Loan-recovery agents hijack bus, hold 42 passengers hostage for three hours
A private bus was waylaid and its 42 passengers held hostage for three hours by seven men at a private parking lot in Rajarajeshwarinagar on Friday night just to recover a loan from a travel company. While four of the accused have been detained, three are on the run.

Amid bonhomie, China says won't push India on BRI
Importantly for India, Kong said that China was not going to push India to become a part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He said actually there was no disagreement in principle between India and China on connectivity issues.

India, China to join hands for Afghanistan project
An official source, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that India and China discussed participation in a project and that details are being worked out through diplomatic channels. An Indian and Chinese convergence on Afghanistan taking the shape of a joint venture is ground-breaking.

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China seeks FTA with India to boost trade opportunities

Idea Cellular Q4 net loss widens nearly 3-fold to Rs 930.6 crore

IndiGo president resigns, plans to start new venture

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Benches shut, NGT forcing petitioners to come to Delhi
Abhijit Prabhudesai, a Goa-based environmentalist, has travelled to Delhi six times since last December to appear before the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) principal bench, which is hearing his petition on environmental concerns regarding the Mopa airport in north Goa.

List steps to control river pollution: HC to Maha govt

Govt calls for time-bound execution of clean air plan
The NCAP calls for a long-term time-bound national-level plan to control air pollution. Under this, the ministry aims to augment air quality monitoring in 100 non-attainment cities.

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Pashtun rights group accuses Pakistan army of abuses
The group's leader, 25-year-old Manzoor Pashteen charged that in the name of its 'war on terror' the military has used indiscriminate force as it hunts for Taliban hideouts in the Pashtun tribal regions, imposing collective punishments like bulldozing homes of family members of suspected militants and punishing entire villages for extremist attacks.

UN team arrives in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya refugees
The UN Security Council delegation will visit camps housing the refugees and discuss the crisis with local officials. The team will also visit Myanmar after concluding its three-day visit on Monday.

Things 'going very well,' Trump after talk with South Korea's Moon
"Just had a long and very good talk with President Moon of South Korea. Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set," Trump wrote on Twitter.

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Films which were mired in plagiarism row
The alluring and creative Industry of Bollywood has many times been mired in controversies related to plagiarism. While some filmmakers have bluntly refused to accept it and denied all the accusations while others have called it inspirations. This row has been looming over Bollywood ever since a long time and here is a list of films which have been mired in this plagiarism row.

'Avengers: Infinity War' BO collection Day 1
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ has checked itself into the record books by becoming the highest grossing Hollywood release in India, with a collection of an estimated Rs 30.50 crore. The superhero film reportedly had a higher occupancy than even ‘Bahubali - The Conclusion’.

Priyanka's Kalpana Chawla biopic stalled?

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Brains, eyes, testes: Off-limits for transplants?
Since the world's first successful organ transplant in 1954 — a kidney — the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month.

Sunny days behind happy FB posts: Study

This plastic can be used again and again

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IPL: Rohit Sharma helps MI beat CSK by eight wickets
Rohit Sharma led the team from the front as he scored a match-winning fifty to help Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Saturday.

No dearth of support for Gautam Gambhir at Kotla
Gautam Gambhir may have sat out Delhi Daredevils' IPL game against Kolkata Knight Riders but there was no dearth of support for the veteran opener at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Prannoy, Saina lose in Asia Badminton semis
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy suffered a straight-game semifinal defeat against Olympic champion Chen Long of China in the Asia Badminton Championship here on Saturday.

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Apple iPhones new colour variant launched in India: Price, availability and more

Planning to buy smart speaker? 7 things to know

Nokia to launch X6 smartphone today in China: All you need to know
Nokia, the smartphone brand that has recently confirmed to be back in profit in India within a year of re-launching its handsets, is all set to launch a new series of smartphones in China.

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UP Board result 2018: UPMSP Class 10, Class 12 results today; register for result now
The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) will announce the Class 10 (SSC) and Class 12 (HSSC) board examination 2018 results on Sunday, April 29, 2018.

