India

KOLKATA - Members of transgender community took to the streets on Friday to voice their plight against discrimination by the society and other stigmas.

SAMBA - The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday foiled a major infiltration bid after a fierce gunbattle with militants at Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.

LUCKNOW/RAMPUR - Sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh tracked down and rounded up three security personnel along with one retired police officer on suspicion of stealing and supplying ammunitions to the Maoists in Rampur.

NEW DELHI - The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) demanded the resignation of Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental after it was let known that the laboratory of the varsity's Chemistry Department had disposed off the radioactive metal as scrap resulting in one death and critical injuries to a couple of other persons.

NEW DELHI - The first phase of houselisting and housing census along with collection of information for preparation of National Population Register in the States of Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttaranchal and Maharashtra commences from today.