Top 10 stories of the day - May 6, 2017

May 06, 2017 07:24 pm | Updated 07:24 pm IST

300 students of Delhi school hospitalised after gas leak

More than 300 students and few teachers were rushed to hospital in Delhi's Tughlaqabad area on Saturday morning after they complained of irritation in eyes.

Leila Seth, Delhi High Court’s first woman judge, passes away

Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi high court and a part of the Justice J.S. Verma committee that was set up to re-look at rape laws in India after the December 16, 2012 gang rape in Delhi died of a cardiac arrest at her home in Noida on Friday night, her family and doctors have said.

Only Modi can resolve Kashmir issue, says Mehbooba

Ms. Mufti, whose government is battling spiralling protests in the valley, said the situation is the result of pent up anger due to failure of the UPA government to continue with the policy started by the previous NDA government in Jammu and Kashmir during her father Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed’s rule.

Leila Seth talks about her life as a 'lady judge'

Leila Seth was the first woman judge of Delhi High Court and the first woman Chief Justice of a State High Court (Himachal Pradesh).

BJP only alternative to Marxist ‘misrule’ in Tripura: Amit Shah

BJP national president Amit Shah on Saturday said his party will form the next government in Tripura after defeating CPI(M)-led Left Front in Assembly elections slated for early 2018. He lambasted incumbent government for ‘failing in all fronts’ and entirely practicing ‘misrule’ in the State over past few decades.

Indian-origin girl in UK gets 162 IQ points, more than Einstein

A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in England, who secured two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in the British Mensa IQ test, has been invited to join the coveted society as a member.

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Rupinderpal’s brace seals bronze for India

Rupinderpal Singh converted two penalty corners as India outclassed New Zealand 4-0 to clinch a bronze medal in the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, in Ipoh on Saturday.

With Gonda named dirtiest city, Aditynath wields broom for cleaner U.P.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday picked up a broom to convey his seriousness towards making Uttar Pradesh clean. This was a day after he expressed regret over the State’s poor rating in the cleanliness survey.

Boy from PoK arrested near LoC in Rajouri

A 12-year-old boy from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has been arrested by the Army after he crossed over into the Indian territory along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, an Army official said on Saturday.

‘Mother India’ remains a model of female solidarity that’s still rare in Indian cinema

To this day, Mehboob Khan’s Mother India remains one of the most commercially successful Indian films. It lost the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film by just one vote and is counted among the finest productions of world cinema.

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