New Delhi: With pollution in the national capital turning severe on Sunday, the Centre's air quality panel directed authorities in the Delhi-NCR to ban non-essential construction work in the region under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
Kolkata: It was not a treasure hunt but Indian Navy personnel did hit upon a jackpot of a different kind while clearing a piece of land on the banks of the Hooghly river.
Worried for Maliwal's safety, she must speak up: NCW chief on assault incident
Sexual assault case: ‘Big whale’ behind leaking explicit videos, says HD Kumaraswamy
Five-month-old baby mauled to death by dog in Telangana
DK Shivakumar to campaign for Rahul Gandhi in Raebareli
Padmashree Hajabba’s dream PU college set to begin in Harekala
No internal rift, ruling Cong is united in Karnataka, asserts CM Siddaramaiah
Mumbai billboard collapse: Search and rescue operation continues after over 21 hours
Govt extends ban imposed on LTTE for 5 years
POCSO case survivor found dead with a belt tightened around her neck
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar honors SSLC state toppers Ankitha and Navneet
Supreme Court rejects Indian Medical Association President's apology, asks for public apology
3 killed in firing and teargas shelling by security forces in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Mumbai: Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Prasad Lad has stoked a controversy by claiming Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born in the Konkan region, prompting Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut to ask if the BJP had set up a new council for historical research.
A 42 year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons who entered her home, attacked her with a sharp weapon and gave her burn injuries on her private parts with cigarettes, a Mumbai police official said on Sunday.
In an unusual arrangement, twin sisters from Mumbai who are IT professionals married the same man in a ceremony held in Maharashtra's Solapur district, police said on Sunday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asserted temples are meant for the public and cannot be someone's personal property.
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President K S Alagiri used 'unparliamentary' words in a meeting following a scuffle at party headquarters over postings, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader K Selvaperunthagai alleged and said the party workers are dissatisfied with him.
The Chhattisgarh government's move to raise the reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to 76 per cent ahead of the next year's Assembly elections is "politically motivated" and would not survive in the court of law, say political and legal experts.
Konkan Railway in coordination with the Central Railway will operate special trains between Mumbai and Mangaluru to clear extra rush of passengers during winter, an official release here said on Sunday.
Five persons have been nabbed for their alleged involvement in the killing of gangster Raju Theht in a hail of bullets at the gate of his house in Sikar district of Rajasthan, a police official said.