Three more persons died due to floods in two districts of Barak Valley in Assam, taking the death toll in the first wave of floods this year to 21, even as the overall flood situation improved in the state on Friday.
The total area sown under kharif crop as on June 22 stood at 115.9 lakh hectares as against 128.35 lakh hectares at this time last year, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
A youth from Kasba Bengre here saved the lives of two drowning youth in Tannirbhavi on Friday, June 22.
The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted a conditional bail to Muhammad Sharief, the first accused in the RSS worker Sharath Madiwala murder case.
Philippe Coutinho and Neymar Junior scored late in the second half as Brazil ensured their passage to the second round with a hard earned 2-0 win over Costa Rica in a Group E clash of the FIFA World Cup here on Friday.
The Bengaluru Metro rail operator on Friday doubled coaches to six from three to ferry more commuters on the east-west Purple Line.
Five persons, including three women, returning from a religious congregation, were killed in an accident in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district on Friday when a tanker rammed head on into their car, police said.
Justice Satyendra Singh Chauhan, from the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, was on Friday appointed as the Chairperson of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, an official said.
Awareness campaign for girl students of Dakshina Kannada district about cleanliness during menstruation and waste disposal will commence from July.
A bike rider died after he lost control over the vehicle and collided with a lorry after hitting a pedestrian. The incident took place on Friday, June 22 at 10th mile in Udyavara.
