From betting on World Cup cricket to making extortion calls, gangsters lodged in Tihar and other prisons of the NCR are using internet telephoney (IP phone) to make a quick buck. Not just that, documents in possession of IANS reveal the underworld lords are running the entire operations of their gangs from inside the jail barracks.


Internet telephoney helps gangsters make a killing from NCR jails (IANS Special)


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A 17-year-old Dutch girl, who suffered years of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anorexia after being sexually assaulted as a child, has ended her life.


Dutch teen rape victim ends life with euthanasia


Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said that the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission would be launched soon, with the objective of controlling the menace of liquid and solid waste in rural areas.


Second phase of Swachh Bharat soon: Minister


After a youth in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh was attacked by a tiger on June 1, another incident of the tiger attack on Tuesday near the Paraspani village in the same district has been reported.


Another tiger attack reported in Madhya Pradesh


Wells and hand-pumps have dried up, ponds have disappeared, the water table has receded and Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh is now fighting for water.


Water riots begin in UP's Bundelkhand


With growing number of sexual harassment cases being reported at workplaces in the National Capital Region, the Gautam Budh Nagar authorities have decided to make the process of filing such complaints easy.


Soon complain online against sexual harassment in Gautam Budh Nagar


Have you ever wondered "what does mom like to eat?" Enter "Maa ki Baat) a 20-part web series crafted by multi-talented Chief Ranveer Brar, "the perfect ode" to all a mother does for her loved ones.


'Maa ki Baat' is Chef Ranveer Brar's ode to motherhood


This tribal youth in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district will always owe his life to his pet dog - who distracted an attacking tiger long enough for other villagers to come to his aid and drive away the marauding big cat.


Valiant dog saves owner from rampaging tiger in MP forest


Back in the early 1970s, when J. Inder Singh Kalra began writing "Platter Chatter" on food for a leading daily, there were many who sniggered. But Jiggs Kalra was way ahead of his time and doggedly pushed his way through to earn monikers aplenty and show the path ahead to more than a generation of food writers - and, indeed, raise the art of gastronomy to new heights.


Jiggs Kalra was way ahead of his time (Obituary)


US President Donald Trump was rescued by his wife Melania from an embarrassing situation when he failed to recognize a statue at Buckingham Palace that he had gifted to Queen Elizabeth Il last year.


Trump fails to recognize his gift to Queen Elizabeth II


Family, friends, education and leisure are the four spaces we are familiar with. But, is it possible to create a 5th Space where young people get a chance to lead, experiment, fail, learn and undertake self-to-society journeys?


The 5th Space could be game-changer for youth


Amid the rising mercury levels in the national capital, the peak power demand on Monday touched 6,612 megawatt (MW), highest for the season and up by about 3,000 MW from the peak power demand recorded in the city in 2006.


Delhi's peak power demand reaches 6,612 MW; up by 3,000 MW from 2006


In a grand gesture proving that their traditional, fraternal ties are still strong, retired Kashmiri Pandit bank employees living in different parts of the country joined their Muslim counterparts in the Kashmir Valley to help a poor colleague get pension.


Muslim ex-bank employee to get pension as Pandits flock to help


Frustrated with long power cuts in Madhya Pradesh amid the ongoing heat wave, Urdu poet Rahat Indori on Sunday shared his pain with Chief Minister


Rahat Indori shares 'power cut' pain with MP CM


Experts in China's publication industry have called on the sector to provide more products via new media and new channels to foster good reading habits among children.


Experts stress digital media role in child reading


A search is underway for seven climbers -- four Britons, two Americans and an Australian -- and their Indian liaison officer, who went missing a week ago during an expedition to the Nanda Devi peak in Uttarakhand, CNN reported on Sunday citing local authorities.


Search on for 8 missing climbers in Nanda Devi


A young woman who courageously fought off a knife-wielding robber at a State Bank of India (SBI) Grahak Seva Kendra has become a local hero, officials said on Friday.


Plucky woman battles robber in Nashik SBI counter


Neemuch town, known mostly for production and clandestine trade of opium, was stunned to find a teenager dying of a new addiction to online multiplayer game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds or PUBG. Furqan Qureshi, 16-year-old student of class XII, died of a cardiac arrest allegedly after he played -- for six hours continuously -- on Monday.


Six hours with PUBG stops teenager's heart


In a bid to spread a humanitarian message, Bethune College in Kolkata included 'Humanity' as an option in the 'Religion' section of the college admission forms, an official said on Friday.


Kolkata college adds 'Humanity' in religion tab of forms


A mock slave auction, organised by a teacher, where white students bought their black classmates, at a school here in March had a "profoundly negative effect" on the children, a state investigation has found.


Black kids cast as slaves in 'auction' at NY school


A baby girl born weighing just 245 grams, believed to be the tiniest on record to survive premature birth, has been discharged from a hospital in the US.

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