NEW DELHI, MARCH 17 (IANS): A special MCOCA court in Mumbai has convicted extradited gangster Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan and six others of attempting to murder a real estate developer and sentenced the
VARANASI, MARCH 17 (IANS): A probe has been ordered against doctors and other health staff of the S.S.L. hospital of the Banaras Hindu University for conducting a surgery during power cut by using the flashligh
NEW DELHI, MARCH 17 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought reply from Centre and states, on a plea alleging cancellation of nearly four crore ration cards, in the absence of linkages with the Aadhaar car
New Delhi, March 17 (PTI): The Centre on Wednesday said it has not taken any decision on the nationwide roll-out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai was
London, March 17 (PTI): Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said the UK and India's shared vision for a sustainable future will be among the issues on the agenda for talks with friend Prime Minister N
SRINAGAR, MARCH 17 (IANS): As the minimum temperatures rose notches above normal in most places in Kashmir on Wednesday, hoteliers and guesthouse owners have started face lifting their establishments to welcome
NEW DELHI, MARCH 17 (IANS): In the backdrop of a large number of vacancies of judges in High Courts and pendency of cases, a parliamentary panel has recommended raising the age of retirement of judges from 62 y
NEW DELHI, MARCH 17 (IANS): A year after the Covid-19 outbreak and two months, which recorded a sharp decline in cases across the country, the pandemic is rearing its head again.
Initially, it appeared that
New Delhi, March 17 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country and called for "quick and decisive" steps to check the &quo
AGRA, MARCH 17 (IANS): Poisonous gas in a pit recently dug up for a septic tank took five lives on Tuesday evening in the Pratap Pura village of Fatehabad town.
Villagers told the police that a 10-year-old b
AGRA, March 17 (IANS): A minor girl has appealed to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Agra, Babloo Kumar, to stop her wedding with a 40-year-old man.
The 15-year-old has sought legal action against h
New Delhi, March 17 (PTI): India recorded 28,903 new coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to government data updated on Wednesday.
The dea
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16 (IANS): The Indian government has supplied as many as 70 nations with over 58 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, parliament was informed on Tuesday.
In a reply to a question in th
KOLKATA, MARCH 16 (IANS): A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a night-long meeting with the state BJP leaders to troubleshoot the candidate selection jinx, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16 (IANS): Former Congress leader P.C. Chacko on Tuesday joined the Nationalist Congress Party after meeting its supremo Sharad Pawar.
Ahead of joining the NCP, he had met Communist Party of
GAYA, March 16 (IANS): Four Maoists, including a zonal commander and three sub-zonal commanders, were killed in Bihar's Gaya district on Tuesday in a gun battle with security forces.
The gun battle began
JALGAON, March 16 (IANS): A casual Sunday outing in the forests near the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border by an archaeologist resulted in a major discovery - a 2,000-plus year old mystery cave dating back to t
New Delhi, March 16 (PTI) Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asserted that Indian Railways will never be privatised but said private investment should be encouraged for more efficient functioning.
Rep
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), P.K. Sinha, has resigned from his post on personal grounds.
Sources said the retired 1977-b
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) In a strong counter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the government's privatisation policy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that the pr