Delhi Police on Wednesday saved the life of a mentally unstable person, who had climbed an over 50-feet high-voltage electric pole in the national capital.


Police save mentally unstable man who climbed electric pole


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Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said his ministry will issue an advisory to the Delhi Golf Club after its staff asked a Meghalaya woman to leave the club for wearing Jainsem, a traditional dress worn by Khasi women.


Naidu to issue advisory over Delhi Golf Club incident


Sakir, brother of Junaid who was stabbed to death in a passenger train on June 23, was shifted to the city-based Apollo Hospital on Tuesday.


Slain Junaid's brother shifted to Apollo Hospital


After fighting many battles with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the trailer of Alankrita Shrivastav directorial venture "Lipstick Under My Burkha" was released on Tuesday in Mumbai.


No issues with CBFC, my problem is with society: Ekta Kapoor


Eighteen-year-old Renu needed support to walk in front of a charred shack in Okhla Industrial Area I -- her home. On Tuesday evening, with tears rolling down her cheeks she cried aloud, continuously.


Delhi fire tragedy: Charred shack, broken teen, blank gaze


Five persons, including a six-year-old girl, died and four others were injured in a fire that broke out in a shanty here during pre-wedding celebrations, police said on Tuesday.


5 dead in Delhi fire


The BJP on Tuesday felicitated national shooter Ayesha Falaq, who fought with criminals to save her abducted 21-year-old brother-in-law, saying her act will inspire others to act with patience and courage in adverse circumstances.


BJP honours national shooter for fighting with criminals


Banners with the photograph of Donald Trump have been brought down in a Haryana village days after it was "renamed" after the US President, with a senior official declaring the renaming as a "fraud event" and illegal.


Renaming Haryana village after Trump a 'fraud event': Official


The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over the death of 11 patients in Indore's MY Hospital due to reported disruption in oxygen supply.


NHRC notice to Madhya Pradesh government over Indore hospital deaths


A Sikh couple in Britain were refused permission to adopt a white child here because of their "cultural heritage" and were instead advised to adopt a child from India.


Sikh couple in UK denied adoption over 'cultural heritage'


More than seven percent of the British population, amounting to 4.6 million people, live in persistent poverty, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a report on Tuesday.


Four million in persistent poverty in Britain


The British Queen's income is set increase to over 82 million pounds ($104 million) due to a government decision to increase her funding to cover "essential works" to Buckingham Palace, the media reported on Tuesday.


British Queen's income to increase


A 26-year-old city techie will soon have a prosthetic arm fitted, after a crocodile bit off his left forearm in a nearby lake on Sunday, said a private hospital doctor on Monday.


Prosthetic arm for Bengaluru techie as crocodile bites off forearm


Authorities have captured and killed an eight-feet-long blue shark that caused momentary panic and forced tourists out of the sea at a resort on the Island of Mallorca over the weekend.


Authorities kill shark scaring tourists in Spain


A plan for a summer vacation in the cooler climes of Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg happened to be be fatal for Pusa Institute of Technology lecturer Jayant Andraskar, his wife and two daughters as they plunged to their deaths when a tree uprooted by strong winds sent their cable car cabin hurtling hundreds of metres down.


Gulmohar trip turned to be fatal for Delhi family


A cheetah pouncing on an antelope in the wilds of Africa, or two tigers displaying their fondness for each other in a National Park in India - these are among a series of rare moments frozen with the camera by some renowned medicos struck by wanderlust that adorn an exhibition here.


Medicos exhibit their passion for the lens


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised two villages in Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for taking initiatives to make themselves free of open defecation and setting an example for others under the 'Swachh Bharat' movement.


Modi lauds villages for becoming free of open defecation


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Ramzan and Jagannath Yatra, saying that diversity is the country's uniqueness and its strength.


Modi greets nation on Ramzan, Jagannath Yatra


The Haryana Town and Country Planning (TCP) department has asked all clients, developers and applicants to apply only through online mode for any work concerning the department, a senior officer said on Saturday.


Only online applications for Haryana TCP department: Official


Acclaimed Buddhist leader and head of the Drukpa Lineage, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, has been bestowed with an Honorary Fellowship by the Wolfson College of Oxford for preservation of culture in the Himalayas, his office said on Saturday.


Buddhist leader bestowed with Honorary Fellowship by Oxford


Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), which is expecting to commission the first phase of the East-West Metro Project in the city in 2018, has completed tunnelling work under the Hooghly river in 66 days, an official said on Friday.

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