
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday announced schemes worth Rs 317.4 crore for the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. While making a statement in the Assembly, Stalin said his government would construct 7,469 houses for the refugees living in various camps across the state. The expenditure incurred on this schem...

The Talibans new self-proclaimed chief of security in Kabul, Khalil Haqqani of the Haqqani Network with close ties to Pakistans ISI, was designated as a terrorist by the US 10 years ago and is subject to a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture....

Punjab Congress President Navjot Sidhu's controversial adviser Malwinder Mali resigned on Friday, a day after AICC general secretary Harish Rawat asked for the advisers' resignations saying their stands were unacceptable to the Congress....

Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Friday said that the state expects to complete the first dose of vaccination for all aged 18 and above by September 30....

Sacked RJD youth wing president Akash Yadav will join the Lok Janshakti Party (Paras) group on Friday evening....

A man miraculously escaped after falling under a superfast train as he rushed to board it at Bihar's Buxar railway station on Friday, officials said. ...

The Delhi police have traced two missing children after three years and have reunited them with their families. The children were aged 12 years and 14 years respectively....

The first day of school has been delayed for an estimated 140 million children around the world due to Covid-19, UNICEF said in a new analysis....

To mark the 400th Prakash Purb of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday virtually laid the foundation stone of the Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur State University of Law in Tarn Taran town, and directed the Finance Department to ensure sufficient funds for timely operationalisation of the institution....

Retired IPS officer Amitabh Thakur has bene arrested by the Lucknow police on the basis of an SIT report which found him prima facie guilty of conspiring to save BSP MP Atul Rai, who is an accused in a rape case. ...