Debjani Chatterjee With Inputs From Ani

A man in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha allegedly refused to marry a woman, saying she "spent too much time on WhatsApp". The groom did not show up at the bride's home where the nikah or wedding was supposed to take place and allegedly said that he would marry only if Rs 65 lakh was given to him.

A seven-month-old was killed allegedly by her mother in Delhi on August 20, said the police. The baby girls mother, who tried to pass off the murder as an accident, has been arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday. The accused has admitted that she believed the infant was responsible for the familys -medical and financial problems,- said the polic...

A jewellery shop in the diamond city of Surat in Gujarat is selling rakhis with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath and Vijay Rupani encased in gold on them. The rakhis made of 22 carat gold are selling like hot cakes claims the jeweller.

A personal security officer of Union Minister Uma Bharti has died after he shot himself with his service revolver on Wednesday night in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh

A shepherd in Gujarat's Amreli was saved by his dog after he was attacked by three lions on July 21. The shepherd, Bhavesh Bharwad managed to escape, with minor injuries on his arm. Bhavesh was trying to save his sheep from being attacked by lions.

Five people have died in a massive fire that broke out in a residential complex in Mandi. Initial reports suggest that the cause of the fire could be a cylinder blast. Many people are feared trapped in the building at Ner Chowk in Mandi say district authorities.

Despite the NDA government's focus on Uttar Pradesh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi making three trips to the state and showering infrastructure projects worth thousands of crores, a desolate and dilapidated school building in Faizabad has its own story to tell. Around 55 children and only one teacher spend their days in a building, which is falli...

A teenager committed suicide on Friday after she was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar. The police have arrested the three accused. The 16-year-old's alleged gangrape comes days after a Special Investigation Team was constituted to investigate the gang-rape of an eight-year-old girl in Mandsaur on June 27.

The Western Railways on Wednesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi, on the Mumbai's suburban section. Doing away with the British era name, a notification said the new name will come to effect from the midnight of July 18.

A commuter in his 20s got a fresh lease of life after he was saved by an alert policeman at Panvel railway station in Mumbai on Monday. CCTV footage of the railway station showed the man trying to board the train as it was leaving the station.

A week after 16 people accused of 'conversion' were arrested in Jharkhand, Dinesh Kashyap, a BJP lawmaker from Bastar has said people, specially, tribals who convert should not be given benefits of government facilities. My Kashyap was speaking at a rally, in Jagdalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.

A restaurant at Kalkaji in the heart of Delhi was vandalised on Saturday night allegedly by a group of delivery boys. Around 25 men came with sticks and smashed glasses and threw chairs, when there were many customers inside with their families alleged the owner of the restaurant.

BJP lawmaker Surendra Singh who had earlier blamed parents and mobile phones for rising rape cases in the country has said "even Lord Ram won't be able to stop it." The BJP lawmaker from Bairia in Uttar Pradesh was speaking at a public event in Ballia on Saturday.

An alert passenger's tweet saved 25 girls from being trafficked on July 5. Security personnel rescued the girls, mostly teenagers, from the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express after a passenger tweeted to the Railways as he sensed the girls were in trouble.

A sarpanch or village head in Goa said let the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi take up his 'agriculture challenge', which entails stepping into the farmer's shoes for a day. Siddhesh Bhagat of Aquem-Baixo panchayat in south Goa said he does not treat ministers, legislators and sportsmen as VIPs and since agriculture is the backbone of the Indian ec...

A man in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha allegedly refused to marry a woman, saying she "spent too much time on WhatsApp". The groom did not show up at the bride's home where the nikah or wedding was supposed to take place and allegedly said that he would marry only if Rs 65 lakh was given to him.

A seven-month-old was killed allegedly by her mother in Delhi on August 20, said the police. The baby girls mother, who tried to pass off the murder as an accident, has been arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday. The accused has admitted that she believed the infant was responsible for the familys -medical and financial problems,- said the polic...

A jewellery shop in the diamond city of Surat in Gujarat is selling rakhis with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yogi Adityanath and Vijay Rupani encased in gold on them. The rakhis made of 22 carat gold are selling like hot cakes claims the jeweller.

A personal security officer of Union Minister Uma Bharti has died after he shot himself with his service revolver on Wednesday night in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh

A shepherd in Gujarat's Amreli was saved by his dog after he was attacked by three lions on July 21. The shepherd, Bhavesh Bharwad managed to escape, with minor injuries on his arm. Bhavesh was trying to save his sheep from being attacked by lions.

Five people have died in a massive fire that broke out in a residential complex in Mandi. Initial reports suggest that the cause of the fire could be a cylinder blast. Many people are feared trapped in the building at Ner Chowk in Mandi say district authorities.

Despite the NDA government's focus on Uttar Pradesh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi making three trips to the state and showering infrastructure projects worth thousands of crores, a desolate and dilapidated school building in Faizabad has its own story to tell. Around 55 children and only one teacher spend their days in a building, which is falli...

A teenager committed suicide on Friday after she was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar. The police have arrested the three accused. The 16-year-old's alleged gangrape comes days after a Special Investigation Team was constituted to investigate the gang-rape of an eight-year-old girl in Mandsaur on June 27.

The Western Railways on Wednesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi, on the Mumbai's suburban section. Doing away with the British era name, a notification said the new name will come to effect from the midnight of July 18.

A commuter in his 20s got a fresh lease of life after he was saved by an alert policeman at Panvel railway station in Mumbai on Monday. CCTV footage of the railway station showed the man trying to board the train as it was leaving the station.

A week after 16 people accused of 'conversion' were arrested in Jharkhand, Dinesh Kashyap, a BJP lawmaker from Bastar has said people, specially, tribals who convert should not be given benefits of government facilities. My Kashyap was speaking at a rally, in Jagdalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.

A restaurant at Kalkaji in the heart of Delhi was vandalised on Saturday night allegedly by a group of delivery boys. Around 25 men came with sticks and smashed glasses and threw chairs, when there were many customers inside with their families alleged the owner of the restaurant.

BJP lawmaker Surendra Singh who had earlier blamed parents and mobile phones for rising rape cases in the country has said "even Lord Ram won't be able to stop it." The BJP lawmaker from Bairia in Uttar Pradesh was speaking at a public event in Ballia on Saturday.

An alert passenger's tweet saved 25 girls from being trafficked on July 5. Security personnel rescued the girls, mostly teenagers, from the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express after a passenger tweeted to the Railways as he sensed the girls were in trouble.

A sarpanch or village head in Goa said let the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi take up his 'agriculture challenge', which entails stepping into the farmer's shoes for a day. Siddhesh Bhagat of Aquem-Baixo panchayat in south Goa said he does not treat ministers, legislators and sportsmen as VIPs and since agriculture is the backbone of the Indian ec...