Bhubaneswar, October 8 (IANS): Ahead of Durga Puja, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced 11 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees and pensioners with effect
New Delhi, October 8 (IANS): In a bid to counter any untoward incident during the upcoming festive season, the Delhi Police have intensified patrolling in several areas of the national capital, an official said
New Delhi, October 8 (IANS): Indian Air Force chief V.R. Chaudhari on Friday asserted that the force will not allow any external forces to violate the country's territory, even as he pitched for to lead fur
New Delhi, October 8 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday said it is "not satisfied with the steps taken by the state" in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, and expected a responsible government, syste
New Delhi, October 7 (PTI): The Supreme Court Thursday issued guidelines for granting bail after the filing of charge sheet and said trial courts are not precluded from granting interim relief considering the a
United Nations, October 7 (PTI): Five out of six multidimensionally poor people in India are from lower tribes or castes, according to a new analysis on global multidimensional poverty released by the United Na
Hyderabad, October 7 (PTI): An international human trafficking racket has been busted here with the arrest of four persons, including three from Bangladesh, and three women from that country who were allegedly
New Delhi, October 7 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday posed searching questions to the Centre on its decision to fix a limit of rupees eight lakh annual income for determining Economically Weaker Sections (
New Delhi, October 7 (PTI): The BJP announced its 80-member national executive on Thursday with the likes of Varun Gandhi and Birender Singh, who have taken a sympathetic stand with the farmers protesting again
New Delhi, October 7 (PTI): "Please watch your October, November, December," a senior Health Ministry official warned people on Thursday about the threat of COVID-19 resurgence during the coming festi
New Delhi, October 7 (PTI): Wearing mask or face cover, adhering to Covid norms on social distancing and maintaining personal hygiene inside exam halls and premises will be mandatory for all candidates appearin
Bhopal, October 7 (PTI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said it has registered an FIR against three newspapers in Madhya Pradesh - one from Jabalpur and two from Seoni - for allegedly showing inf
Srinagar, October 7 (PTI): With Kashmir witnessing a spate of civilian killings by militants, Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) chief Altaf Bukhari on Thursday said there is a need to ponder whether the groun
New Delhi, October 7 (IANS): After pushing the Centre on admitting women into the National Defence Academy (NDA), the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the government to make arrangements for the induction of
New Delhi, October 7 (PTI): Terming "unfortunate" the killing of eight people including four farmers in the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the Supreme Court Thursday sought a status report by Fri
Hyderabad, October 6 (IANS): Cybercriminals have siphoned off over Rs 67 lakh from bank accounts of gullible people through KYC (Know Your Customer) fraud, Cyberabad police said.
The fraudsters are adopting
New Delhi, October 6 (IANS): The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that securing an acquittal from an offence involving moral turpitude or because the witnesses turned hostile wouldn't become basis for automa
New Delhi, October 6 (PTI): It is a fact of life that even after around 75 years those belonging to SC and ST have not been brought to the same level of merit as the forward classes, the Centre told the Supreme
Bengaluru, October 6 (IANS): The Karnataka police have busted a fake surrogacy racket selling children to childless people, by claiming that they are born of surrogate mothers in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The
New Delhi, October 6 (PTI): Experts on Wednesday said that India should make it mandatory for manufacturers to put WHO-standard food labels on harmful ingredients to tackle the exponential rise in childhood obe