An FIR has been lodged against several persons for organising and participating in a bullock cart race in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. The race was held on Sunday. The FIR at the Bhopa police station named 11 persons and included several ...
Even as the Opposition ups its ante against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government over the alleged mismanagement of beach safety apparatus, Drishti Marine, a private beach management contractor has sent a defamation notice to state Congress president Girish Chodankar over ...
Eleven people were killed on Monday due to a gas cylinder explosion in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district. According to the state's Home Department sources, the impact of the blast was so strong that the two-storey house in Walidpur village where it took place w...
Two BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh's Shajahanpur were now on the radar of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing sexual assault charges against former Union Minister Chinmayanand. The two leaders are believed to have been in close contact with Sanjay Singh, ...
The five-day state visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maixima of The Netherlands will focus on areas like water technology and maritime development, healthcare, sustainable agriculture, social initiatives and cultural heritage. The Dutch royals, who arrived here on Sunday night, begin their state visit ...
Seven years after it shook the nation, the brutal December 16, 2012 gang-rape case is back in the headlines with senior journalist Ajit Anjum claiming that the victim's friend used to take money from various TV channels to recount the ordeal they faced that dark December night....
As part of the nationwide Gandhi Sankalp Yatra on the sesquicentennial of Mahatma Gandhi, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members would traverse 6,500 km between October 15 and October 26, a senior leader said here on Sunday. ...
Households and community pandals across West Bengal celebrated Lakshmi Puja on Sunday with much fanfare and fervour, fasting till late into the night with prayers for prosperity and wealth. Popularly known as Kojagori Lakshmi puja in this part of the country, it is...
The National Investigaton Agency (NIA) will soon start questioning suspected SIMI operative Azharudeen, who was arrested on Friday night from Hyderabad Airport after his arrival from Saudi Arabia, sources said on Sunday....
Kerala Catholics celebrated on Sunday with the canonisation as Saint of the fourth member of their community earlier in the day by Pope Francis at the Vatican, who declared Sister Mariam Thresia as a new Saint along with four others....
