Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that in the wake of the escalating violence in Bangladesh, she would keep the doors of her state open for people in distress from the neighbouring country and offer them shelter.

Mumbai: A total of 1,267 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra in the first six months of this year, with Amravati division in the state's Vidarbha region accounting for 557 deaths.

New Delhi, Jul 21: India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called "madhya rekha", which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, according to a new Class-6 NCERT textbook for social science.

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said "Dharmaveer 2", the second part of a film based on the life of Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe, was politically motivated, and the makers were dishonouring the memory of the late leader.

A student from Ahmedabad, Gujarat has achieved an impressive feat by scoring 705 out of 720 in the NEET-UG exam, despite failing her Class 12 exams. The student's NEET scores show a 99.8 percentile in physics, 99.1 percentile in chemistry, and 99.1 percentile in biology, making her overall 99.9 percentile.

The fire that broke out on July 19 on a merchant navy ship off the coast of Goa is under control, a senior Indian Coast Guard official said on Sunday, adding one crew member had died in the blaze.

The Congress on Sunday sought the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker's position for the opposition in the all-party meeting convened by the government ahead of Parliament session, and raised the issue of paper leaks, including of the prestigious NEET, sources said.

The government will deploy a multi-member joint outbreak response team to support Kerala in investigating a Nipah virus case detected in its Mallapuram district, identifying epidemiological linkages and providing technical assistance.