workers for vandalising Maharana Pratap's statue (VIDEO)

A case was registered against the workers of Samajawadi Party (SP) for vandalizing the statue of Maharana Pratap and indulging in hooliganism in Mainpuri district here in Uttar Pradesh after which people staged a protest at Maharana Pratap Chowk on ...

5 May 2024 3:35 pm
Victim describes Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna's sexual assault at gunpoint

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has initiated legal proceedings against Prajwal Revanna, NDA candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, following a complaint lodged by a party employee.

5 May 2024 10:58 am
Sandeshkhali sting claims Suvendu Adhikari planned conspiracy, Mamata Banerjee calls BJP 'anti-Bengal'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday lashed out against the BJP, calling the party anti-Bengal and accusing it of having orchestrated a conspiracy to defame our state at every possible level.

5 May 2024 10:15 am
India: Afghan diplomat caught smuggling 25 kg gold bricks, resigns

Afghanistan's diplomat Zakia Wardak said she was stepping down as the consul-general in Mumbai because of organized attacks against her. Her statement made no mention of the alleged gold smuggling accusations.

5 May 2024 9:39 am