Police in Madhya Pradesh have unearthed the operations of a child pornography group on WhatsApp which has international links. The admin of the group, which is said to have some 250 members from 28 countries including India and Pakistan is a Kuwaiti national. According to Madhya Pradesh Cyber Cell, the WhatsApp group was originally known …

In a tragic incident, a 68-year-old man who was being taken to a hospital lost his life midway after the ambulance carrying him was stuck in the Bharat Bandh protest by various SC/ ST outfits. The incident was reported from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. According to ANI the ambulance carrying him could not make it to the hospital …

Amid the growing concerns over digital data security following revelation of how third party apps collected user data from Facebook, the Indian government has introduced a draft policy to safeguard health related data of individuals. The draft Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) prepared by the Union Health Ministry aims to ensure  privacy and confidentiality of the patient health …

When Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently announced the names of the five new members of the state planning board, no one was surprised after seeing Kamala Pujari’s name on the list. Pujari, a tribal woman from Koraput district had become famous by preserving hundreds of local varieties of paddy and promoting organic farming. She is also known for having …

Initially it was a strange sight for people in Thiruvananthapuram, a foreigner walking around sticking bills all over the place. But when they got to know his story, many joined him, in his search and to spread the word across. Andrew Jordan, an Irish national has been frantically searching for his wife Liga Skromane, 33, who went missing in Kerala’s …

A serving Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel identified as Senthil Kumar has been arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for vandalising a statue of Dravidian icon EV Ramaswami, popularly known as Periyar in Pudukkottai. Kumar was arrested on Wednesday from his home, based on CCTV visuals from nearby. Police said the 35 year-old climbed the platform, smashed the statue’s head …

A 22-year-old youth was killed in North Delhi’s Vijay Vihar area on Thursday night, in what appears to be a selfie attempt gone horribly wrong. According to police, the man, identified as Vijay, was posing with his neighbour for selfies when the revolver accidentally went off, killing him on the spot. Police have also recovered a number of photos of …

Police in Sonipat, Haryana has arrested a Delhi-based doctor and two of his associates for allegedly running an illegal sex determination racket. Dr Subhash Jain, a resident of Narela, along with his two associates were arrested after health department authorities received a tip-off about their illegal actions, Hindustan Times reported. Based on the information, a pregnant woman was used to …

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an appeal against the Allahabad High Court ruling which acquitted Rajesh Talwar and his wife Nupur in the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The CBI’s appeal challenging the verdict comes nearly six months after the couple were let off in the case by the HC citing insufficient evidence …

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has ruled that human beings have the right to die with dignity and allowed passive euthanasia for terminally ill people, under strict guidelines. Passive euthanasia is a condition where there is withdrawal of medical treatment with the deliberate intention to hasten the death of a terminally-ill patient. PTI/File The five-member bench of the …