Even as the country is outraging over the brutal Telangana rape and murder of a 27-year-old government veterinary doctor, crime against women continue unabated. On November 2, a young woman was allegedly gangraped by a former police constable along with his accomplices at a government quarter near Jhadeswari temple in Puri, Odisha. The incident took …

IAS officer Ashok Khemka has been transferred yet again making this his 53rd transfer in 28 years of service. Reacting to his his latest posting, saying the “reward for honesty is humiliation”.  Haryana government on Wednesday issued transfer order to 14 IAS officers, including Khemka. “Phir tabadla (transferred again),” the 1991-batch officer tweeted. “Same thing again. Constitution Day was celebrated …

In a completely unanticipated turn of events on Saturday morning, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) joined hands and ruling out a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra this morning with NCP’s Ajit Pawar as his deputy. The development stunned all as on Friday evening NCP leader Sharad …

Twenty-seven-year-old Reema Juffali is all set to shatter the glass ceiling and carve a path for herself as she gears up to get behind the wheels as the first Saudi woman to race in the kingdom. Juffali is the first women to challenge participants in the male-dominated motor sport. Until June last year, such feats for women were unimaginable in …

The Supreme Court of India will today pronounce the historic verdict in the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, which has dominated the country’s political discourse for decades. The case, full of twists and turns, led to a series of court battles with groups staking claim to the site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. Taking precautionary measures, authorities have stepped up security …

A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten up by four men from a backwards community for dropping dishes at an eatery in Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. According to a complaint filed with the police, Pragnesh Parmar was hit by Mahesh Thakor, Jogi Thakor and two others when he went to Mahesh’s eatery for dinner and accidentally dropped a dish, …

Surgeons from Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University were involved in a five-hour long operation to clear 52 kilograms of plastic from the stomach of an ailing cow. In what could be labelled as a chilling example of undiscerning use of plastic and its disposal, the cow was found to have ingested huge quantities of plastic from the waste …

The 2nd runner up at the Miss Kohima 2019 pageant has an imperative message for prime minister Narendra Modi. Vikuonuo Sachu, an 18-year-old participant at the pageant, was armed with an answer when she was asked by one of the judges what she would tell PM Modi if he asked her to chat with him.  “If I were invited by …

Iran has arrested an Instagram celebrity known for radically changing her appearance through cosmetic surgery, Tasnim news agency has reported. Sahar Tabar, a social media star, was detained on the orders of Teheran’s guidance court, which deals with “cultural crimes and social and moral corruption.” Tabar faces charges including blasphemy, inciting violence, gaining income through inappropriate means and encouraging youths …

After making a U-turn on banning single-use plastics, the government has announced that single-use plastics will not be allowed on the premises of historical monuments or within 100 metres of them. “Single-use plastics will not be allowed inside monuments and within 100 metres of them,” tourism minister Prahlad Patel said at the launch of tourism fair ‘Paryatan Parv’. “Efforts are …