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  AHMEDABAD: "Mujhe teg karna ne, bhai," says Shahbaz Khan via Facebook chat. Khan, who is a car mechanic, dropped out of class VII during the 2002 riots. Make him sit before a laptop and he becomes nervous. Keyboards make him jittery. But give him a touch-screen smartphone and he is in fami

NEW DELHI: Women's groups have criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's view on rape in "India" and "Bharat" for being regressive. But data shows that not only are Bhagwat's views regressive, they're also plain wrong. While the National Crime Records Bureau does not split registered cases of sexual a

NEW DELHI: While Nirbhaya's brutal gang-rape horrified the nation, the events that followed the crime revealed shocking callousness on the part of both citizens and the police. In his first public statement, Nirbhaya's friend said on Friday that the two of them lay naked on the road for more tha

The Madras High Court has ordered the transfer of the investigation of a case relating to the alleged gang rape and murder of a 37-year-old software engineer in January 2011, to the CB-CID for further investigation. Passing the order on a petition by the woman’s husband, Justice A. Arumughaswamy

New Delhi: The capital got no respite from the bitter cold as the minimum temperature today settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four notches below average. The Met office has forecast a clear day ahead. "The city was enveloped by the fog in the morning, but the day will be clear. The maximum tempera

New Delhi: Rapes are rare in "Bharat" (rural India) but occur frequently in "India", said Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the right-wing RSS or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The organisation is the ideological mentor of the main opposition party, the BJP. "You go to villages and forests of the count

ABU DHABI — Most of them are too young to drive, but election campaigns and voting are around the corner for the country’s youth. The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Federal National Council (FNC) announced on Friday the creation of a 54-member youth parliament comprised of primary and secondary

Bhatkal – 04 Jan 2012: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today held protest rally in Bhatkal against Delhi rape incident. On this occasion the protesters shouted slogan and displayed placards against the rapist and demanded strict action. The rally began from Ranginkatte and concluded at

Bhatkal – 04 Jan 2012: Good news for residents of Bhatkal as taluka Post Office started issuing Aadhar card. According to the sources, around 30 to 50 cards are issued every day. To apply for Aadhar card, one have to carry a voter id card and a birth certificate. For small children School certifi