Ranchi, Jul 20: In a rerun of the killing of a police officer in Haryana during a drive against illegal mining, a woman police officer engaged in vehicle checking near the Jharkhand capital was mowed down on Wednesday by a pickup van allegedly smuggling cattle.

London: Rishi Sunak on Wednesday clinched his place for the final leg of the race to succeed Boris Johnson and will go head-to-head with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as one of two finalists to take charge as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.

New Delhi: The Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena has written to the Election Commission (EC), seeking allocation of the party's bow-and-arrow poll symbol to it.

New Delhi: The government is ready for a debate in Parliament on price rise once Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recovers from COVID-19, the BJP asserted on Wednesday and targeted Rahul Gandhi, saying he may be "unproductive politically" but should not hurt the legislature's productivity.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 1,478 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infections to 39,90,057, the State Health Department said.

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP leader K S Eshwarappa, who had resigned as Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister following a suicide by a contractor accusing him of charging 40 per cent commission on a public work, on Wednesday said the police have come up with a B-Report (closure report) absolving him of any wrongdoing.

Anand: A police constable on vehicle-checking duty died after being run over by a truck in Gujarat's Anand district early Wednesday morning, an official said. This was a third incident in the country in the last two days where a police official was mowed down while on duty.

Byndoor: In a horrific road accident that took place at the Shiroor toll gate on Wednesday evening, an ambulance carrying a patient from Honnavar towards Mangaluru crashed at the toll gate after the driver lost control over the vehicle.