Police Case Against Twitter User Who Threatened Journalist With Gang Rape
MUMBAI -- A case was registered yesterday against a person for allegedly threatening a woman scribe on Twitter that she will be "gangraped" in two days after she uploaded photos of the protest march to...
View ArticleGroom Killed In Celebratory Firing In UP
SITAPUR -- A marriage party turned out to be a sorrow affair on Wednesday evening after the groom was allegedly shot dead accidently in a celebratory firing. As per reports, the man who fired is yet to...
View ArticleIndian Doctoral Student Found Dead In Israel
TEL AVIV -- A 27-year-old Indian doctoral student of Tel Aviv University in Israel has been found dead in his dormitory room, police said. Raj Kumar Raja, was a research student in cancer studies at...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: 3 ABVP Office Bearers At JNU Quit; Man Gambles Wife Away...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost “The mental...
View ArticleJuvenile Hangs Himself At Observation Home, Govt Orders Probe
NEW DELHI -- A juvenile at an observation home for boys here as allegedly committed suicide following which Delhi government has ordered a departmental inquiry into the incident. Yesterday, a juvenile...
View ArticleJNU Row: Kanhaiya Under Constant Surveillance In Tihar Jail
NEW DELHI -- JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was taken to Tihar Jail last night and kept in a separate cell, following which authorities have sounded a high security alert inside the prison complex, and...
View ArticleRinging Bells Launches Freedom 251: World's Cheapest Smartphone Is Now...
A little-known smartphone company called Ringing Bells has launched the world's cheapest smartphone priced at ₹251 ($4) in India, astonishing observers. It has been pointed out that typically a...
View ArticleDelhi Police May Have To Drop Sedition Charges Against JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar
The Ministry of Home Affairs has hinted that the sedition charges against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar may have to be dropped. According to various reports, MHA officials have told reporters that the...
View ArticleHow Omar Abdullah Blew The Cover Of A Top Secret BJP-PDP Meeting In Srinagar
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, could easily write a best-selling spy thriller. It was, after all, his little investigative work that alerted the media to a top secret...
View ArticleBJP Lawmaker Did Not Say Farmer Suicides Are The Fashion
NEW DELHI -- Reports that Gopal Shetty described farmer suicides as the "fashion" has unleashed a volley of criticism against the Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Maharashtra. But a careful hearing...
View ArticleUP Family Kills Policeman Who Stopped Them From Playing Loud Music
BADAUN, Uttar Pradesh -- A policeman was killed and another injured by members of a family when they went to stop loud music being played by a DJ in Bilsi area, police said here today. Additional...
View ArticlePeter Mukerjea Wants Stay On Movie Inspired By Sheena Bora Muder Case
Prime accused in Sheena Bora muder, Peter Mukerjea, has appealed to the Bombay High Court to consider stay on the upcoming film Dark Chocolate. The multilingual film (in English, Hindi, and Bengali)...
View ArticleIndia's 'Strong' Centre Is Weakening Its Security
India's founders set out to build a strong Centre with independent state governments. But their experiment failed. Our state governments are not fully accountable - they depend on the Centre for...
View Article13 Faultlines Of India That The JNU Crackdown Exposed
The ongoing crackdown at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the subsequent events in New Delhi and around the country have bared several interlinked fault lines that have plagued the Indian republic....
View ArticleWhy We Need Better Academic Research For Health Policymaking
Formulating health policies pose numerous challenges. It usually occurs at a fast pace, involves disciplines outside healthcare and is required to be steeped in good economic and sometimes social...
View ArticleDear JNU, When Will You Protest For Our Soldiers?
Dear JNU protesters, My father is a retired Subedar Major of the Indian Army. When he saw you shouting slogans in support of terrorists, he turned off the television and left the room. He didn't say...
View ArticleSupreme Court Asks JNU Student Kanhaiya Kumar To Approach The High Court For...
The Supreme Court on Friday transferred the bail plea of jailed Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar to the Delhi High Court saying that if they heard the petition, it...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Central Unis Must Fly The National Flag; Widow Pawns Sons...
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View ArticleIndia's Oldest Performing Musician Dies At 107
KOLKATA -- The oldest performing musician of the country Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, a descendant of Tansen, passed away yesterday, family members said. The Padma Bhushan awardee was 107 and is survived...
View ArticleJat Protests: Haryana CM Calls For Meeting To Discuss Demands Of Leaders
ROHTAK -- With tensions rising in Rohtak due to ongoing protest by the Jat community over their demands of reservation, the administration on Friday blocked the mobile internet services in Jhajjar and...
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