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Bulli Bai app row: Delhi Police seeks info from Twitter,GitHub; directs removal of offensive content

New Delhi(PTI): The Delhi Police has sought details from the GitHub platform about the developer of the controversial 'Bulli Bai' mobile application and has written to Twitter for information about the account handler who first posted about the app, officials said on Monday. The city police also

51% Indian women will be employable in 2022, compared to 46% men: Annual skills survey

India Skills Report 2022 was released by Wheebox, a talent assessment platform, with AICTE, Association of Indian Universities, Confederation of Indian Industries, and other agencies. New Delhi: A higher percentage of women than men have been found to be employable in India yet again, accordi

13 out of 14 dead in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor

CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other people on board IAF chopper died in Tamil Nadu chopper crash. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE updates on Gen Bipin Rawat's chopper crash news. Nation lost one of its bravest sons, Tweets President Ram Nath Kovind President

'Modi sarkaar selling India's assets': Sonia Gandhi slams govt over PSU disinvestment

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi alleged that the Modi government was insensitive towards farmers and common people. Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Modi government of selling India's assets. She also alleged that the government was insensitive to

Aurangabad: Indian teen arrested for beheading pregnant sister

Police in the western Indian state of Maharashtra have arrested a teenager suspected of beheading his pregnant older sister. The woman, 19, had married a man without her family's consent, local police officials said. She was making tea for her brother and mother whe

Vladimir Putin: What Russian president's India visit means for world politics

Visits by Russian presidents to India always invoke a sense of nostalgia. The Moscow-Delhi relationship dates back to the Cold War era and it has been strong ever since. This "all-weather" partnership is one of the success stories of global diplomacy, and a high mark for Russian Presi

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind leaders express concern over growing hate against worship places of minorities

New Delhi, 4th Dec. 2021: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) leaders have expressed concerns over the growing atmosphere of hate against places of worship of minorities in the country and called on the government to roll back other anti-people laws like CAA-NRC, hailing repeal of farm laws as a people’s vic

Omicron: India reports first cases of new Covid variant

Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant. One of them, a 66-year-old South African national, had travelled from there and has already left India, officials said. The second - a 46-year-old doctor in t

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: The Kashmiri skier taking India to Beijing

Arif Khan made it look easy as he slalomed downhill on the artificial slopes of Ski Dubai recently. That was the moment he became the first, and so far only, Indian athlete to qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which begins in February. For the 31-year-old, who h

Is it dangerous to crack a joke in India?

"We don't have a sense of humour," quips stand-up comic Sanjay Rajoura, in the opening scene of I Am Offended, a documentary on humour in India. He's possibly both right and wrong. Indians have a tangled relationship with humour. They love a staple of family and com

Is India ready for a third wave?

As we approach the third year of the pandemic, epidemiologist Chandrakant Lahariya writes about what India should learn from its fight against Covid-19. Anyone travelling through India's northern states would be forgiven for thinking that the pandemic is over. In th

Kangana Ranaut plays defiant card, asks which war took place in 1947

The actor, known for her provocative and often inflammatory statements, posted a series of questions on Instagram, also bringing in partition as well as Mahatma Gandhi and alleging that he let Bhagat Singh die and did not support Subhas Chandra Bose. Under attack for describing India’s Indepe

Pak Refuses Airspace Permission For New Srinagar-Sharjah Direct Flight

Srinagar-Sharjah Flight: Re-routing of flights from Srinagar to the United Arab Emirates (to ensure it doesn't cross Pakistani airspace) adds over an hour of flying time, raising fuel and ticket costs Pakistan has denied use of its airspace to a Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight - operated by lo

PM Modi Surprises Climate Summit With 2070 Net-Zero Vow For India

India stood out among top emitters, including the U.S. and China, that were being closely watched at the conference. Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised delegates at the COP26 climate summit with a bold pledge: the world's third-biggest emitter will reach net-zero by 2070. The announcem

In high-intensity airborne drills, army tests response capabilities in Ladakh as LAC row lingers

An airborne brigade, called Shatrujeet, is the centrepiece of the three-day high-altitude combat manoeuvres. The Indian Army on Monday launched airborne drills in eastern Ladakh to validate its rapid response capabilities including the inter-theatre movement of troops and equipment, precision

Tripura: Anti-Muslim violence flares up in Indian state

Tension prevails in India's north-eastern state of Tripura following attacks on mosques and properties owned by Muslims. Security has been tightened and restrictions on gatherings have been enforced in the affected areas. The violence followed clashes between Hindu gr

Aryan Khan: Bollywood actor's son granted bail in drugs case

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son has been granted bail 26 days after he was arrested for allegedly doing recreational drugs at a party. Aryan Khan, 23, was taken off a cruise ship that was on its way from Mumbai city to the state of Goa on 2 October. The Nar

Pegasus row: India's top court orders probe into snooping allegations

India's top court has appointed an independent panel to investigate allegations that spyware sold to governments was used to hack phones of MPs, activists and journalists. The Supreme Court's order followed multiple petitions seeking a probe into allegations of illegal surveillance.