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"Struggle No Longer Just About Children": Nobel Laureate Looks Ahead
- Apr 08, 2025 22:27 pm IST
- Written by: Anurag Dwary
Nobel Laureate, founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, and global voice for children's rights - Kailash Satyarthi may have earned accolades worldwide, but he still carries the soul of Vidisha,
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New Aadhaar App Launched: Face ID Authentication, Physical Copies Not Needed
- Apr 08, 2025 22:20 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
In a major step towards digital convenience and privacy, the Centre on Tuesday launched a new Aadhaar app that allows users to verify and share their Aadhaar details digitally -- eliminating the need to carry physical cards or submit photocopies.
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Forged Degrees, Stolen Equipment: 'Fake' Doctor's Trail Of Deception
- Apr 08, 2025 21:56 pm IST
- Written by: Anurag Dwary
Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, alias Dr N John Kamm, a man who posed as a UK-returned cardiologist and treated dozens of patients at Damoh's Mission Hospital without a valid medical license, will be in police custody for five days.
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Peon Caught Evaluating Answer Sheets In Madhya Pradesh, Principal Suspended
- Apr 08, 2025 21:50 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The principal of a government college in Narmadapuram district and a professor were suspended after a viral video purportedly showed a peon evaluating students' answer sheets.
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Lawyers Refuse To Represent Man Accused Of Raping, Killing 6-Year-Old Niece
- Apr 08, 2025 20:53 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Members of social organisations took to the streets in Chhattisgarh's Durg city to condemn the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl by her uncle and the opposition Congress burnt effigies of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai in several districts.
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Man Rapes, Kills 10-Year-Old, Throws Body From 6th Floor: Maharashtra Cops
- Apr 08, 2025 20:48 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A man allegedly kidnapped and raped a 10-year-old girl before killing her by slitting her throat and throwing her body from the bathroom window of his house located on the sixth floor of a residential building in Maharashtra's Thane, police said.
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"Water Bomb Against India": BJP MP On China Building World's Largest Dam
- Apr 08, 2025 20:30 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
China's announcement of constructing the world's largest dam was like a 'water bomb' which would have a devastating downstream impact on northeastern India and Bangladesh, BJP Lok Sabha member from Arunachal Pradesh Tapir Gao claimed here on Tuesday.
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"Leave Them Alone, Allow Them To Grow": Supreme Court On Women's Safety
- Apr 08, 2025 20:18 pm IST
- Asian News International
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over safety of women in the country and said that mindset of people has to change with regard to women.
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Former Cricketer Kedar Jadhav Joins BJP
- Apr 08, 2025 20:09 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Ahead of the upcoming civic body elections, former Indian cricketer Kedar Jadhav on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of state unit chief and Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule.
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Court Relaxes Jail Term, Releases Medha Patkar On Probation In Defamation Case
- Apr 08, 2025 20:03 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
In a reprieve to social activist Medha Patkar, facing a five-month imprisonment, a Delhi court on Tuesday released her on "probation of good conduct" in a defamation case filed by Delhi LG V K Saxena, when he headed an NGO in Gujarat.
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Smartphone Exports Surpass Rs 2 Lakh Crore, iPhone Shipments Tops List: Centre
- Apr 08, 2025 18:52 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Mobile phone exports surpassed Rs 2 lakh crore in the 2024-25 financial year with iPhone shipments alone contributing about Rs 1.5 lakh crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.
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Waqf Act Comes Into Force, Top Court To Hear Pleas Challenging It Next Week
- Apr 08, 2025 18:34 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A clutch of petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment bill -- passed by the parliament last week -- will be heard by the Supreme Court on April 16.
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Employees Can Now Generate EPFO UAN Through Face Authentication
- Apr 08, 2025 18:32 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Employees subscribing to social security schemes of the retirement fund body EPFO can now generate universal provident fund account number (UAN) and related services through face authentication, Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday
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Women Say "Excuse Me", Beaten Up For Not Speaking In Marathi In Maharashtra
- Apr 08, 2025 18:17 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Two women, one of them carrying a baby in her arms, were on Tuesday beaten up in Dombivli in the district for allegedly saying "excuse me" instead of speaking in Marathi.
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"Congress Going To Have Massive Organisational Reshuffle": Senior Leader
- Apr 08, 2025 18:08 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Congress is going to have a "massive organisational reshuffle", AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said on Tuesday as the party's top leaders met here and vowed to embark on the "path of social justice" espoused by Sardar Patel.
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CRPF Personnel From Bihar BJP President's Security Found Dead With Bullet Wound
- Apr 08, 2025 17:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A CRPF personnel in the security detail of BJP's Bihar president Dilip Jaiswal was found dead with bullet injuries at the MLC Flats in Patna on Tuesday, police said.
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"Won't Tolerate That Rude MP": Kalyan Banerjee Slams Party MP Amid Chat Leak Row
- Apr 08, 2025 17:40 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee has accused a female party colleague of demanding his arrest, as rifts within Bengal's ruling Trinamool - something Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee before next year's high-stakes Assembly election - became public.
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Marriage To Be Seen, Not Place Where Woman Kills Self In Dowry Cases: Court
- Apr 08, 2025 17:29 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court has held the place -- parental or matrimonial -- where a married woman is driven to kill herself had no bearing in a dowry death case and refused bail to a man.