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DA Case: Majithia aide Gulati sent to 14-day judicial custody

Mohali, Dec. 7 -- A local court here on Saturday sent Harpreet Singh Gulati, a close aide of Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikramjit Singh Majithia, to 14-day judicial custody. Gulati was produced in the... Read More


Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews lava in new eruption; latest update on tsunami warning | Watch

India, Dec. 7 -- Fresh lava fountains erupted from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Saturday, US vulcanologists said, nearly a year after one of the world's most active volcanoes began its current eruptive... Read More


Chinese woman spends 5 years caring for daughter-in-law in vegetative state, borrows $140,000 to fund treatment

India, Dec. 7 -- A woman in central China has touched the hearts of social media users across the mainland after it emerged that she borrowed one million yuan (US$140,000), to care for her daughter in... Read More


RTOs ramp up crackdown on illegal bike-taxi operations; Uber and Rapido face police cases

India, Dec. 7 -- In a push to curb unauthorised bike-taxi operations, Mumbai's Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) have intensified enforcement drives against two-wheelers illegally ferrying passengers ... Read More


As polls approach, public funds find their way into people's hearts

India, Dec. 7 -- Mandeep Singh Makkar was indignant when he thought the civic administration had classified his Chandivali neighbourhood as a slum. And then the penny dropped. With civic elections aro... Read More


3,000 pieces of baggage delivered, rRs.r610 crore refunded: IndiGo crisis inches towards stability

India, Dec. 7 -- The ministry of civil aviation on Sunday said the flight operations run by the IndiGo airlines, which remained impacted for sixth day today, are stabilising at a 'fast pace', adding t... Read More


Foot march to Navi Mumbai airport planned as DB Patil renaming row reaches flashpoint

India, Dec. 7 -- The long-simmering agitation to rename the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) after project-affected people's (PAP) leader DB Patil has surged into its most confrontati... Read More


GI tag claim for Valsad Hapus sours Konkan growers of the 'king of mangoes'

India, Dec. 7 -- Alphonso, or Hapus, mango growers along Maharashtra's Konkan coast have been an embittered lot since they learnt that a coastal district in south Gujarat is looking to share their lig... Read More


Activist sets himself ablaze for 42% OBC quota demand, dies

Hyderabad, Dec. 7 -- Hundreds of people on Saturday took part in the funeral procession of a 32-year-old activist in Telangana's Medchal-Malkajgiri district who succumbed to burn injuries after settin... Read More


14 kitchen staff from Nepal, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Assam among Goa fire victims

India, Dec. 7 -- Fourteen of the 25 killed in the fire tragedy at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora in Goa were staff working in the main kitchen of the nightclub, which was located in the b... Read More