Dehradun: Eight persons died and ten others were injured when the vehicle in which they were taking a body for cremation fell into a gorge in Lohaghat area of Champawat district on Sunday, the police said.

Kolkata: Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan feels the 21st century is the "worst" time for humanity, a phase in which people are killing each other on account of religion.

Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Sunday said now was the time for resolution of the Kashmir issue as attempting "military solutions to political problems would lead to nothing but graveyards".

Each high court judge is saddled with nearly 4,500 pending cases, according to the Law Ministry. At the same time, each judge of the subordinate judiciary has nearly 1,300 cases pending, the same data shows.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said the Centre's aim is to make Tamil Nadu a preferred hub for aerospace and defence industries in the country.

Acknowledging its made-in-India status, the Indian Railways has named the indigenously manufactured Train 18 as Vande Bharat Express, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said Sunday.

In order to cut prices of patented medicines for cancer and rare diseases, a high-level government panel has made a series of far reaching recommendations including granting "compulsory license" to any Indian pharma company to produce drugs without the consent of the patent holding firms.

Nearly two months after a police officer was attacked and killed in mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandhshahr, his mobile phone was found on Saturday night at the home of the man who allegedly shot him dead.