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Karnataka: Man rapes toddler in Belagavi district, tries to bury her alive

NEW DELHI SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 2017: Several high-profile cases of rape or attempted rape have been in the news recently. Yesterday, a school peon was arrested in Delhi's Shahdara for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl. Police have arrested a man who allegedly raped a two-and-a-half-year-old girl

SIM cards not linked to Aadhaar to be deactivated after February 2018

New Delhi :  The government is moving ahead with linking Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards and all unlinked phones will be deactivated after February 2018, said informed sources. Sources told news agency IANS that linking of Aadhaar and mobile is being done as per the orders

Kuwait jails three officials of banned group

Kuwait City - Kuwait's Appeals Court sentenced three officials of a banned group on Wednesday to five years in prison and gave suspended terms to three others, a legal source said. The judgment was a reversal of a lower court's decision earlier this year to acquit the men. The six men were cha

Two stranded Indians return from Oman

Two of the 15 people from Telangana who were stranded in Oman after they lost their jobs, arrived home on Saturday. The Indian embassy and Telangana government facilitated the return of the migrants who were working for a construction firm in Muscat. Trouble began for them more than six months ag

In 8 years, a billion riders used Dubai Metro

Dubai: Dubai Metro has crossed a billion riders mark as it celebrates its eighth anniversary since the beginning of its service on 09/09/09, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Saturday. Mattar Al Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors

SIT yet to rule out Naxal angle in Gauri Lankesh killing

BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh is yet to rule out the involvement of Naxals, suspicions of which first surfaced on Wednesday . And a day after a report from local officers and personnel from Dakshina Kannada, senior officers had requ

India vs Australia: Selectors to mull on R Ashwin, team for 3 ODIs to be picked today

New Delhi: The national selection committee will be taking a call on whether to summon Ravichandran Ashwin midway through his county stint as they pick the squad for the first three ODIs against Australia on Sunday. Ashwin is currently playing for Worcestershire in the Division two of the English

India will be under pressure against Australia: Mohammed Shami to India TV

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is confident of India's good show against Australia in the upcoming limited-overs series, starting from September 17. India will play five one-day internationals and three T20Is against Steve Smith's men. Shami said the team achieved a clean sweep against Sri Lanka and wil

SLC issue clarification on India vs Sri Lanka one-off T20I toss blunder

The India vs Sri Lanka series might have come to an end, but the controversy regarding the toss of the only T20I between the two sides is far from over. India had officially won the toss and elected to field first. This was also Virat Kohli’s first ever toss win in a T20I as captain. However, it was

Rohingya crisis: After Dhaka envoy meets S Jaishankar, India calls for ‘restraint’

Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over “extremist violence” in Rakhine but did not mention the persecution of the minority Rohingya Muslim community, Dhaka, in an unusual move on Saturday, asked New Delhi to put pressure on the Myanmar government to take steps for peace

Hurricane Irma nears Florida with devastating winds, storm surges

FORT MYERS: Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday with devastating winds and life-threatening storm surges, prompting one of the largest evacuations in US history, after a destructive march up Cuba's northern coast. The storm was a Category 4 hurricane about 70 miles (115 k

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

'I' am a Nationalist, not Hinduist': Anant Kumar Hegde in Bengaluru

Bhatkallys News Service/ AJ Asadi Benagluru 09 Sept 2017: Newly inducted cabinet minister from Karnataka and five times MP from Uttar Kannada District Anant Kumar Hegde yesterday clarified about him being an 'Nationalist and not Hinduist'. He was speaking at the press conference in Bengaluru Part

30 daily-use items cheaper under GST; cess on luxury cars hiked

HYDERABAD: Mid-sized and luxury cars as also SUVs will cost more after the GST Council on Saturday decided to levy an additional 2 to 7 per cent cess on them but exempted small and hybrid cars from any hike. A 2 per cent additional cess will be levied on mid-sized cars, 5 per cent on large cars a

Researchers find secret, warm oasis beneath Antarctica's ice that could be home to undiscovered species

Deep within Antarctica’s ice caves, a group of scientists may have discovered a secret ecosystem of plants and animals being supported by the warmth of an active volcano. Although average year-long temperatures on Ross Island hover around -17C, including six months between April and September whe

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

Oil marketing companies have decided to install high security devices.

NEW DELHI: To curb malpractices at petrol and gas stations, the government today said oil marketing companies (OMCs) have agreed to install high-security devices to check refill of fuel and gas. The deadline for installation of new security devices will be decided next week. Presently, securit