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Mumbai, May 2: Almost seven years after the shocking murder of veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai, a city court has convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the case. Dey, 56, was the Editor (Investigations) of Mid-Day. He was shot dead on July 11, 2011, at Powai, one of the posh central suburbs of Mumbai. Along with Rajan, journalist Jigna Vora, the then deputy bureau chief of Mumbai edition of

Kolkata, May 2: In a shocking incident of 'moral policing', a young couple travelling on the Kolkata Metro were reportedly harassed and thrashed by some of their co-passengers for "being too close" after they boarded a train late on Monday night. It all began after some elderly co-passengers objected to their "intimacy in public", leading to a heated argument. The young couple was reportedly

Kolkata, May 2: In a shocking incident of 'moral policing', a young couple travelling on the Kolkata Metro were reportedly harassed and thrashed by some of their co-passengers for "being too close" after they boarded a train late on Monday night. It all began after some elderly co-passengers objected to their "intimacy in public", leading to a heated argument. The young couple was reportedly

Shimla, May 2: An assistant town and country planner was shot dead and a Public Works Department employee injured after a hotel owner allegedly opened fire at them today while they were carrying out a Supreme Court mandated drive to demolish illegal structures in 13 hotels in Solan district. Assistant Town and Country Planner Shailbala was killed on the spot and Gulab Singh severely injured when

Ballia, May 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Surendra Singh on Monday blamed parents for the increasing incidents of rape in the country and suggested that this can be prevented only by not allowing young boys and girl to use smartphones. The MLA said that parents should keep a strict vigil on their children till the age of 15 and they shouldn't be allowed to roam around freely. "Parents of

Ballia, May 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Surendra Singh on Monday blamed parents for the increasing incidents of rape in the country and suggested that this can be prevented only by not allowing young boys and girl to use smartphones. The MLA said that parents should keep a strict vigil on their children till the age of 15 and they shouldn't be allowed to roam around freely. "Parents of

New Delhi, May 1: The Telecom Commission has approved in-flight connectivity facilitating both voice and data calls in Indian airspace, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said in New Delhi. "Almost all recommendations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on this have been accepted. We are expediting the process (to start) and within three months it should be ready," she told reporters

New Delhi, May 1: The bone ossification test report of an accused held in connection with the rape of a 10-year-old girl inside a madrasa in Ghaziabad has indicated that he is a major, police said on Tuesday. The report was submitted to juvenile justice board today and the matter has been listed for hearing tomorrow, said a senior police officer. A bone ossification test was carried on the accused

New Delhi, May 1: This time 131 people from minority communities, including 51 Muslims have cracked the civil services examination in India. Interestingly, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister for Minority Affairs, has credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government of India for the achievement of those individuals. “Modi government’s policy of development with dignity without any discrimination

San Francisco, May 1: The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook Inc with more than 1 billion daily users, said on Monday he was leaving the company, in a loss of one of the strongest advocates for privacy inside Facebook. Jan Koum`s plan to exit comes after clashing with the parent company over WhatApp`s strategy and Facebook`s attempts to use its personal data and weaken