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60-yr-old man arrested for allegedly raping 9-yr-old girl
A 60-year-old man was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl at Sector 31 in Gurgaon, police said. According to police, an FIR was filed by the victim's father against one Chedi Lal for allegedly committing the crime on Monday.
Two arrested for molesting a woman in Metro
Two youths were arrested on Tuesday on the charge of molesting a woman while travelling in metro in the city. Arun Singh and his associate, both students, allegedly passed lewd comments and outraged the modesty of a woman who was travelling in the Metro w...
News briefs: Plans for new amusement park in the city in Indore
The city is all set to have a new amusement park with water sports facility. The Indore Development Authority (IDA) in collaboration with Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has prepared a blueprint for developing the Meghdoot garden. According to the plan...
AMU clears air on Urdu, says Hindi also an option for graduates
Aligarh Muslim University on Tuesday sought to defuse the ongoing row over making Urdu compulsory for graduates, saying its recent move was "misconstrued" as all undergraduate students will have to clear a compulsory paper either in Hindi or Urdu. AMU Vic...
Indian Players emerge the biggest gainers from the IBL auction
World number one Lee may have attracted the highest bid but the Indian players emerged as the biggest gainers in the auction of the IBL.
Honour for film personalities on Uttam Kumar's death anniversary
The West Bengal government will honour 50 Bengali film personalities on Uttam Kumar's death anniversary.
K'taka: Family gets BPL ration card after death of malnourished child
The government denied that the child denied of malnutrition but claimed that she succumbed to pneumonia.
India gets its second Boeing Globemaster transport plane
Boeing will deliver 3 more IAF C-17s this year and 5 in 2014. C-17s are capable to operate in extreme conditions
60 lakh saplings planted in three districts of Shahdol division
A record 60 lakh saplings have been planted in three districts of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol division. State forest minister Sartaj Singh launched the mega campaign on Monday by planting a sapling at Diyapeepar village in Gohparo development block of Shahdo...
LG, Samsung start selling curved TVs in the US
The curved sets are made possible by a technological breakthrough - the picture is formed a thin, bendable layer of organic light-emitting diodes.
US: Obama congratulates Britain's royal family on birth of baby
Barack Obama said that the Americans are pleased to join with the people of the United Kingdom as they celebrate the birth of the young prince.
Sampras predicts Wimbledon record is safe
Sampras doesn't see anyone being able to conquer Wimbledon's grass courts the way he and Federer did.
Will ask internet service providers to block online porn, says UK
British Prime Minister David Cameron says he wants Internet service providers to automatically block access to pornography sites unless customers opt in. Cameron is proposing the move as part of measures to stop extreme sexual images he says are "corrodin...
India lacks the system to run the mid-day meal scheme: Prabhakar Kumar
Who is responsible for the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar?
China quake death toll more than doubles to 54, hundreds hurt
The death toll from a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's western Gansu province on Monday more than doubled to 54 people, the municipal government said, with hundreds injured as many homes in affected areas collapsed.
Youth arrested for allegedly raping married Dalit woman
A youth was arrested by the police on Monday for allegedly raping a married Dalit housewife after threatening her with dire consequences.