NAWADA, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): Two persons were crushed to death when a wild elephant ran amok in Bihar's Nawada district. A team from the forest department was trying to catch the elephant, which has als
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): India and Pakistan have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, according to a joint statement on Thursday.
The
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): Selections to public employment should be on the basis of merit and appointing people with lesser merit ignoring those who have secured more marks would be in violation of the Cons
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): The daily rise in coronavirus infections in India was recorded above 15,000 after nearly a month taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,10,46,914, according to
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): The Centre on Wednesday announced that people over 60 years and those above 45 with comorbidities can get COVID-19 vaccine from March 1 even as it cautioned states and union territ
New Delhi, February 24 (IANS) China has a habit of creeping forward, making very small incremental moves, to achieve its objectives, said Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, adding that this strate
Kolkata, February 24 (IANS): With high-voltage state Assembly polls round the corner, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the Centre to
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a Rs 5 crore fine on a private medical college in Unnao for violating Medical Council of India regulations in granting admission to students
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reduced the syllabus for the social sciences exam by providing relief to the students of class 10 all over the country. CBSE ha
HYDERABAD, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old boy was kidnapped and murdered by unidentified people in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district, police said.
The body of Santosh, who
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): India is now one of the world's top markets for solar energy, a new report by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) said on Wednesday.
The report, 'Ease of Doing Solar
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): Amid a political slugfest over Rahul Gandhi's 'north-south' comment, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday called the opposition leader "superficial"
KOLKATA, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public meeting in Hooghly district's Sahaganj near Dunlop, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched an
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): Former union minister Vijay Sampla on Wednesday assumed the charge of Chairman National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC).
Talking to the media after assuming office, Samp
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): Everyone above 60 years of age and those over 45 years and having other illnesses will be able to get COVID-19 vaccine from March 1 for free at government facilities and for a char
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): The government is ready to resume talks with protesting farmers if they respond to its offer to put the three contentious farm laws on hold for one-and-a-half year and work out the
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): India on Wednesday dispatched the first batch of six lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to the African country of Ghana under the COVAX facility in collaboration with the UNICEF, which ai
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to impose President's Rule in Puducherry, days after a Congress-led government in the union territory lost power during a vot
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): The Centre has deputed multi-disciplinary teams to states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, to
HASSAN, February 24 (IANS): Villagers from Karnataka's Hassan district have killed an adult leopard which has attacked and injured at least five people in two neighbouring villages.
The leopard was kille