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This Dasara You Can Enjoy Helicopter Ride From Sept. 15 To Oct. 2

Mysuru: This year too, tourists and residents can hop into choppers to get a bird’s eye view of all the iconic places in Mysuru including the famous Mysore Palace and the Chamundi Hill. The helicopter rides will begin from Sept. 15 to Oct. 2 and it will cost Rs. 2,300 per person. Last Dasara, the

BJP slaps legal notice on Ramachandra Guha for linking Gauri Lankesh murder to Sangh Parivar

BENGALURU: The BJP Yuva Morcha slapped a legal notice on Ramachandra Guha seeking an unconditional apology for linking the Sangh Parivar with the killing of Gauri Lankesh, prompting the noted historian to lament that “we no longer live in Vajpayee’s India”. The notice said Guha made the “utteranc

Rafael Nadal beats Kevin Anderson for third US Open title, 16th major

NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal against Kevin Anderson in the U.S. Open final shaped up as quite a mismatch - and that's exactly what it was. With his game at a high level at the end of an unusually easy path through a Grand Slam field, Nadal overwhelmed first-time major finalist Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 on

Narendra Modi to address students’ convention today; Students and staffs of Karnataka colleges made mandatory 'to be part of the address'

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a students’ convention September 11 to mark the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago address and BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya’s centenary celebrations. The theme of the convention is ‘Young India, New India‘. “Tomorrow I loo

“Hate spreads like fire, stand united against it”: Indo-Canadian politician who thwart anti-Islam protester

Toronto: Indo-Canadian Politician, member of the Ontario provincial parliament, Jagmeet Singh who was disrupted by a woman during an event in Brampton said that it was important to stand united against all forms of hate. According to the report published in Hindustan Times, referring the incident

One killed, Several Injured as Under-construction Flyover Collapses in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar,10 September 2017: A portion of an under- construction flyover collapsed near Bomikhal here, killing at least one man and injuring 11 persons, official sources said. About three-four persons were suspected to be trapped under the rubble, they added. Around 15 labourers were working on

Ram Jethmalani announces retirement, terms NDA's governance a calamity

New Delhi: Noted jurist Ram Jethmalani on Saturday announced his retirement from over seven-decade-long career as an advocate. Referring the present status of governance as the calamity, the 94-year-old former BJP leader said that the country is not in a good shape. "I am here just to tell you I

After gruesome Ryan student murder, 5-year-old girl allegedly raped in Delhi school; peon arrested

Just two days after the gruesome murder of a 7-year-old boy from Ryan International School in Gurugram, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a peon inside the premises of Tagore Public School on Saturday in Gandhi Nagar area of Shahdara, reported PTI. Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahadra Nu

Ryan International School flouted every High Court

RTI documents show that the Gurugram Regional Transport Authority has no record of whether buses of private schools were inspected for their fitness to ply, or if credentials of drivers and conductors were verified. The Ryan International tragedy in Gurugram was completely avoidable and the seven-y

Ryan International School murder: Bus conductor confesses to killing child, says he refused sex

In a shocking confession, the school bus conductor who murdered the 7-year-old boy inside the washroom of the Gurgaon-based Ryan International School, said that he murdered him because he objected to having sex with him. Ashok Kumar, 42, is a resident of Ghamroj village in Gurgaon and has been wo

Anxious First Lady of Turkey flies to Bangladesh to visit Rohingya Muslim camp

DHAKA: Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday to meet members of Rohingya Muslim community who have fled from ongoing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine. Erdogan and Cavusoglu, who arrived separately, are set to visit refugee camps in C

Kerala: 7 bombs recovered from RSS-controlled temple premises

KANNUR: Seven explosives have been recovered from Kannur Kizhoor area by the Police on Thursday. All the high-explosive steel bombs recovered at the premises of temple managed by the RSS, reported, Newsclick. The bombs were found in buckets covered with sacks, near the Vaireeghaathakan Bhagava

Tahir Merchant’s role in 1993 serial blasts was more serious than Yakub Memon’s: TADA court

Mumbai: The TADA court in Mumbai which sentenced Tahir Merchant to death in the 1993 serial blasts case has said that his role in the conspiracy was more serious than that of Yakub Memon. Memon, convicted in the earlier phase of trial, was the only one whose death sentence was confirmed by the Su

Coimbatore Bus Stand Collapse: 9 Killed, Over 20 Feared Trapped Under Debris

Coimbatore, Sept 7: At least nine people were killed and over 20 are feared trapped under the debris after the roof of a bus stand collapsed in Somanur on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. A team of police officers and fire brigade officials are carrying out the rescue operation. According t

Haryana Police investigating ‘supari’ claim for Dera violence

The Haryana Police is investigating claims that top Dera Sacha Sauda functionaries paid a ‘supari’ (contract) of Rs 5 crore to criminal elements to instigate violence in Panchkula and other places after sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction for rape. Haryana director general of police B

1993 Mumbai blasts verdict: Tahir Merchant, Feroz Khan awarded death penalty, Abu Salem gets lifer

Mumbai : Tahir Merchant and Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan, two of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, were awarded the death sentence by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) Court on Thursday in Mumbai. Other accused, Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan, were sentenced to life imprisonm

“India has committed a massive theft of people’s property – a shocking move for a democratically elected government”: Steve Forbes on Demonetization

Steve Forbes, the Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine sharply attacked Indian government’s demonetisation move stating ‘what they have done to the money is sickening and immoral’. An article written by Forbes in the magazine labeled the government’s decision as ‘massive theft of people’s property’

US military apologises for ‘offensive’ leaflets distributed that contained a dog along with Quran Verses

Kabul [Afghanistan]: The United States military in Afghanistan has apologised for “highly offensive” leaflets that were distributed by them in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan. The military had distributed anti-Taliban leaflets among the people that contained offensive material desecrating