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A 10-year-old girl was raped and killed during a wedding function in a village in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh.

Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Microsoft's Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella have been named in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world this year, an annual list of honorees that includes US President Donald Trump.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday blamed colonial and foreign rule in India for the lack of respect towards women which was leading to crimes against them.

A parliamentary panel today directed IT ministry officials to get a "written commitment" from Facebook and other social networking sites that their platforms would not be used to manipulate Indian elections, a member present at the meeting said.

The Congress today raised questions over the Supreme Court verdict rejecting a batch of pleas seeking a probe into the alleged mysterious death of judge B H Loya, saying it was a sad letter day in the country's history and pitched for a fair probe into the matter.

Pakistan today rejected as "false and baseless" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on the 'surgical strikes' across the Line of Control in 2016 , saying "repeating a lie doesn't turn it into the truth."

As Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was on a visit to Parbhani today, six farmers allegedly tried to commit suicide at a government office in the district this morning, police said.

The CPM does not call it differences within the party but "divergent views". Whatever the name, the divergence over its relationship with the Congress party has become so wide, the once-in-five-years party congress currently under way in Hyderabad may end up voting on it.

Rahul Gandhi, the target of the ruling BJP's sharp attacks after the Supreme Court ruled that there was no need to probe Judge BH Loya death, delivered a stinging comeback on Thursday that signalled the Congress president's disagreement with the court's findings. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day rejected demands for an independent probe into the judge's death, calling the petitions that asked for the probe "scandalous".

As the Indian Air Force conducts its massive exercise - Gagan Shakti 2018 - along the China-India border in Arunachal Pradesh, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited forward bases in Assam and Arunachal today to see the Air Force's preparedness.

Demonstrations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK took a violent turn and an Indian flag was torn down from one of the official flagpoles set up for the 53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Wednesday. PM Modi, who is in the UK for bilateral talks and the Commonwealth meet, was greeted by protesters as he met his British counterpart Theresa May.

After Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb claimed that satellite communication and the internet existed during the Mahabharata, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar took to social media today to hit back at the Chief Minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a poem titled 'Ramata Ram Akela' penned by him in his mother tongue - Gujarati.

All 13 candidates, including two ministers, were today declared elected unopposed to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council. The BJP had put up 10 candidates, including two UP ministers Mahendra Singh and Mohsin Raza. The BJP's ally Apna Dal (S) had also nominated one candidate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a poem titled 'Ramata Ram Akela' penned by him in his mother tongue - Gujarati.