The CBI on Tuesday registered, on the directions of the Allahabad High Court, two cases against former chief engineer of the Noida authority Yadav Singh on charges of corruption and irregularities.


CBI registers cases against ex-Noida chief engineer


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A court in Odisha on Tuesday awarded the death sentence to a self-proclaimed godman for sacrificing a minor boy to a deity.


Odisha godman gets death for human sacrifice


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a plea of Reliance Power challenging withdrawal of the Chhatrasal coal block for the company's Sasan ultra mega power project in Madhya Pradesh.


HC notice on Reliance Power plea against coal block cancellation


Terming the government's crackdown on 857 pornographic websites an "act in haste", the country's top sex and behavioural experts have favoured making sex education mandatory for young Indian teenagers so that crimes like rape or child molestation can be efficiently curbed.


Banning porn won't work, sex education will: Experts


The Indian diaspora in New Zealand welcomed the country's fresh migration plans aimed at rejuvenating the provinces that have a "massive skills mismatch", a report said.


New Zealand's new immigration policies favour Indians


Chinese authorities have banned single women from freezing their eggs to preserve fertility, a media report said.


China bans egg freezing for single women


The Karnataka government has returned the reclaimed Shakti Hills Resort land to its owner, acting on a High Court order, L.C. Nagaraju, assistant commissioner for the Bengaluru South subdivision, said on Tuesday.


Shakti Hills Resort gets Bengaluru land back on court order


Pakistan on Tuesday executed convicted child killer Shafqat Hussain at the Karachi Central Prison after his hanging was postponed on four previous occasions this year, media reports said.


Pakistan finally executes child killer


Gorakhpur Real Estate Developers Pvt.Ltd. on Monday emerged as a successful bidder for Sahara Group's 45.71 acres in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city offering Rs.152 crore - more than two crores that the other bidder Samridhi Builders was willing to pay.


Apex court nod to Rs.152 crore bid for Sahara's Gorakhpur land


The Gurgaon Police has seized 160 cell phones from the inmates of the Bhondsi jail here, Police Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk said on Monday.


160 mobile phones seized from Gurgaon jail


An Indo-Tanzanian-Canadian jazz singer, Alysha Brilla, led hundreds of topless women in a rally organised in Ontario to advocate women's right to be topless in Canada, a media report said.


Indo-Canadian singer leads topless protest in Canada


A 16-year-old girl who was stabbed during the Jerusalem gay pride parade on Thursday succumbed to her wounds at a hospital on Sunday, officials said.


Israeli girl stabbed in gay parade dies


The Bihar government on Saturday banned the sale of six brands of  noodles for one month across the state, an official said.


Bihar bans six noodle brands


New simplified guidelines intended to provide for more effective regulation for adoption of children became operational from Saturday.


New guidelines for adoption come in place


The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi seeking information about the number of complaints of crime against women.


DCW writes to Delhi police chief on crimes against women


The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Saturday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi seeking information on the number of complaints of crime against women.


DCW writes to Bassi over crime against women


PETA has sought the Election Commission's intervention against the use of animals for campaign purposes

Lalu's plans for 1,000 horsecarts' procession runs into PETA trouble

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Crackers were burst and people rejoiced as India and Bangladesh exchanged enclaves at the stroke of midnight on Friday-Saturday, ending the 68 years of stateless existence for over 51,000 enclave dwellers.


India, Bangladesh exchange enclaves, people rejoice


The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the centre and Delhi governments asking as to why there should not be metering and pricing of the ground water which was being pumped out in huge quantities resulting in its depletion.


SC notice on metering, pricing extraction of ground water


More than 32,000 cases of violation of rights of women have been reported by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in 2014-15 and the figure for this year so far is 9,786, parliament was informed on Friday.


Over 32,000 cases of women's rights violation in 2014-15


The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) told the Delhi High Court on Friday that subject to availability of funds, it has decided to continue its pension scheme for people, including disabled, widow, and aged people.

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