NEW DELHI: Over 160 rape cases have been reported on railway premises and onboard running trains between 2017 and 2019, an RTI query has found. While the number of rapes have gone down from 51 in 2017 to 44 in 2019, there was a spike in 2018 when the number of such cases rose to…

A woman has been arrested in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district for drowning her four-year-old son in a water tank allegedly to take revenge on her husband, police said on Sunday. Jhunjhunu superintendent of police (SP) Jagdish Chandra Sharma said Pannram, a native of Budhaniya village, approached the Mandrela police early on Saturday and lodged a complaint…

BENGALURU: A businessman was hacked to death by a gang of 10 miscreants in DJ Halli on Saturday evening. The incident was recorded on CCTV cameras. The deceased is Bhatti Amjad alias Bhatii (40), a furniture shop owner. The police said that at 7.30pm, an armed gang attacked Amjad and killed him at a spot…

Kolhapur: The state Police arrested a teacher for his alleged involvement in a case in which a Class 10 student of a private school in Shirol taluka’s Shirti village, died in a hospital on Tuesday due to poisoning. Student’s attempt to fall sick to escape exam The deceased student, identified as Sanika Mali, was provided…

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was ready to aid Iran with its outbreak of novel coronavirus if the country asked for assistance. ‘If we can help the Iranians with this problem, we are certainly willing to do so… All they have to do is ask. We will have great professionals over there,’ Trump…

The Union government will sharply focus on government schemes aimed at individuals, such as scholarships or houses, in the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in an effort to push its development narrative in the region. Earlier this week, cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a meeting on social schemes for the two new…

BHOPAL: To understand the status of implementation and impact of recent amendments in Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act (CLPRA) 2016 in Madhya Pradesh, the Campaign against Child Labour (CACL), Hifazat Network in collaboration with CRY – Child Rights and organised a state level consultation in Bhopal on Saturday. Representatives from Police Department of Madhya Pradesh,…

The classification of students into sections on the basis of their marks is a violation of fundamental right of elementary education, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled while observing that such a practice has the tendency of creating a feeling of inferiority among children securing less marks. ‘The act also violates the right…

BHOPAL: Introduction of new education policy will make the higher education self dependent and will achieve farfetched results, said governor Lalji Tandon at a programme organised by MP Bhoj Open University. MP Bhoj Open University organised a workshop on Benefits of Open University in open education resource and ‘Massive Open Online Courses’ (MOOC) in the Swarna…

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday morning imposed Section 144 and made a heavy deployment of security personnel in New Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area, where several women have been leading a protest on the road against the new citizenship law for more than two months. The Hindu Sena had earlier called for a gathering to…

Mhow: National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) general secretary M Raghwaiya said that railways is undergoing its worst phase at present and disinvestment in railways will increase unemployment and ultimately result in a loss for the country. He was in Mhow to take part in the farewell function of chief ticket inspector of Mhow Rakesh Dubey…

Researchers have found that people living in countries with higher levels of air pollution such as India and China may face higher risks of developing kidney diseases. The findings may be especially important for parts of the world with higher air pollution where fine particulate matter levels are five to 10 times higher than in…

Banks in the month of March will remain closed for 13 days of the total 31 days on account of regional festivals, national holidays and weekly offs. The festival of colours, Holi is a major Indian festival and is listed in Reserve Bank of India’s bank holidays list. This year, the festivity is falling on…