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Bangladesh, Pakistan have one eye on Champions Trophy

Bangladesh needs to win one game against South Africa to retain pre-series points, Pakistan must win series against Sri Lanka to move ahead of eighth-ranked West Indies.
8 July 2015, 11:04 AM

Video of differently-abled Ranchi singer goes viral

In two days, till last count at 6:30pm on Monday, the video had fetched 2,250,348 views, 100,161 likes and 118,647 shares on Facebook.
8 July 2015, 10:39 AM

Hema Malini blames father of child killed in car accident

In tweets today, actor-turned-politician Hema Malini blames the child's father for not following traffic rules.
8 July 2015, 07:11 AM

India reeling from Vyapam scandal

A medical school admission examinations scandal in India has turned into a veritable whodunit with thousands of arrests, mysterious deaths and the suspected involvement of top politicians and bureaucrats.
8 July 2015, 06:04 AM

Turkish plane diverts to Delhi over 'threat'

A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul makes an emergency landing in India Tuesday after a bomb threat was scrawled in lipstick on a bathroom mirror.
7 July 2015, 15:16 PM

Teen thrashes eve-teaser inside UP police station (video)

Video of a teenage girl thrashing a youth inside a police station and making him apologise for allegedly eve-teasing her goes viral on social networking sites.
7 July 2015, 13:50 PM

Narendra Modi app is 'like Tinder for good governance'

Technology writer Krish Raghav reviews the Narendra Modi mobile app, unveiled by the Indian prime minister in June.
7 July 2015, 13:38 PM

India woman 'set on fire by police' in Uttar Pradesh

A woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dies after alleging that she was set on fire by two policemen inside a police station after she refused to pay a bribe.
7 July 2015, 08:22 AM

Felani killing: Rights body condemns BSF man’s acquittal

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) expresses strong condemnation over the recent acquittal of a BSF constable by a special West Bengal court in the killing of Felani Khatun.
6 July 2015, 12:29 PM

When a selfie is not enough: India abuzz over 'velfie' craze

Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.
6 July 2015, 06:59 AM

Population, land survey in enclaves begins (video)

An official survey begins to confirm enclave dwellers’ choice of nationality following exchange of enclaves between Bangladesh and India.
6 July 2015, 05:30 AM

Youth’s body found on Satkhira border

A Bangladeshi cattle trader is tortured to death allegedly by Indian Border Security Force on Debhata frontier in Satkhira.
6 July 2015, 04:35 AM

Aishwarya 'Rai-ta', Anupam 'Kheer': Ever Seen a More Genius Menu?

How happy would you be if your love for food fused so seamlessly with Hindi cinema?
5 July 2015, 15:24 PM

Indian town living in flames for a century

In the town of Jharia in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand state in India, a fire has been burning for almost a hundred years
5 July 2015, 06:19 AM

Bangladesh Tigers face toughest test at end of long season

Bangladesh and South Africa with little in common are meeting at crossroads, one side coming to an end of a successful period, the other beginning a long journey.
4 July 2015, 09:55 AM

Making the most of now: Bangladesh cricket team

Facing the monumental task of beating the Proteas at home, Bangladesh can least afford to look back at history and be distracted from the job at hand.
4 July 2015, 04:45 AM

300 turtles seized in Savar

Law enforcers seize 300 turtles and detain four people on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Savar on the outskirt of the capital.
3 July 2015, 12:48 PM

India: Accountability still missing for human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir

If doing something usually results in punishment, but you do it with impunity, you will not be punished for the deed. Indian security forces are given impunity by the government to do-as-they-please in the violently disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
3 July 2015, 09:56 AM

Hema Malini injured in road accident in Rajasthan

Bollywood dream girl and BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini meets with an accident when her car collided with another car on Agra-Jaipur National Highway-11 near Dausa at around 9 pm on Thursday reports The Times of India.
3 July 2015, 04:33 AM

BSF man acquitted in Felani revision trial

A special Indian court of BSF acquits Amiya Ghosh again over the brutal killing of Felani Khatun along the border back in 2011. Family say they don’t accept the verdict and want international trial.
3 July 2015, 03:27 AM