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Maharashtra: Minor girl repeatedly raped...

Maharashtra: Minor girl repeatedly raped, gets pregnant

Thane: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man for about a year following which she became pregnant, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Rahim (age not specified), a resident of Sainik Nagar in Kausa area of Thane’s Mumbra town, had been sexually assaulting the girl since... read more »

PM Narendra Modi seeks mother’s bl...

PM Narendra Modi seeks mother’s blessings on 64th birthday

Gandhinagar: On his 64th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought mother’s blessings at her home here on Wednesday. The PM also received calls from his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and President Pranab Mukherjee to wish him. Chinese President Xi Jinping also wished the Prime... read more »

Woman molested on campus: 35 Jadavpur Un...

Woman molested on campus: 35 Jadavpur University students arrested for prot...

KOLKATA: In the latest development in the Jadavpur University molestation case, 35 students who were part of a protest outside the campus have been arrested by police. The students were demanding a fresh probe into the case where a woman student was dragged into a men’s hostel and molested.... read more »

Reliance Power withdraws from Dadri powe...

Reliance Power withdraws from Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: Reliance Power has formally withdrawn from the Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh after a protracted legal battle over acquisition of land for the plant. The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed as infructuous the company’s appeal against a high court order setting aside the... read more »

Nearly 150 feared trapped in landslide in Pune

An Indian official says that more than 150 people are feared buried under a landslide that hit a village in western India following torrential rains. Prabhakar Deshmukh, the local... read more »

Youth held for rape of seven-year-old in Bangalore

A man in his late twenties was arrested on Wednesday on charges of raping a 7-year old girl at her house in Kamakshipalya. The accused Srinivas was apparently the son of the domestic help,... read more »

Law Commission recommends fixed tenure for CJI

Same retirement age of 65 for Supreme Court and High Court judges, a “cooling-off period” for judges after retirement and a fixed tenure for Chief Justice of India. These are the three... read more »

Curfew partially lifted in riot-hit Saharanpur

Situation remained calm in the riot-hit Saharanpur area of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, the day of Id-ul-fitr. Curfew was partially lifted in the ‘old city’ area between 7 and 11 in the... read more »

Flood threat in North India

Moderate to heavy rain lashed most parts of north India triggering landslips and causing rivers across the region to flow close to the danger mark at several places. Heavy rains lashed most parts of... read more »