Top news of May 2 | Cricket betting racket busted in Hyderabad. Two people arrested,Rs 1,92,000 seized

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#10:06 PM

Hyderabad: Telangana CM KC Rao visits Andhra Jyoti office which was damaged due to fire- ANI

#10:05 PM

Son of BSF's Prem Sagar(lost his life in ceasefire violation by Pak) says last rites of his father will not be done till UP CM doesn't come- ANI

#10:01 PM

Pakistan team denied visa for Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi from May 10-14, claims Pakistan Wrestling Federation.- PTI

#9:38 PM

Cricket betting racket busted in Hyderabad. Two people arrested,Rs 1,92,000 seized- ANI

#9:26 PM

Public apology in defamation cases more appropriate relief than monetary damages: Delhi High Court- PTI

#9:24 PM

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi leaves for Geneva, would project India's record on human rights protection at global UNHRC meet- PTI

#9:24 PM

EU to end internal Schengen border controls by November: commission- AFP

#9:18 PM

British royals demand 1.5 mn euros damages over Kate topless shots: lawyer- AFP

#9:09 PM

UP: Minor sexually assaulted in Auraiya. Victim admitted to hospital, culprit absconding- ANI

#9:04 PM

Five held, weapons seized in French anti-terror raid: sources- AFP

#9:04 PM

Union Cabinet likely to take up proposal to grant international status to Vijaywada Airport at a meeting tomorrow- PTI

#8:47 PM

PM Modi visits Kedarnath tomorrow to pay obeisance at the shrine, will inaugurate research centre at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar- PTI

#8:47 PM

Army successfully test fires advanced version of Brahmos land-attack cruise missile in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.- PTI

#8:47 PM

CBI-ED officials meet UK prosecution lawyers in Vijay Mallya case.- PTI

#8:47 PM

Two-thirds of French far-left supporters to abstain in presidential vote: party- AFP

#8:47 PM

Allahabad HC raps CBI for tardy investigation into Jawahar Bagh violence which had left over 20 dead, including 2 police officials- PTI

#8:43 PM

Calcutta HC judge Justice CS Karnan orders issuance of NBWs against 7 SC judges, including CJI, for not being represented before him- PTI

#8:37 PM

Pak will have to face consequences of mutilating soldiers' bodies, will respond at time & place of our choosing: Vice CoAS Sarath Chand- PTI

#8:35 PM

Collective, coordinated action by the international community against terrorism can no longer be postponed: President Pranab Mukherjee- ANI

#8:25 PM

Panama case: Pakistan SC sets up special cell for facilitating Joint Investigation Team.- PTI

#8:11 PM

Punjab govt announces Rs 12L ex gratia for next of kin of Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh killed by Pak troops along LoC- PTI

#8:09 PM

Sweden scraps systematic ID checks at border: government- AFP

#8:07 PM

Swachh Survekshan: 83% people from 434 cities, towns across India feel their areas much cleaner than last yr.- PTI

#8:02 PM

SC asks Central Pollution Control Board to prepare standards for emission by industries in NCR to bring down level of air pollutants- PTI

#7:56 PM

Top Union Cabinet ministers including HM Rajnath Singh & FM Arun Jaitley discuss issues related to operationalisation of Lokpal- PTI

7:38 PM

Director of Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, Janat Shah gets second term.- PTI

#7:31 PM

Aircel-Maxis deal:ED files revision petition in Delhi HC challenging 2G spcl trial court order discharging all accused incldn Maran brothers- ANI

#7:20 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met trainee IFS officers today- ANI

#7:14 PM

NGT says it would inspect Ganga's most polluted parts on Haridwar-Kanpur stretch; usually it appoints panel of experts for site inspection- PTI

#7:12 PM

Karnataka govt passed an order to put a cap of Rs 200 on movie ticket prices at all movie halls; to be applicable from today.- ANI

#7:07 PM

Bihar govt wants 2 yr to appoint 174 stenos in police; "Not done", says SC. "You can hold one single test for stenographers & recruit them."- PTI

#7:05 PM

Shift focus from gau raksha, love-jihad, slaughterhouses, triple talaq to national interest, law & order, borders: Mayawati - PTI

#7:01 PM

General Bipin Rawat,Chief of Army Staff visited frontier areas in north Kashmir,interacted with commanders and troops deployed along the LoC- ANI

#6:56 PM

IG CRPF Devendra Chouhan & DM Awasthi, DG (Anti-Naxal Ops) Chhattisgarh Police visit Naxal-affected village of Jagargunda.- ANI

#6:54 PM

Irked by promotional calls, SMSes, man (registered on DND) moves Delhi HC; court issues notices to DoT, TRAI, pvt cellular operator- PTI

