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GUWAHATI: A first-semester student of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, was found dead on campus on Sunday. Police suspect Tushar Yadav committed suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of his hostel the previous night. Tushar, who was studying electronics communication and engineering, was from Gurgaon. Police said they had found a letter in Tushar’s […]

NEW DELHI: In a reprieve to bar owners in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the state government to maintain status quo and not implement its new liquor policy till September 30. The SC also asked the Kerala HC to decide expeditiously pleas challenging the state government’s new liquor policy, which are listed for

The magistrate returned the chargesheet with directions to police that the case should be re-investigated as there were many lacuna in the sections slapped on Shah, they said. The rejection left the Akhilesh Yadav government red-faced as the BJP state unit has alleged that the Samajwadi Party government added new sections — some serious and

A CPI (M) activist on Thursday surrendered before a magistrate court in Kannur in connection with the murder of an RSS leader. This came after the police issued a lookout notice against the CPI(M) leader. Police identified the surrendered CPI (M) activist as Vikraman, who was suspected among a gang that hacked to death RSS

Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran had “pressurised” and “forced” Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006, the CBI on Thursday told a special court. “Accused number one (Dayanidhi Maran) forced Sivasankaran to sell his companies. He (Sivasankaran) sold his three

Bangalore: Growing up is fraught with suicidal tendencies. A Nimhans study under way has found that 11% of college students and 7%-8% of high school students have attempted suicide. In the survey, 1,500 school and college students were studied on suicide prevention. “What’s bothering the current adolescent generation is stress due to academics, relationship with

  NEW DELHI: After seeking CBI director Ranjit Sinha’s explanation on Monday over “undesired” visitors to his residence relating to 2G spectrum scam case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked him to respond in 10 days to identical allegations concerning the coal block allocation scam. A bench of Chief Justice R M Lodha and Justices

NEW DELHI: The UPA government may have cut a sorry figure in the Supreme Court during scrutiny of coal block allocations that once threatened to reach the PMO’s door but then attorney general Goolam E Vahanvati got a note of appreciation from the bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha. Appearing for some companies whose

Psychologists say the problem could become as complex a societal issue as drug abuse, even as parents struggle to get always-connected teens to log off. A 15-year-old Pune student addicted to the Internet tried to attack his mother with a kitchen knife recently when she tried to turn off his computer and take away his

NEW DELHI: More than 10,000 illegal packaged water bottling units are operating in the National Capital Territory, often using the labels of the 64 licensed manufacturers, putting the health of millions of people at risk, officials maintain. “It may sound horrific but only 64 water bottling plants have the licence to supply packed drinking water