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Lucknow, Aug 3: In a shocking incident reflective of the prevailing superstitions in the society, a woman allegedly scalded and chopped one of the fingers and tried to bury her 24-day old deformed newborn baby in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, about 125 kilometres from here. The baby, who was branded as a 'satan' (devil) by her mother, was saved by the father, who managed to approach the cops in

New Delhi, Aug 3: A Delhi court today imposed Rs 10,000 as costs on NBA activist Medha Patkar for her repeated failure to appear before it in defamation cases filed by her and KVIC Chairman V K Saxena against each other. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid granted one last opportunity to the activist while warning that he will dismiss her complaint against Saxena if she again fails to appear. The

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Congress government in Karnataka has objected to the use of CRPF personnel during searches at the properties linked to state minister D K Shivakumar, saying it casts an aspersion on the credibility, integrity and professionalism the state police. In a letter to Union Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, state Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Subhash Chandra said established

Rohtak, Aug 3: Many private schools in Rohtak district in Haryana had to declare holiday on Wednesday as their buses were deployed for the rally organised to welcome BJP national president Amit Shah. This has happened in spite of a recent ban imposed by the state on using school buses for political rallies. According to the report published on a national daily, State additional chief secretary

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Supreme Court has pulled up Karnataka government for raising a bill of about Rs 15 lakh for police escort, accompanying Kerala's People Democratic Party leader Abdul Naser Ma’adani on his visit to home state for attending son's marriage. "Is this the way you carry out the orders of the Supreme Court? Don't scuttle these things. We expect some seriousness on the part of the

Bengaluru, Aug 3: The Supreme Court has pulled up Karnataka government for raising a bill of about Rs 15 lakh for police escort, accompanying Kerala's People Democratic Party leader Abdul Naser Ma’adani on his visit to home state for attending son's marriage. "Is this the way you carry out the orders of the Supreme Court? Don't scuttle these things. We expect some seriousness on the part of the

Patna, Aug 3: A virgin is a girl who is unmarried, says Bihar's Health Minister Mangal Pandey in a bizarre comment that was meant to justify a government hospital form that requires doctors and other staff to declare their virginity or the number of times they have been married. "I have looked up 'virgin' in the dictionary. It means kanya, kunwari (girl, unmarried) Punya Bhumi...I don't see

Betul (MP), Aug 3: Four persons were brutally thrashed by a vigilante group linked to a saffron outfit on the suspicion of being cow smugglers in a remote tribal village in Betul district, with the video of the incident going viral on social media. The victims, whom police consider as suspected cow smugglers, were arrested after the attack. However, the assailants were absconding, police said

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Congress today approached the Election Commission asking it to ensure the safety and security of its MLAs from Gujarat, ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha election in the state. The party also alleged that its MLAs from Gujarat, who have found a safe haven in a Karnataka resort, were being terrorised and intimidated by the central security forces, used by the central

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3: The Kerala government on Wednesday informed Karnataka that it was ready to provide security to People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Ma’adani, jailed in connection with Bengaluru blast case, during his visit to the state. Abdul Nasser Ma’adani (51), an under-trial lodged in Bengaluru prison in connection with the 2008 serial blasts case, has been permitted by the