#6:49 PM

Pakistan Army seeks "actionable evidence" on beheading of two Indian security personnel and mutilating their bodies.- PTI

#6:45 PM

CPI urges Centre to take Oppn into confidence while it works out strategy to deal with beheading of 2 Indian jawans by Pak forces- PTI

#6:42 PM

Vidya Veerta Abhiyan: 1000 colleges & schools to set up Wall of Heroes featuring portraits of 21 soldiers decorated with the Param Veer Chakra- PTI

#6:28 PM

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull called PM Narendra Modi & thanked him for the success of his recent visit to India- ANI

#6:21 PM

Uttarakhand Assembly passes GST bill- PTI

#6:21 PM

PM Modi speaks to Aus PM Turnbull; expresses concern over impact of changes in Australia's visa prog on skilled workers- PTI

#6:16 PM

Have no words to say about cruelty of Pak Army, govt must give free hand our Army to handle it in its own way: AK Antony on beheading- PTI

#6:12 PM

55 camps of Pak-backed militants have come up across LoC in last 4 months, terrorists being trained to be pushed into J&K: Officials- PTI

#6:10 PM

In a separate incident,Health Minister JP Nadda came across a car accident,took the injured in an ambulance to Tanda Medical College- ANI

#6:03 PM

ED registers fresh PMLA case against Anubhav Mittal in ongoing matter related to Noida ponzi scam worth Rs 3700 crores- ANI

#6:03 PM

Himachal Pradesh: Health Minister JP Nadda stops his program midway to ensure passage of an ambulance in Ghughar- ANI

#6:03 PM

Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairs a meeting of ministers on issues related to Lokpal Bill- ANI

#6:03 PM

3 Naxals, 2 of them from Odisha, arrested during a search operation in Chattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma: Police.- PTI

#6:03 PM

A constable attached with Mumbai Crime Branch booked for trying to run car over a businessman over alleged financial dispute.- PTI

#5:59 PM

No plan to make Hindi feature on Feluda, the iconic fictional sleuth created by legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, says his son Sandip Ray.- PTI

#5:55 PM

3 suspected maoists arrested from Gaya in Bihar: CPRF officials.- PTI

#5:53 PM

Visva Bharti University, founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, starts Chinese language course for Indian soldiers.- PTI

#5:52 PM

UP Govt shifts around 100 gangster in prisons far away from home dist in attempt to smash their local crime network 1/2- PTI

#5:50 PM

Mukhtar Ansari, Munna Bajrangi, Atiq Ahmed, Shekhar Tiwari, Maulana Anwarul Haq, Mukim alias Kala, Udaibhan Singh, Titu among affected. 2/2- PTI

#5:50 PM

233-year-old Asiatic Society in Kolkata starts digitisation of its over 50,000 manuscripts, over one lakh journals & publications.- PTI

#5:50 PM

Delhi govt puts on hold directive to install air purifires in schools- PTI

#5:46 PM

Aadhar mandatory to avoid fake PAN cards: Govt tells SC- PTI

#5:39 PM

LG Delhi seeks report from Delhi govt on dismantling of BRT corridor; was built by Sheila Dikshit govt at nearly Rs 180 cr- PTI

#5:35 PM

Pakistan Army seeks 'actionable evidence' from India on mutilation of bodies of 2 Indian security personnel by special Pakistani forces.- PTI

#5:34 PM

Czech premier Sobotka quits after row with finance minister- AFP

#5:32 PM

Labourer carries 15-year-old son's body over shoulder, was allegedly denied help by doctors at Etawah (UP) govt hospital; video goes viral- PTI

#5:28 PM

Telangana govt asks Cong leader Digvijaya Singh to prove claim that the state police set up bogus website to induce Muslim youths or apologise- PTI

#5:18 PM

Delhi HC says it can't pass blanket order restraining MPs, MLAs from campaigning for their parties; plea on it to be heard on Jul 5- PTI

#5:18 PM

Turkey to say 'goodbye' to EU if new accession chapters not opened: Erdogan- AFP

#5:17 PM

UK's Indian-origin steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta to add 300 new jobs in steel division formerly owned by Tata Steel.- PTI

#5:12 PM

Govt tells the apex curt that Aadhar makes a secure and robust system through which identity of a person cannot be faked.- PTI

#5:10 PM

Section 139 AA of IT Act, which makes Aadhaar mandatory for PAN, curbs use of fake PAN cards: Govt tells Supreme Court- PTI

#5:09 PM

AG in SC: Biometric not to be shared,unless per procedures laid down under the law,authority shall ensure security,confidentiality of data- ANI

#5:08 PM

Taliban attacks Pakistan army border posts; 3 militants killed.- PTI

#5:08 PM

Nepal's Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) quits Prachanda- led government.- PTI

