New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over reports that the administration of a state-run school in Mahoba district called a 'tantrik' to treat 15 girl students, who fell ill after consuming mid-day meal, officials said on Friday.

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday arrested former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to Videocon Group companies, officials said.

Bareilly (UP): Police have recorded the statements of staff at a school here over the recitation of "madrassa-type prayers", a charge levelled by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad over an Urdu prayer written by Allama Iqbal.

Gurugram: Slogan-shouting Bajrang Dal members disrupted a Friday namaz being held in the open in sector 69 here, forcing a group of 100 people offering prayers to leave the venue.

New Delhi: In a major decision, the government on Friday decided to provide free ration to 81.35 crore poor people under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for one year.

Kanpur: Thieves broke open a chest at a bank here and decamped with gold worth Rs 1 crore after entering its strongroom through a 10-feet-long tunnel, police said on Friday. They had dug the tunnel, which was about four-feet wide, from an empty plot adjacent to the State Bank of India's Bhanuti branch, they said.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Friday approved revision of the 'One Rank One Pension' scheme for defence personnel and family pensioners, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said.

New Delhi: NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy on Friday said they will sell all but 5 per cent of their remaining shareholding in the news broadcaster to Adani Group for up to Rs 647.6 crore.