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Star of 1998 cricket WC, blind cricketer grazes cattle

Bhalaji Damor, man of the series in the first cricket world cup for the blind, life has bowled a googly, reports The Times of India.
12 July 2015

India to be highest populous county by 2050

India records a population of 127,42,39,769, which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year, and could make the country the most populous in the world by 2050
11 July 2015

One-teacher virtual school has 68,000 students (video)

She wanted to do PhD and become a teacher, but after her father's death, she had to take up a job in an MNC. However, Roshni Mukherjee found a way to teach tens of thousands of school students for free.
11 July 2015

Rayudu ton gives India last-ball thriller

India manages a nail-biting four-run victory over Zimbabwe at Harare today.
10 July 2015

Modi accepts invite for first Pakistan visit

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepts an invitation Friday from his counterpart Nawaz Sharif to pay his first visit to Pakistan.
10 July 2015

India's 'most expensive' film Bahubali hits cinemas

India's battle epic film Bahubali (Strong Man), billed as its most expensive film to date, has released in cinemas on Friday.
10 July 2015

India issues dress code for exams

Authorities in India issues dress code for candidates who are retaking a medical school exam.
10 July 2015

Bangla Bhai visits West Bengal in 2005 to set up JMB network

Bangla Bhai, who was executed in 2007, has visited West Bengal in 2005 spending three months in several districts to set up a base for the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB), investigations have revealed.
9 July 2015

BSF kills 1 on Lalmonirhat border

Indian Border Security Force guns down a cattle trader on Lohakuchi border in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat early today.
9 July 2015

Felani killing: Amnesty India to challenge acquittal of BSF man

Amnesty India will move to the Indian Supreme Court challenging acquittal of a BSF man in Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun murder case.
8 July 2015

Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders today including India's Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.
8 July 2015

Sourav celebrates birthday with fans (video)

Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly celebrates his birthday with fans.
8 July 2015

Bangladesh, Pakistan have one eye on Champions Trophy

Bangladesh needs to win one game against South Africa to retain pre-series points, Pakistan must win series against Sri Lanka to move ahead of eighth-ranked West Indies.
8 July 2015

Video of differently-abled Ranchi singer goes viral

In two days, till last count at 6:30pm on Monday, the video had fetched 2,250,348 views, 100,161 likes and 118,647 shares on Facebook.
8 July 2015

Hema Malini blames father of child killed in car accident

In tweets today, actor-turned-politician Hema Malini blames the child's father for not following traffic rules.
8 July 2015

India reeling from Vyapam scandal

A medical school admission examinations scandal in India has turned into a veritable whodunit with thousands of arrests, mysterious deaths and the suspected involvement of top politicians and bureaucrats.
8 July 2015

Turkish plane diverts to Delhi over 'threat'

A Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul makes an emergency landing in India Tuesday after a bomb threat was scrawled in lipstick on a bathroom mirror.
7 July 2015

Teen thrashes eve-teaser inside UP police station (video)

Video of a teenage girl thrashing a youth inside a police station and making him apologise for allegedly eve-teasing her goes viral on social networking sites.
7 July 2015

Narendra Modi app is 'like Tinder for good governance'

Technology writer Krish Raghav reviews the Narendra Modi mobile app, unveiled by the Indian prime minister in June.
7 July 2015

India woman 'set on fire by police' in Uttar Pradesh

A woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dies after alleging that she was set on fire by two policemen inside a police station after she refused to pay a bribe.
7 July 2015