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Chennai: In the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu a 17-year-old student committed suicide and blamed his father’s alcoholism for taking the extreme step. A resident of Tirunelveli and an aspiring doctor who called himself ‘Dinesh MBBS’ was preparing for NEET and decided to end his life as he had to take care of the family because his father was a serious drunkard. In a suicide note, he blamed his

Beijing, May 2: A 25-year-old Chinese man, who felt "stuffy" and opened the emergency exit of a plane to get some fresh air has been detained and fined, a media report said on Tuesday. The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to disembark the plane at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do with some fresh air. Unfortunately for him

Srinagar, May 2: A Class 2 student of a private school suffered head injury when his school bus was attacked by stone-pelters in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. A group of miscreants pelted stones on the bus carrying 35 students of Rainbow High School at Zavoora in Shopian, resulting in a head injury to Rehan Gorsai, a police official said. Rehan was referred to

Geneva, May 2: US President Donald Trump may rule the roost on Twitter, but he lags far behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook, according to a study published Wednesday. Modi is by far the most followed world leader on the gargantuan social networking platform, counting 43.2 million followers. That is nearly twice the 23.1 million who follow Trump, according to a study by communications

Geneva, May 2: US President Donald Trump may rule the roost on Twitter, but he lags far behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook, according to a study published Wednesday. Modi is by far the most followed world leader on the gargantuan social networking platform, counting 43.2 million followers. That is nearly twice the 23.1 million who follow Trump, according to a study by communications

Mumbai, May 2: Almost seven years after the shocking murder of veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai, a city court has convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the case. Dey, 56, was the Editor (Investigations) of Mid-Day. He was shot dead on July 11, 2011, at Powai, one of the posh central suburbs of Mumbai. Along with Rajan, journalist Jigna Vora, the then deputy bureau chief of Mumbai edition of

Kolkata, May 2: In a shocking incident of 'moral policing', a young couple travelling on the Kolkata Metro were reportedly harassed and thrashed by some of their co-passengers for "being too close" after they boarded a train late on Monday night. It all began after some elderly co-passengers objected to their "intimacy in public", leading to a heated argument. The young couple was reportedly

Kolkata, May 2: In a shocking incident of 'moral policing', a young couple travelling on the Kolkata Metro were reportedly harassed and thrashed by some of their co-passengers for "being too close" after they boarded a train late on Monday night. It all began after some elderly co-passengers objected to their "intimacy in public", leading to a heated argument. The young couple was reportedly

Shimla, May 2: An assistant town and country planner was shot dead and a Public Works Department employee injured after a hotel owner allegedly opened fire at them today while they were carrying out a Supreme Court mandated drive to demolish illegal structures in 13 hotels in Solan district. Assistant Town and Country Planner Shailbala was killed on the spot and Gulab Singh severely injured when

Ballia, May 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Surendra Singh on Monday blamed parents for the increasing incidents of rape in the country and suggested that this can be prevented only by not allowing young boys and girl to use smartphones. The MLA said that parents should keep a strict vigil on their children till the age of 15 and they shouldn't be allowed to roam around freely. "Parents of