#5:08 PM

AG in SC: Biometric classified as sensitive public information. You might want to be forgotten, but the state does not want to forget you.- ANI

#5:00 PM

AG in SC: The Central Govt is entitled to have identification. As constituents of society people can't claim immunity from identification.- ANI

#5:00 PM

Aadhar/PAN card case in SC:AG says can't live in Himalayas without phones,credit cards,can't live in a vacuum, can't ask for being invisible- ANI

#4:54 PM

PM also said that more people should come under the tax net so that tax base can be increased: Govt Sources- ANI

#4:48 PM

PM said e-assessment should be implemented soon to minimize human interference,assessment should be computerized: Govt Sources- ANI

#4:47 PM

In the meeting PM Modi told Finance Ministry officials to speed up action against benami property holders: Govt Sources- ANI

#4:46 PM

PM Modi takes stock of operation 'Clean Money' in review meeting with Revenue Officials: Govt Sources- ANI

#4:38 PM

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet to give status of a living entity to river Narmada, law to be passed in state assembly tomorrow.- ANI

#4:34 PM

They(Pakistan) can't justify this, if their forces have not done it, who has?: Sarath Chand, Vice Chief Army Staff- ANI

#4:33 PM

Weak public finances continue to constrain India's ratings: Fitch Ratings.- PTI

#4:32 PM

Paper-based clothes can protect from dangerous bacteria: research.- PTI

#4:32 PM

Fitch forecasts India's real GDP growth to accelerate to 7.7% in FY17 and FY18, from 7.1% in FY16.- PTI

#4:30 PM

Sunsreens may cause vitamin D deficiency: study.- PTI

#4:30 PM

Fitch Ratings affirms 'BBB-' India rating with stable outlook.- PTI

#4:30 PM

World's fastest film camera developed that can film at an unprecedented rate of five trillion images per second.- PTI

#4:28 PM

Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze Dirty Dancing jacket auctioned for whopping USD 62,500.- PTI

#4:24 PM

Madhya Pradesh govt changes its financial year to January-December, new budget for state will be presented in December.- ANI

#4:19 PM

Pak conducted most despicable act agnst our soldiers by kind of shameful & cowardly treatment they gave their bodies; condemn it:RS Prasad- ANI

#4:09 PM

Erdogan rejoins Turkey ruling party after near 3-year absence- AFP

#4:08 PM

International community has rejected India's contention that the Kashmir issue is mainly cross-border terrorism: Pakistan- ANI

#3:57 PM

Chhattisgarh: Detonators, explosives & other materials recovered following an encounter with Naxals in Narayanpur, Naxals fled from the spot- ANI

#3:57 PM

Gujarat: Fire broke out at collector's office in Vadodara, many important documents gutted; fire doused now- ANI

#3:50 PM

Chhattisgarh: 4 died, more than 15 injured after a vehicle overturned in Bijapur.- ANI

#3:45 PM

Delhi HC directed GoI&HAL to compensate IAF officer, who was rendered for flying after MIG-21 crash in 2005 with 5 lakh&50 lakh respectively- ANI

#3:45 PM

ED registers money laundering case against TTV Dhinakaran & others in connection with alleged bribery of EC officials.- PTI

#3:39 PM

Sensex rises 2.78 points to close at 29,921.18; Nifty up 9.75 points to 9,313.80.- PTI

#3:38 PM

Have filed defamation case against RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha & Chitranjan Gagan for baseless charges hurled against me: Sushil Modi, BJP- ANI

#3:27 PM

Police arrests accused woman in BJP MP KC Patel alleged honey-trap case- ANI

#3:27 PM

Tamil Nadu CM EK Palaniswami writes to PM requesting to secure the immediate release of 5 fishermen, fishing boats in Sri Lankan custody- ANI

#3:19 PM

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India lose to Australia by 1-3.- ANI

#2:26 PM

Two terrorists barged into Ellaquai Dehati Bank in Kader Yaripora area of Kulgam district and looted Rs 65,000 from the bank.- ANI

#2:18 PM

Women allegedly molested by Ola cab driver in Bengaluru case: One suspect detained & being questioned by police-ANI

#2:11 PM

J&K: Terrorists looted a bank in Kulgam, more details awaited-ANI

#1:55 PM

Finance Ministry to set up dedicated team to dispose off cases of tax issues pending with Central Board of Excise &Customs before GST regime-ANI

#1:53 PM

Uttarakhand Assembly passes #GSTBill.-ANI

#1:36 PM

#WATCH: Wreath-laying ceremony of BSF head constable Prem Sagar whose body was mutilated by Pak Army in KG Sector https://t.co/tKpkRb2x6P

