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Shahjahanpur: In a shocking incident, a mentally-challenged minor was tortured by his own relatives who tied a brick from his private parts as a punishment. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur on May 26. The...

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is set to unveil a slew of features and tools — from software to hardware along with major updates – on its iOS and MacOS ecosystem. While iOS 13 is...

London: Researchers have found that female patients with oesophagus and stomach cancer are likely to survive longer than male patients, but experience more nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea during therapy. The findings of a latest UK...

Colombo: Sri Lanka will host the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Colombo in May 2021 and it will attract over 3,000 delegates, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. Finance Minister Mangala...

Islamabad: A Pakistani school teacher has been booked for forcing a primary school student to eat grass as punishment for not learning his lesson. The incident happened at the Government Primary School in Fatehpur, Lodhran,...

New Delhi: Nearly 8,000 guests will attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday, making it the biggest-ever event held in the historic premises. While the guests attending the...

New Delhi: An all-powerful Prime Minister’s Office has centralised authority in the land in its first innings, now in its second avatar, it has much more to do. It will continue to oversee PM Modi’s...

Srinagar: The admission process for four newly-established medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir will start soon, officials said. Officials of the state health and medical education departments said they are likely to receive the letter...

New Delhi: A total of 864 civilians and 29 personnel of security forces were killed in 47 terror attacks witnessed from 2004 till last year in the country, excluding Jammu and Kashmir and North East,...

Bengaluru: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday said it signed an agreement with the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday for crew selection and training for the country’s prestigious maiden manned mission...

Male: The Maldives Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the House during his expected visit to the atoll nation on June 7-8. “Maldives Parliament has unanimously...

Dhaka: Sixteen people, including a head teacher of an Islamic seminary, were charged in Bangladesh on Wednesday with the murder of a 19-year-old girl, who was burnt to death after reporting sexual harassment. Nusrat Jahan...

Bengaluru: Amazon on Wednesday announced the latest addition to its Echo Show family, the Echo Show 5 with 5.5-inch display at Rs 8,999. It comes with new features, including how-to videos from wikiHow, updated smart...

New Delhi: A PIL was filed in Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre to frame guidelines for safety of private coaching institutes, in the wake of tragedy in Surat, where over 20...

New Delhi: Actress Sunny Leone, who is foraying into the southern film industry with movies like “Rangeela” and “Veeramadevi”, believes it will help her grow. “Nothing is tough when you enjoy doing it or are...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday will hear the suo motu case on Covid management across the country. The division bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Nageswara Rao and S…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived at former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s residence, hours after he opted out of the Union Cabinet citing health conditions. Modi, who is set to be...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking directions to regulate fees charged for competitive examinations by various public bodies. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Rajendra...

New Delhi: Snap Inc. – the parent company of Snapchat – has partnered with India-based global audio and music streaming service JioSaavn to connect South Asian mobile users globally and allow users to share their...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday announced the setting-up of a committee to work for the development of housing finance securitisation market in the country under the chairmanship of Harsh Vardhan,...