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With Justice Indira Banerjee's elevation, SC has three women judges for the first time

With the elevation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee as the Supreme Court judge, the apex court has created a new record in the Indian judicial history. For the first time, the top court will have three sitting woman judges, that includes Justices R Bhanumathi and Indu Malhotra — th

Intruder storms into Farooq Abdullah's Jammu home, shot dead on stairs beading to bedroom

Jammu: An intruder was shot dead in the lobby of National Conference president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s Jammu residence on Saturday morning. As per initial information, the man drove at a high speed and banged his car against the main gate of the Bhatindi residence. He later go

Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, director of 'The Accidental Prime Minister', arrested for Rs 34 crore GST fraud

New Delhi: Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, director of the upcoming movie The Accidental Prime Minister, has reportedly been arrested for alleged Goods and Services Tax fraud of at least Rs 34 crore. Gutte was arrested by the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGSTI) in Mumbai, as

Aadhaar toll free number: People clueless as UIDAI helpline enters their phone’s contact list

Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday with a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebooks by default. UIDAI, which is yet to issue an official statement on this, has replaced the earlier helpline number — 1800-300-

3-year-old girl who fell in 110-feet deep borewell in Bihar's Munger rescued

MUNGER: Sanno, a three-year-old girl who fell in a 110-feet deep borewell in Munger district of Bihar, was safely rescued after several hours of coordinated efforts by the SDRF and the NDRF officials. News agency ANI confirmed that the 3-year-old girl who was stuck in a 110 feet deep borewell for

Jazeera airways flight, carrying 150 passengers, catches fire after landing; passengers safe

Hyderabad: One of the engines of a Jazeera Airways aircraft, carrying about 150 passengers, caught fire after the plane landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here in the early hours on Thursday. Airport sources said the Air Traffic Control and also some members of the ground staff noti

Tantrik inserts 9 needles in Kolkata girl’s throat, Doctors spend 3 hours to save her life

Religion is a concept that can give people hope, peace of mind and a sense of security to help them get through tough times. However, considering how it’s on the polar opposite end of science, mixing them up usually leads to catastrophic conclusions. As religion has an overbearing influence on almos

FIR against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for remarks against draft Assam NRC

On Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM), the youth wing of BJP has filed an FIR in Naharkatia police station at Assam's Dibrugarh, after the Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister reportedly remarked that expanding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in her state would

4-month old dies after developing breathing problem on board IndiGo flight

New Delhi/Hyderabad: A four-month-old baby died after developing a breathing problem onboard a Patna-bound IndiGo flight at the Hyderabad airport on Tuesday. The boy was travelling with his parents from Bengaluru in the flight when he developed the breathing problem, police said. IndiGo said t

40 lakh in Assam labelled ‘illegals’ after massive SC-monitored drill

GUWAHATI: After a massive Supreme Court-monitored exercise to identify illegal migrants living in Assam, the Registrar General of India (RGI) on Monday found 40 lakh people ineligible to be included in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC). This set off strong political reactions with the op

Two more suicides in Maharashtra over Maratha quota demand

Mumbai: The Maratha quota protest has led to three suicides in the state in as many days, taking the total number of suicides to five. A body of a 35-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in a forest at Beed, 390 km from Mumbai, today morning. In a suicide note left behind by Abhijeet Deshmukh,

Hackers deposit Re 1 in Trai chief's account

Ethical hackers on Sunday claimed to have the bank account details of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman R S Sharma and posted the same on Twitter. Users also posted screenshots of sending Re 1 to Sharma via the Aadhaar-Enabled Payment Service using apps like BHIM and Paytm, and t

7 members of a family commit suicide in Ranchi

Just days after mass suicide by 11 members of a family in Burari in the national capital shocked the country, a similar case has come to the fore. At least seven members of a family allegedly committed suicide in Jharkhand capital Ranchi. The mass suicide was allegedly committed by the family res

Woman sues doctors for ‘wrongly diagnosing’ tumour as pregnancy

CHENNAI: A woman, who alleged that she was wrongly diagnosed for a tumour in her abdomen as pregnancy by doctors of Kasturba Government Maternity Hospital at Triplicane has approached the Madras High Court seeking a compensation of `five lakh besides appropriate action against the doctors and other

Big boost for Yogi’s UP: PM Modi launches projects worth Rs 60,000 crore; Jio, TCS, Adani among big names

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched projects involving an investment of Rs 60,000 crore which were materialised following the Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit earlier this year. The summit had led to the generation of investment intent for 81 out of the 1,045 Memorandums of Understandin

Pregnant goat dies after being allegedly gangraped by 8 men in Haryana

Police have booked eight men in a village in Haryana’s Mewat district for raping a goat Wednesday night. The seven-year-old goat was pregnant and died a day after the assault, police said. Police said the accused are locals and alleged history-sheeters. Three of them were beaten up by villagers i

33 killed as bus carrying tourists falls into gorge in Raigad in Maharashtra

Thirty three people were killed when a bus carrying 34 people to Mahabaleshwar on a picnic fell into a deep gorge off Ambenali Ghat in Raigad district on Saturday. Raigard collector Vijay Suryawanshi confirmed the death toll. Only one person, Prakash Sawant Desai, survived as he jumped out of

Uttar Pradesh: 27 killed as heavy rains wreak havoc

Lucknow: At least 27 people were killed as heavy rains wreaked havoc in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, a government spokesperson said on Friday in Lucknow. Thundershowers are likely to continue at many places across the state, the MET office said. Widespread rains in different parts of the state