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 2, 2017

#1:24 PM

Local commanders of Pakistan and Indian armies make hotline contact, Indian side told there was no mutilation of soldiers' bodies: ISPR- ANI

#1:21 PM

DGMO Lt Gen AK Bhatt spoke to his Pak counterpart, expressed grave concern about Krishna Ghati incident & the way patrol party was targeted-ANI

#1:16 PM

Judicial custody of Chhagan Bhujbal extended till May 16 by Special PMLA Court.-ANI

#1:09 PM

#WATCH: School students along with locals raise ant-Pakistan & Hindustan zindabad slogans outside slain soldier Prem Sagar's house in Deoria pic.twitter.com/Ego8Ft1qD0

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 2, 2017

#1:09 PM

Andhra Pradesh: 7 injured after a reactor explodes at a biopharma company in Visakhapatnam.-ANI

#1:01 PM

Uttarakhand Govt says there is no plan for complete ban on liquor, in reply to a question in the state assembly during question hour-ANI

#1:01 PM

Joint team of CBI & ED reaches London to expedite Vijay Mallya's case: Sources- ANI

#12:56 PM

India to clock 7.1 per cent #GDP this year, 7.5 per cent in 2018: #UN report.-PTI

#12:27 PM

Delhi: Police arrest seven people in connection with ransacking of Delhi BJP Chief Manoj Tiwari's house-ANI

#12:20 PM

Indian man robbed while saving woman co-worker from oncoming train in US.- PTI

#11:54 AM

Kejriwal-ji might blame EVMs for our victory, to know real reason, meet our booth in-charge: Amit Shah in Delhi, addressing BJP corporators- ANI

#11:25 AM

Flag & beacons are put by DPR department. I can sit and go in that, I can't alter anything: Karnataka minister U T Khader on red beacon-ANI

#11:20 AM

J&K Guv assured HM that situation will be controlled soon, and home ministry will be informed of the same.- ANI

#11:00 AM

J&K Guv assured HM that situation will be controlled soon, and home ministry will be informed of the same.-ANI

#10:49 AM

Mumbai: Samajwadi Party corporator Raees Sheikh writes a letter to BMC commissioner, demanding a 400% pay hike for corporators.-ANI

#10:43 AM

#WATCH: Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit evades questions on mutilation of Indian soldiers by Pakistan Army pic.twitter.com/47q8byxmrt

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 2, 2017

#10:30 AM

My father got martyred for the country, proud of him: Simrandeep, daughter of Naib Sub Paramjit Singh, whose body was mutilated by Pak Army-ANI

#10:24 AM

We have decided to celebrate 'Uttar Pradesh Diwas' on January 24: UP minister Siddharth Nath Singh-ANI

#10:22 AM

Jammu & Kashmir Governor NN Vohra reaches Home Minister Rajnath Singh's residence to discuss law & order situation- ANI

#10:05 AM

BJP MP KC Patel alleged honey-trap case: Police takes accused woman into custody, for questioning, from her house in Ghaziabad.-ANI

#10:00 AM

Defence minister Arun Jaitley to brief prime minister on Pak army attack issue- ANI

#9:52 AM

Chandrababu Naidu selected for 'Transformative Chief Minister Award' in recognition for his role in advancing US-India partnership.

#9:37 AM

#WATCH: Locals & ex-servicemen shouting anti-Pak slogans in Poonch (J&K), as mortal remains of 2 Indian soldiers, are being taken to Jammu pic.twitter.com/D5ocLRuG4u

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 2, 2017

#9:28 AM

Sensex up by 136.11 points, currently at 30,054.51- ANI

#9:15 AM

Poonch (J&K): Mortal remains of Indian soldiers, whose bodies were mutilated by Pak Army in Krishna Ghati sector, being taken to Jammu. pic.twitter.com/jyLRWXuCH3

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 2, 2017

#9:00 AM

Police arrest one more accused in Jayalalithaa’s Kodanad estate murder case. Total 5 accused have been arrested in the case. pic.twitter.com/sRPrEsoHPk

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 2, 2017

#8:45 AM

J&K: Yatra to the Shiv Khori Cave Shrine suspended after a major fire broke out in a building outside the Shrine. pic.twitter.com/BdCijsvLiz

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 2, 2017

#7:33 AM

J&K: Election Commission of India rescinds notification issued for Anantnag Elections- ANI

#7:27 AM

By mutilating bodies of Indian soldiers,wht they've been doing in Balochistan fr past 70yrs,they've started with their neighbours nw-M Marri- ANI

#7:26 AM

Pakistani Army & Pak has once again proven itself to be criminal-minded barbaric army & a terrorist state: Mehran Marri, Baloch Rep to UNHRC- ANI

#7:03 AM

Jammu & Kashmir Governor NN Vohra to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss law & order situation- ANI