Cauvery protests: Youth dies after self-immolation bid in Chennaivideo

Cauvery protests: Youth dies after self-immolation bid in Chennai

A youth from Tiruvarur district died after attempting self-immolation during a protest against Karnataka even as Tamil Nadu is observing a state-wide bandh on Friday.
File photo of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav.

Shivpal vs Akhilesh: Is Samajwadi Party heading for a split?

Mulayam asked Akhilesh to end feuding with uncle Shivpal who then met the CM and came out within 15 minutes, handing over his and his son's resignations.
They raped us, called it punishment for eating beef, alleged an woman who and her 14-year-old cousin were sexually assaulted by several men in Haryana's muslim-dominated Mewat. (source: NDTV)video

Gangrape for eating beef? ‘They raped us, called it punishment for eating beef’

"They asked if we eat beef. We said we don't, but they insisted we do and that was why we were being punished," alleged the woman from Haryana's Mewat.
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Watch Paralympian Mariyappan win India’s first-ever High Jump Gold

History was made on Friday night in Rio when Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched India’s first-ever gold in high jump at the Paralympics.
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Greta Friedman, Nurse in the Iconic World War II ‘Kiss Photo’ Dies

Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in New York’s Times Square, after the end of World war II was announced in 1945, has passed away.
Muskaan, a 9-year-old girl, runs a library in one of Bhopal's poorest slum. (source: Twitter)

9-year-old girl runs library in Bhopal’s poorest slum

Muskaan, who wants to be a doctor, started the library with 121 books. She was awarded the 'Thought Leader' award by NITI Aayog in Delhi.
Comedian Kapil Sharma says he has utmost respect for PM Modi, and both the Centre and Maharashtra governments.

After trolled, Kapil Sharma takes U-turn, says he respects Modi

Comedian Kapil Sharma said his earlier tweets on the alleged bribe demand from BMC official and Acche Din promise was not to disrespect PM Modi.
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Acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi makes strong impact at NYFW

Reshma Qureshi, a 19-year-old acid attack survivor stole the first official day of New York Fashion Week with her empowering message of courage and diversity in beauty.
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Now anyone can ‘Feel the Jail’ for Rs 500 in Telangana

Tourists visiting a colonial-era jail in Medak district of Telangana can now get a first-hand experience of prison life by paying a fee of Rs 500 for a day’s stay.
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UK Sikh Harnaam Kaur enters Guinness Records as youngest female with beard

A 24-year-old British Sikh model-cum-campaigner sporting a six-inch-long facial hair on Thursday entered the Guinness World Records as the youngest female with a beard.