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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…

Delhi BJP Vice-President and well-known theatre personality Aamir Raza Husain, who openly criticised Narendra Modi in strongest possible words for his "puppy" remarks, has tendered his resignation from the party to save the party from…

West Indies bounced back strongly to beat Pakistan by 37 runs in the second ODI in Guyana and square the five-match series 1-1 with three matches to go. Pakistan had won the first ODI on the same ground two days ago. Pakistan won the…

The death toll in yesterday's Mid-Day Meal (MDM)) food poisoning, has reached 22 with the death of 10 more kids in the night. At least 25 kids are still be treated, while 10 of them are said to be critical. The serious schoolchildren have…