India, All india, 10th Jul 2018, News & Stories from India

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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi supported petition against Jayant Sinha that seeks withdrawal of his Harvard alumni status after he felicitated criminals convicted of lynching. (Photo: File/PTI)

Rahul Gandhi backs petition to revoke Jayant Sinha's Harvard alumni tag

The petition, launched by a Harvard student, seeks that Sinha's alumni status be revoked for 'honouring criminals'.

10 Jul 2018 10:24 PM

In Tamil Nadu, about 1.07 lakh candidates took the test across 170 centres in 10 cities. (Photo: File | DC)

Give 4 marks extra to 49 erroneous questions in Tamil version of NEET: HC to CBSE

Madras High Court judges said students who took NEET in Tamil should be suitably compensated to provide a level-playing ground.

10 Jul 2018 9:16 PM

Last week, the Supreme Court pulled up Latha Rajinikanth for not honouring the undertaking given to the court to pay the dues of Rs 6.20 crores to Ad Bureau. (Photo: Latha Rajinikanth/Facebook)

SC pulls up Rajinikanth's wife Latha, will face trial in fraud case

The apex court said that a probe against her will proceed and she will face the trial after a charge sheet has been filed.

10 Jul 2018 8:51 PM

'It (homosexuality) is not a normal thing. We cannot celebrate it. It’s against Hindutva,' says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy. (Photo: File | PTI)

Being homosexual against Hindutva, need to cure it: Subramanian Swamy

'We should invest in medical research to see if homosexuality can be cured,' says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.

10 Jul 2018 8:40 PM

The Supreme Court in 1998 had granted compensation of Rs one lakh to Narayanan and others who were discharged in the case. (Photo: File)

ISRO espionage case: SC reserves verdict on plea for compensation

A three-judge bench while reserving verdict hinted at payment of compensation to Nambi Narayanan.

10 Jul 2018 8:34 PM

The MoU, with six articles of cooperation, seeks to promote inter-parliamentary dialogue, capacity building of the parliamentary staff, organisation of conferences, forums, seminars, staff-attachment programmes, workshops and exchanges. (Photo: PTI)

India, Rwanda ink MoU to boost inter-parliamentary dialogue

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu became the first Rajya Sabha chairman to sign such an agreement.

10 Jul 2018 8:20 PM

Haryana is at number 3 followed by Jharkhand, Gujarat at number 4 and 5 respectively, in rankings released by govt on Tuesday. (Photo: File)

Andhra tops 'ease of doing business' list, Telangana comes second

The national capital Delhi has been ranked 23, dropping from 19 in 2016, in the third edition of the list released by govt on Tuesday.

10 Jul 2018 7:20 PM

The police found Paswan's body with severed head from under the bridge over Paimar river located under jurisdiction of Khudaganj police station of Nalanda district late on Monday evening, police said. (Photo: File | Representational)

Abducted RJD leader’s beheaded body found in Bihar’s Nalanda

Police said that the deceased identified as Kailash Paswan was kidnapped on July 6 and later killed by some unidentified persons.

10 Jul 2018 4:26 PM

Gandhi said that due to the provision, husbands and father-in-law are apprehensive to transfer assets to women in their families because they fear that income accruing from the asset will ultimately become a burden on them. (Photo: File | PTI)

Assets gifted to wives shouldn't be taxed, seeks changes in I-T Act: Maneka Gandhi

Provision to tax gifted assets was made under the assumption that wives, daughter-in-law would normally not have independent taxable income.

10 Jul 2018 4:05 PM

Last week, social media controversy erupted after HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar congratulated the Jio Institute, which is yet to be operational, on securing the 'IoE' status. (Photo: File)

Row over eminence tag; Jio Institute only has letter of intent, clarifies govt

Education secretary R Subramanyam dismissed reports that Jio Institute will receive Rs 1000 crores from Centre.

10 Jul 2018 3:42 PM

At least 20 civilians were injured in the security forces action to chase away the protestors. (Representational Image)

J&K: Two JeM militants, civilian killed in Shopian encounter

The search operation turned into an encounter after the militants opened fire on the security forces, who retaliated.

10 Jul 2018 3:04 PM

Ten empty shells of a .762 bore weapon and some live cartridges were recovered from inside the district jail, police said. (Photo: File/Representational)

Pistol used in gangster Munna Bajrangi's murder found in drain: police

Mafia Munna Bajrangi was allegedly shot dead by another gangster inside Baghpat jail in Uttar Pradesh.

10 Jul 2018 2:40 PM

Sinha had expressed happiness over the release of the convicts after being granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court recently, and garlanded and offered them sweets. ( Photo: File)

Julio Ribeiro, 42 other ex-civil servants demand Jayant Sinha's sacking

Sinha stoked controversy after he felicitated the convicts after they came out of prison on bail last week.

10 Jul 2018 2:26 PM

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge asked the party rank and file in Mumbai to work hard to ‘teach the BJP a lesson’ in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: File/PTI)

Even bullet train won't be able to fit BJP criminals: Mallikarjun Kharge

Kharge attacked PM Modi over issues like patriotism, farmers, alleged silence on atrocities against Dalits and 'devaluation' of Parliament.

10 Jul 2018 2:10 PM

The police are awaiting the final postmortem report even though initial findings suggested that the 11 died of hanging. (Photo: PTI)

In Delhi's Burari family hanging, woman's fiance questioned for 3 hours

Over 200 people have been questioned in connection with the mysterious deaths of 11 members of the Chundawat family in north Delhi's Burari.

10 Jul 2018 1:54 PM

The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging criminalisation of gay sex. (Representatioanl Image)

'As society changes, values change', SC told during Sec 377 hearing

ASG Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, told the apex court that the govt will file its response today.

10 Jul 2018 1:51 PM

India hit back, saying there has been yet another attempt by Pakistan to misuse the UN forum by referring to situations that are extraneous to the discussions. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Report on Kashmir not even fit for consideration by UNHRC members: India

Pakistan raked up the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a UN session on Monday, the third time it did so in as many weeks.

10 Jul 2018 12:33 PM

The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions filed by three of the four convicts Mukesh (31), Pawan Gupta (24) and Vinay Sharma (25), saying no ground has been made out by them for a review of the top court verdict of May 5 last year. (Photo: File)

Nirbhaya's declarations by gestures 'true, voluntary, consistent': SC

The convicts had challenged the validity of the dying declaration and claimed that there were discrepancies in her statement.

10 Jul 2018 12:13 PM

A Delhi court today extended the protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case till August 7. (Photo: File | PTI)

Aircel-Maxis case: Interim protection for P Chidambaram, Karti extended till Aug 7

The court had earlier granted interim protection from arrest till today to Karti in two cases filed by the CBI and ED in 2011 and 2012.

10 Jul 2018 11:31 AM

About 4.3 million people are diagnosed with cancer annually in China, according to a report of the state-run China Central Television. (Photo: Pixabay)

China to import Indian anti-cancer drugs to give markets 'greater access'

In May, China had lifted tariffs on the import of cancer medicines. It was not clear whether Hua was referring to that announcement.

10 Jul 2018 11:24 AM

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