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Cycling Away from Stigma, Meet Kolkata’s First Woman Cycle Rickshaw Puller
Sonali earns Rs 100 a day on average while ferrying passengers. For additional income she works as maid in three households while also selling corn or ‘bhutta’ in the summer months.
10 Dead After Fire at Cracker Factory in Telangana's Warangal
Officials on the spot confirm that ten dead bodies have been recovered and more people could be under the debris. The death toll is expected to rise.
Satyameva Jayate Song Dilbar Out: Nora Fatehi Mesmerises With Her Sensuous Belly Dance Moves
The song, inspired by Sushmita Sen's popular dance number 'Dilbar', features Nora Fatehi and John Abraham.
Inter-Faith Couple Row: Lucknow Passport Office Okays Tanvi Seth and Anas Siddiqui's Passport
The clearance was granted as the Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) did not file any adverse report related to the six points mentioned in the new passport verification rules.
Delhi Govt Issues Notices to 81 Institutions Over Mosquito Breeding
At least 81 notices and five challans were issued after inspection at various places, where mosquito-breeding was found, the civic body said in a statement.
Bank of China Will Now Have Offices in India, RBI Issues Licence
The decision to allow Bank of China to start operations was reached at a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the SCO summit.
NASA Set to Test 'Quiet' Supersonic Flights in California
An initial test of the research methodology using the F/A-18 was conducted in 2011 with the help of the US military community that lives on base at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
India Asks WhatsApp to Curb Spread of False Messages
With more than 200 million users in India, WhatsApp's biggest market in the world, false news and videos circulating on the messaging app have become a new headache for social media giant Facebook, already grappling with a privacy scandal.
5 Pilgrims Killed, 3 Injured After Landslide Hits Amarnath Yatra Route
An official said the identities of the deceased and the injured were yet to be ascertained and the bodies were being brought to the Baltal base hospital.
BJP Leader Assaults Woman Cop Who Pulled Him up for Rash Driving in MP, Arrested
The sub-inspector stopped BJP leader Mubendra Singh’s motorcycle for rash driving after it hit a child. This enraged Singh who slapped and punched the cop and tore her uniform.
OPINION | Pride of Being Bharatiya Has Been Ridiculed by the Communists
The pride in being 'Bharatiya' and ‘Bhratiyata’ is ridiculed and rationalised. The communists have a deep and sinister design. They have a past of shaming ‘Bharatiya’ so that nationalism is looked down upon.
Railtel Recruitment 2018: 8 Deputy Manager Posts, Apply Before July 14
Railtel Recruitment 2018 application process to fill 8 vacancies for the post of Deputy Manager (Technical) on regular basis has begun on the official website of RailTel Corporation of India Limited, Delhi - railtelindia.com
Supreme Court Rejects PIL Seeking Court-Monitored SIT Probe Into Fin Scams Like PNB Fraud
The PIL, filed by advocate M L Sharma, had sought a court-monitored SIT probe into the big financial scams including the PNB frauds case that have taken place in the past.
Ericsson Unveils India's First 5G Innovation Lab at IIT-Delhi
The 5G innovation lab is an open platform and aims to help the industry and the academia to leverage the 5G technology to develop new 5G-based apps and business models.
SC Puts Onus to Check Cow Vigilantism on State Govts; Alive to the Situation, Says Centre
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said this was a law and order issue and each state has to be responsible.
The Tow-An-Iceberg Plan Being Floated To Ease Cape Town Drought
"The idea sounds crazy," admits maverick salvage expert Nick Sloane, the brains behind the tow-an-iceberg scheme. "But if you look at the fine details, it is not so crazy."