Badaun (UP): A 27-year-old woman was burnt alive allegedly by her brother-in-law at a village here after she resisted his attempt to rape her, the police said today.

The incident took place last night when Neelam, a widow, was alone at her house in Labhari, they said, adding that she died on the spot.

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Kerala: The ongoing protest against the proposed Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) pipeline project turned violent in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Thursday as protesters clashed with the police.

The protesters attacked the workers and set their vehicles on fire. They also pelted stones at the policemen.

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Mumbai: While the offerings in most temples are flowers, garlands, coconuts and donations in the form of cash or jewellery, Baba Bhairon Nath, the presiding deity of a small shrine in suburban Chembur, has a rather different taste.

Devotees wait all year for ‘Kartik Ekadashi’, when they can offer bottl

Hyderabad: The Telangana government would try to bring in a law on surrogacy, state health minister C Laxma Reddy said today.

The state government would take suggestions from the surrogacy bill introduced in Lok Sabha in 2016, Reddy said in the Telangana Legislative Assembly during the Question Hour.

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Kolkata: Government’s top planning body Niti Aayog has selected five students of the prestigious IIM Calcutta in course of its talent hunt in the famed management institution this year.

National Institution for Transforming India (Niti) Aayog visited the campus for the first time and made five offers during

Noida: A 32-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his rented accommodation in Sadarpur colony here, the police said today.

The police was informed about the last night incident today. The man has been identified as Sunil, Sector 39 police station in-charge Avnish Dixit said.

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Srinagar: In a major feat, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the world’s highest motorable road in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, passing through Umlingla Top at a height of over 19,300 feet.

The feat was achieved under ‘Project Himank’ of the organisation.

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New Delhi: The former UPA regime has been knocked by one of its own — MP Shashi Tharoor. The ex-Union minister believes that his former government and the one led by Narendra Modi have ignored the all-important sector of tourism.

India, the Kerala MP said, was not investing money in building the infrastructu

Hyderabad: A relay hunger strike launched by a group of students on the issue of the election of Students’ Union vice-president on the campus of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) entered third day today.

The varsity yesterday requested a retired High Court judge to “examine and advise” the admini

New Delhi: The AITA has recognised the urgent need to tackle the serious issue of age fraud during the National tennis championships but anticipating litigation, it has expressed helplessness to address the menace and is seeking guidelines from the government.

The recent hard courts national championship at DLTA w