The Assam government has cleared encroachment from almost 90 per cent area of the Pabha Reserve Forest in Lakhimpur district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
With more than six lakh people participating in the ‘Yogathon’ organized at the Kanteerava stadium in the city on Sunday morning, Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Dr Narayana Gowda has expressed delight at Karnataka having set a Guinness World Record.
Expressing displeasure over the "inordinate delay" by the authorities in dealing with a murder convict's plea for premature release, the Supreme Court has warned the Director General of Prisons of Uttar Pradesh and others of using the "coercive arm of law" if other such instances are brought to its notice.
At least six people of a family, including children, were killed on Sunday in a cylinder blast in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, according to a media report.
Mukarram Jah, the titular Nizam VIII, passed away in Istanbul, Turkey on January 14, according to a statement issued by one of his offices on Sunday. He was 89.
Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles seized heroin and other drugs worth over Rs 12 crore and arrested four persons from two separate locations in Aizawl, an officer said on Sunday.
Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday said those alleging violation of press freedom forget that the governments of the saffron party had "never imposed any ban" on any media organisation, "nor curtailed" anyone's right to free speech.
The Election Commission will showcase the remote electronic voting machine (RVM) prototype for migrant voters to representatives of political parties on Monday.
Goa Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his 11-year-old daughter and dumping the body in a river near capital Panaji, an official said on Sunday.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Sunday instructed security personnel and all government agencies to carry out effective rescue operations after a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed near the Pokhara airport.
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