The Delhi Government is all set to declare Human Rabies as a Notifiable Disease in the national capital under the Epidemic Diseases Act in an effort to strengthen surveillance and ensure timely treatment.

IAS officer and former Surendranagar collector Rajendrakumar Patel had allegedly fixed bribe rates ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 10 per square metre for approving change of land use (CLU) applications, according to the Enforcement Directorate investigating a money laundering angle.

 India has become the world's largest rice producer, beating China, with a total output of 150.18 million tonnes, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday, as he released 184 new varieties of 25 crops.

Renowned water conservationist Rajendra Singh on Sunday described the death of at least six persons due to contaminated drinking water in Indore as a "system-created disaster" and alleged that corruption lay at the root of the tragedy.

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has launched a special Dubai tour package to coincide with Republic Day celebrations this month, officials said on Sunday.

Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet  Singh, convicted of raping two of his disciples and serving a life sentence for the murder of a journalist, has once again been granted parole, this time for 40 days. Approved on January 3, this marks the 15th temporary release he has received since his first conviction in 2017.

India on Sunday said it is deeply concerned over the developments in Venezuela, a day after the US captured the oil-rich South American country's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a military operation.

Over 1,700 acres of reserve forest land in Assam's Hojai district have been cleared of encroachments, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.