New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday ordered the revocation of restrictions under Stage-III of GRAP in the entire NCR with immediate effect, following improvement in air quality.

New Delhi: To check digital frauds, the government has disconnected 70 lakh mobile numbers so far involved in cybercrime or financial frauds, Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi said on Tuesday.

Mumbai: A 20-year-old woman undergoing Agniveer training in the Indian Navy allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room at INS Hamla in Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.

Budaun (UP): A 24-year-old man died after being thrashed with sticks by several people allegedly for drinking water from a public tape, police said on Tuesday.

In a successful rescue operation, all 41 workers who had been trapped inside Uttarakhand's Silkyari tunnel since November 12 were safely evacuated. The rescued workers, draped in orange marigold flower garlands, were warmly welcomed by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister VK Singh.

New Delhi: As the Centre on Tuesday submitted that it wanted to extend the tenure of the Delhi chief secretary who is due to retire on November 30, the Supreme Court sought to know under which power it can do so and quipped if it was "stuck with only one person" and didn't have any other IAS officer for the post.

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking a ban on the use of loudspeakers for azaan or the Islamic call to prayer at mosques, terming the plea as "wholly misconceived."

New Delhi: Three of 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara have been rescued, capping a frantic 17-day multi-agency op that relied, in the final stretch, on the banned manual "rat-hole"-mining technique employed after high-tech machines, or augers, failed to drill through the nearly 60 metres of rock that threatened to bury the workers.