Edited By Deepshika Ghosh

Aarushi's Parents, Who Ran Dental Clinic In Jail, 'Happy' Says Jailor

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Thursday October 12, 2017

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, cleared by the Allahabad High Court of charges of murdering their teen daughter Aarushi in 2008, were "happy and profoundly relieved", said their family, friends and officials of the Dasna jail, where they spent four years.

Anupam Kher New Boss Of Film Institute (FTII), Replaces Gajendra Chauhan

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Thursday October 12, 2017

Anupam Kher will take over as the new chief of top film training institute FTII in place of actor Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment in 2015 triggered massive student protests.

'I Knew Crime Branch Would Find Me': Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer

Mumbai News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday October 11, 2017

Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's killer Sajjad Mughal, who had jumped parole last year, was arrested on Tuesday near Srinagar. On his trail for over a year, a Mumbai police team that staked out in Kashmir sported beards and firans to blend in.

Minister Harsh Vardhan Trolled For Cheering Cracker Ban. Tweets Vanish

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has hit delete after tweeting in emphatic support of the Supreme Court ban on the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and nearby areas. His tweets on a "Green Diwali" had apparently rattled a section on social media who call the ban anti-tradition.

2 Delhi Boys Die Of Suffocation After 9 Hours In A Locked Car

Delhi News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday October 6, 2017

In a double tragedy for one family in Delhi, two little boys died of suffocation in a locked car while playing on Wednesday. They were trapped in the car for almost nine hours.

After Arrest, Honeypreet Insan Questioned Till 3 AM At Police Station

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Honeypreet Insan, the "adopted daughter" of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was questioned well into the night at a police station in Haryana's Panchkula after her arrest yesterday. Sources say she was questioned till 3 am on the charges against her, which include sedition and rioting.

10-Point Guide To Life And Times Of Honeypreet Insan

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's closest aide Honeypreet Insan has been arrested after weeks of a cat-and-mouse game that the Haryana police seemed to be losing until today. The 36-year-old was seen speaking to the media and appeared on various TV channels before she was arrested on the highway near Chandigarh.

'When A Mob Panics, You Can't Think': Survivor On Mumbai Stampede

Mumbai News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday September 29, 2017

A Mumbai commuter who survived the stampede that killed 22 this morning, describes how she kept herself calm amid "panic and chaos and an insane crowd" on a railway bridge at Elphinstone station after just a 20-minute rain. When she somehow managed to come out, she saw bodies.

Amid Yashwant Sinha Row, Shotgun Has A Message For PM Modi

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday September 29, 2017

After backing BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's searing critique of the economy and the government's decisions, the party's Shatrughan Sinha today directed a series of tweets at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Eman Ahmed, Once World's Heaviest Woman, Dies In Abu Dhabi

World News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday September 25, 2017

Egyptian woman Eman Ahmed, who came to India for weight-loss surgery and then left for Abu Dhabi amid controversy, has died. The 37-year-old had been in Abu Dhabi since May.

Ram Rahim's Adopted Daughter, Honeypreet, Tops Haryana's Most-Wanted List

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday September 18, 2017

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's closest aides Honeypreet Insan and Aditya Insan top the list of the 43 most-wanted in Haryana over the rioting last month after the self-declared spiritual guru was convicted of rape.

Ram Rahim's Plastic Money Found In Search At Dera's Sirsa Base

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday September 8, 2017

As the Dera Sacha Sauda's headquarters in Haryana's Sirsa were searched over a week after the sect's leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was jailed for rape, plastic money used by the self-claimed spiritual guru's followers was discovered.

Blue Whale Survivor In Puducherry, 22, Shares Terrifying Details

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday September 6, 2017

A 22-year-old man who was pulled out of the Blue Whale suicide game before he could be sucked in deeper said today in Puducherry that it was "agonizing experience", a death trap that he could not get out of even though he wanted to.

In UP Again, 49 Children Die In Hospital Allegedly Due To Oxygen Shortage

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday September 4, 2017

49 babies died in a month at a government hospital in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, it has emerged just days after the child deaths at a hospital in Gorakhpur last month. Grieving parents have blamed a shortage of medicine and oxygen, in a tragic replay of the Gorakhpur deaths. The state government, however, emphatically denied it today.

'Rabba (God), What's My Fault?' Ram Rahim Kept Saying In Jail

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday September 1, 2017

When he was taken to a jail in Haryana's Rohtak after his conviction for rape, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the self-appointed spiritual leader with an extravagant lifestyle, kept chanting - "Rabba (God), mera kya kasoor hai (what is my fault)?"

