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The Supreme Court has come up with strong measures to curb the rising incidents of acid attacks on young women and asked the Centre, States and Union Territories to make this offence non-bailable. In addition, the apex court has fixed…

The death toll in Mid-Day Meal tragedy in Bihar's Chhapra, has gone up to 23 with the demise of another kid last night. At least two kids are still in the ICU, while many other remain critical. They are being treated in Patna and Chhapra.…

Farhan Akhtar acted ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ has played well at the box office. The Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra directed movie collected a huge sum of Rs 39 crore merely in five days of its release on 12 July 2013. ‘Bhaag Milka Bhaag’ was the…

In a desperate bid to counter the offensive by Chinese forces on the border, India has decided to deploy a special crop of 50,000 additional troops to be deployed at the cost of Rs 65,000 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Security headed…

At least five policemen, including three from the Special Auxillary Police Unit, were killed when the naxals launched a daring attack on them in Aurangabad, Biihar on Wednesday. The deceased included two private security guards. The…

A day after POSCO dropped a 6 mt/year Steel Plant project in Karnataka, another Steel giant ArcelorMittal has decided to scrap its ambitious Rs 40,000 crore Steel Plant in Odisha, citing inordinate delay in implementation. The project would…

UK scientists claim to have developed a new method to charge mobile phones using human urine. Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have invented a new method of charging cell phones using urine as the power source to…

Santosh Lal, Indian skipper MS Dhoni's close friend and the man, who taught him the famous 'Helicopter Shot', died in New Delhi after a serious illness. Santosh was airlifted to Delhi to be treated for pancreatitis. Dhoni did his best to…

The Supreme Court has refused to reduce the age for Juveniles from 18 to 16 if they are accused of heinous crimes. The apex court ruled that they would continue to be tried by a Juvenile Board under the Juvenile Justice Act. The Public…

Days after he came out in support of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, saying the latter's "puppy' remark was misinterpreted, Hamirpur MP Vijay Bahadur Singh was expelled from the BSP on charges of going against the party's "philosophy and…