AP SSC Results 2018: Andhra Pradesh Class 10th Result 2018 today; register for result
The Board Of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh will declare the AP SSC Class 10 today, April 29, 2018, on the official website of the board - bseap.org

SSC MTS final result released; here's direct link

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Mumbai University V-C's first big test will be to get pending results out on time

Customs agent arrested in Rs 10 crore duty drawback racket

PIL says Metro 3 work puts pedestrians at grave risk

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Delhi sibling killing: Mistrust led to attack, say cops

Delhi labour department staffer says superior harassed her sexually

Film screening on 'love jihad': Day after scuffle, ABVP and Left students take out marches in JNU

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Engineering grads pose as I-T officials to blackmail astrologer, held
Had their plan worked out, they would have been richer by Rs 10 crore.Instead, two unemployed youth landed in jail for blackmailing an astrologer in a bid to extort money from him.

Bengaluru: Man gets death for rape, murder of 6-year-old girl
A city court on Saturday awarded death penalty to a man who was convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl on April 20, 2017, which must now be confirmed by the high court.

Loan-recovery agents hold 42 people hostage for 3hours
A private bus was waylaid and its 42 passengers held hostage for three hours by seven men at a private parking lot in Rajarajeshwarinagar on Friday night just to recover a loan from a travel company.

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Pedestrians account for a third of fatalities

80 shine under CP's mentorship
The UPSC results brought with it a moment of jubilation even for commissioner of police (Rachakonda), Mahesh Bhagwat.With all the 80 candidates that he had mentored, successfully cracking the test, his joy knew no bounds.

Google, Youtube the 'tutors' for UPSC topper from Hyderabad
For most people, Google and YouTube might be sources of entertainment.But for UPSC topper, Anudeep Durishetty, the two played a much bigger role - they helped him crack his civil service exam.

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Marina as protest venue splits city

Bench stays HC judge diktat to allow day-long Marina stir
The high drama in the court, which is is scheduled to close for a month-long vacation from Sunday, started around 3.30pm when Justice T Raja partially allowed the plea moved by Ayyakannu.

TN power demand hits a new high, touches 15,440MW

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Eight absconding lion poachers held from MP

Fire at Mahatma Mandir

Rs 1 crore cash trail leads to Anand area

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Advanced drones to add more ammo to Kumbh Mela preparations
Apart from underwater drones to be roped in for rescue operations at the religious fair, the Mela police would use three advanced drones during the Kumbh-2019 for the first time for aerial surveillance and better crow management.

Farmer's son from Allahabad bags eighth rank

Pratapgarh's penchant for 'green' weddings grows stronger

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170th birth anniversary of Odish'a founding father celebrated in state
The state observed the 170th birth anniversary of the founding father of Odisha, Utkal Gauraba Madhusudan Das with artistes, politicians, government and private organisations paying floral tribute to the legend.

Odisha: Traffic info will soon be a click away
The commissionerate police have decided to launch a website to provide a wide range of information pertaining to road safety lessons, traffic rules and updates on traffic snarl or diversions to citizens. A private IT firm has been assigned to develop the website of the city traffic police.

Odisha: 'Jagannath temple has around 128 kg gold'
In perhaps first ever official revelation, the state government on Thursday said at least 128 kg of gold is stashed in Jagannath temple’s Ratna Bhandar (treasury) that underwent a maintenance inspection on April 4.

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14-year-old gang-raped for over 2 months in MP, 3 held

Congress fumes at MP Governor Anandiben Patel's video, says it's violation of oath of office

BJP questions Scindia's silence, Laxman Singh's remarks

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Lightning strike not act of God, treat it like calamity: Punjab and Haryana HC

Harish Verma defends his act in Miss Pooja's song

Patiala MP urges PM to resist US trade pressure
Dr Dharamvira Gandhi, member of Parliament from Patiala, in his letter to Prime Minister Narender Modi has urged him to resist pressure from the US to impose price controls on all the remaining medical devices notified as medicines under the Drugs and Cosmetic Act and Rules; and let the Competition Commission of India to carry out an investigation into the anti-competitive practices of the medical device industry.

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