E-commerce firm Snapdeal on Monday said it has recorded 52 per cent growth in terms of volume during its first Diwali season sale over the previous year. During the first Diwali sale, held between September 29 and October 6, Snapdeal said that its platform clocked more than 76 million visits […]
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WhatsApp’s new interesting features coming soon for all users
WhatsApp is working on a range of new features for its users. Thanks to its beta programme, we get a sneak peek at what’s coming to the platform. Just last week, a new ‘self-destructing’ messaging feature was spotted in the early version. But that’s not all. Let’s take a look […]
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MP man detained at India-Pakistan border, family says he’s mentally unstable
The family of a 42-year-man from Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district detained on the Wagah border by Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday has claimed he is mentally unstable, senior police officials have said. Police in Singrauli, 780 kilometres northeast of Bhopal, received a phone call from the BSF on Saturday […]
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Nepal parliament speaker arrested over rape allegations
Police have arrested the former speaker of Nepal’s parliament after a female employee in the assembly accused him of rape. A police van arrived at Krishna Bahadur Mahara’s residence late Sunday and took him into custody after the district court ordered his arrest. “He was taken into custody yesterday to investigate […]
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North Korea boat collides with Japan sea patrol
A North Korean boat collided with a Japanese fisheries agency patrol vessel in the Sea of Japan Monday, sending around 20 North Koreans overboard, Japan’s coastguard said. “We rescued some 10 people but their condition has not yet been confirmed,” a coastguard spokesman told AFP. Satoshi Kuwahara, a Japanese fisheries […]
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SC stops tree cutting in Mumbai’s Aarey till next hearing on October 21
In a setback to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), the Supreme Court on Monday said that that no more trees are to be cut in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony till the next date of hearing on October 21. “Don’t cut anything now,” a special bench of the apex court said while hearing […]
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Folk singer’s live-in partner, 5 others arrested for her murder
Five days after a 25-year-old folk singer was shot dead by two gunmen outside Mitra Society in Greater Noida, the police on Sunday arrested six persons, including her live-in partner, in connection with the murder. The singer’s live-in partner had hired two sharpshooters for Rs 8 lakh, the police said. […]
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Delhi Congress veteran Parlad Singh Sawhney joins AAP ahead of Delhi assembly polls
Senior Delhi Congress leader Prahlad Sawhney joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday at a press conference at the party’s head office in central Delhi, where the Delhi chief minister welcomed the four-time Chandni Chowk MLA into the party fold. Sawhney was elected MLA four times from the Chandni […]
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Man lynched in Jharkhand over child lifting rumour
A 32-year-old daily wage labourer succumbed to his injuries on Saturday a day after a mob allegedly thrashed him after suspecting him of being a child lifter at Koderma in Jharkhand, his family said even as the state police said that their preliminary probe suggested that he was beaten up […]
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Iraqi national duped of $2.4K by con men in Gurugram
Three men allegedly stole $2,400 from an Iraqi national near a traffic signal in Sector 31 on Saturday evening. The police said the suspects posed as policemen and stopped the victim and his family members on the pretext of an ‘inspection’. The police said the incident took place around 11pm […]
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Fly ash spills across 30 acres after breach in NTPC power plant dyke in MP’s Singrauli
A fly ash dyke of a power plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Singrauli developed a breach on Sunday evening resulting in spillage of fly ash that affected at least 30 acres of land while 15 cattle were reported missing, said police. The NTPC management said there […]
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Assam doctor booked for allegedly ridiculing tea-tribe community in satire
Assam Police have booked a 68-year-old doctor and popular author in Jorhat in Upper Assam on charges of creating enmity between groups after a complaint which alleged that his recent satirical piece ridiculed the tea tribe community. Denying the accusations, the doctor said his writing was not against any community […]
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Sushil Modi praises Nitish Kumar amid Giriraj Singh’s attacks on ‘inept handling’ of Bihar flood
With a compliment to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for his re-election as the chief of Janata Dal(United), his deputy Sushil Modi has tried to quell criticism over the handling of the flood situation in the state and Patna, especially from Union minister Giriraj Singh. In his tweet, Bharatiya Janata […]
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Uttarakhand BJP slaps show cause notice on MLA for alleged indiscipline
The Uttarakhand unit of the BJP issued a show cause notice to party lawmaker Umesh Sharma on Sunday after an alleged phone conversation with an unknown person where the MLA tells him that the BJP supported candidate should lose in zila panchayat elections in Dehradun went viral. Devendra Bhasin, state […]
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BJP leader Ravindra Kharat, family members shot dead in Maharashtra
A BJP corporator and four of his family members were on Sunday shot dead at his residence in Maharastra’s Jalgaon district by three gunmen, police said. The incident took place late Sunday night when BJP corporator Ravindra Kharat (55) and his family members were inside their residence, police said. “The […]