Yogi Adityanath Takes A Different Route To UP Assembly. Here's Why

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday August 30, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, wants to be a Member of the Legislative Council and not the assembly. He and his two deputies, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, will contest by-polls to the council on September 18, the BJP announced today.

Mumbai Gets 9 Times Usual Rain, Every Minute A Struggle

Mumbai News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday August 29, 2017

Mumbai is bracing for what weather officials believe could be the heaviest and longest bout of rain since July 26, 2005, when the city was paralysed by floods. It has been raining incessantly since morning and if it continues till high tide in the evening, the India's commercial capital could be in for hours of flooding, traffic jams and stranded c...

Caught Holding Gurmeet Ram Rahim's Bag, Haryana Deputy Attorney General Fired

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Saturday August 26, 2017

Haryana has sacked one of its top lawyers, Deputy Advocate General Gurdass Singh Salwara, who was caught on camera holding self-styled spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's bag after his conviction in a rape case.

Rs 200 Notes Are Here But Don't Go To ATMs For Them

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday August 25, 2017

Crisp, yellow Rs 200 notes debuted today but they will not be available at ATMs just yet. That is because the machines have not been reconfigured to fit the new currency.

Triple Talaq Verdict Means 5 Petitioners Not Divorced Anymore, Says Lawyer

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday August 22, 2017

Five women who challenged triple talaq or instant divorce by their husbands on the phone, by WhatsApp or speed post, rejoiced today as the Supreme Court banned the practice as unconstitutional. Their lawyers claim their marriages now stand restored as their divorces have been cancelled. Senior lawyer and Congress leader Salman Khurshid, who ...

Telangana Principal Faces Mob Attack For Unfurling Flag With Shoes On

Telangana News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Thursday August 17, 2017

On Tuesday, Mohammad Yaqeen, the principal of a college in Telangana, was unfurling the national flag for Independence Day celebrations when a voice from the crowd piped up: "Remove your shoes". A few more voices joined in. Mr Yaqeen finished his task and the national anthem started playing, but a group in the crowd was raring to attack him - for n...

Can't Say 39 Missing Indians Dead Without Proof, It's A Sin: Sushma Swaraj

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday July 26, 2017

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj today said in Parliament she would not "commit the sin" of declaring 39 Indians missing in Iraq dead without proof

'Sell Your Wife If You Can't Build Toilet': Bihar Officer Tells Villager

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday July 24, 2017

A top government officer in Bihar has been accused of going too far while urging people to install toilets, at a public meeting on Sunday. "Sell your wife," Kanwal Tanuj, the District Magistrate of Aurangabad, snapped when a villager said he was too poor to build a toilet.

MIG-23 Aircraft Crashes In Rajasthan, Second In 48 Hours For Indian Air Force

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Thursday July 6, 2017

An Indian Air Force (IAF) MIG-23 aircraft has crashed in Rajasthan's Jodhpur in the second such incident reported in 48 hours.

India To Raise Airspace Violation By Chinese Choppers: Sushma Swaraj

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday June 5, 2017

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said today that India would raise with China the airspace violation by two two helicopters of its People's Liberation Army Chinese helicopters, which hovered over Uttarakhands Chamoli for a few minutes on Saturday, triggering concern in the security establishment about the fourth such incursion into Indias airspace si...

Are You On Twitter, Megyn Kelly Asked PM Modi, World's 2nd Most Followed

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Friday June 2, 2017

American journalist Megyn Kelly is being pummelled on social media over her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in St Petersburg.

Singer Abhijeet's New Twitter Account Suspended Too

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday May 30, 2017

Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya returned to Twitter yesterday with a new, unverified account @singerabhijeet, days after it was suspended over his controversial posts. The new account has been suspended too.

Tejas Express, 'Aeroplane On Tracks', Makes First Trip Today: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday May 22, 2017

The Tejas Express, India's newest train, made its first trip today from Mumbai to Goa. The luxury train took 400 passengers on the eight-and-a-half-hour journey - less time than the Janshatabdi. The train was revealed to the public in Mumbai on Sunday. The bright yellow superfast train promises a flight-like experience on the track at less than Rs ...

7 Students In Speeding Car That Fell Off Delhi's Punjabi Bagh Flyover

Delhi News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday May 15, 2017

Two students were killed and five badly hurt when a car fell off a flyover in Punjabi Bagh in west Delhi this morning. The students were on their way to an exam, say the police.

Justice Karnan's Plea To Recall Arrest Order Turned Down By Supreme Court

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Monday May 15, 2017

Justice CS Karnan's request that his arrest order be recalled has been rejected by the Supreme Court. Justice Karnan was sentenced to six months in jail for contempt by the Supreme Court, which ordered his immediate arrest.