India

The National Security Guard, also known as the 'black cat’ commandos, was raised as a federal contingency force in 1984 to undertake specialist counter-terrorist, counter-hijack and hostage rescue operations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said APMCs (mandis) have their own identity and strength and they have been in the country for years.

The minister said the specialised counter-terrorist force should keep itself 'ten steps ahead' in training and technology as terrorists are using new techniques with evolving times.

Foodgrain production stood at 143.38 million tonnes during the 2019-20 kharif season, as per official data. Currently, harvesting of kharif crops is underway. Rice is the main kharif crop.

Washington (AP) A spokesperson for President Donald Trump's campaign is declaring that the president defeated town hall moderator, Savannah Guthrie, and derided the NBC Today host as a surrogate for Democrat Joe Biden's campaign. Campaign communications...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said saving lives from Covid pandemic should be taken as the goal in year 2020. We should give top priority to saving lives in 2020. If lives are saved, everything will be fine, the chief minist...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, referring to the COVID=19, said people are in the midst of the most catastrophic global event since World War 2.

Vasco Railway Police in Goa on Thursday arrested an employee of pantry service of the Goa Express for possessing drugs. Mohammad Gulzar Shaikh (33), originally from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, was found to be carrying sixty grams of ganja worth Rs 10,000, a pol...

Officials of the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) have complained to the police over a video on a social media platform which gives tips about how to cheat during online examinations of the varsity. Several varsities and colleges are resorting to...

A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah also termed as incorrect law and set aside an earlier judgment's interpretation of definition of shared household under the Act and said that the definition was quite exhaustive and i...

In a gruesome incident shrouded in mystery, a painter did a 20-year-old engineering student to death by slitting her throat in Vijayawada on Thursday, with one version suggesting that it was an act of vengeance allegedly because she spurned his love ove...

With the Centre saying stubble burning contributed only four per cent to pollution in Delhi, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday stressed the latest data has vindicated his government's stance. Flaying his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kej...

The bench, which posted the matter for arguments on December 2, was hearing a petition filed by Mohan and Facebook against the summons issued by the committee.

Murty plans to move on to her family-held Murty Foundation, which is also involved in many philanthropic activities

Prajapati, who was a minister in the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government, is accused of raping, along with others, a woman and attempting to molest her minor daughter.

Seoul (AP) Powered by strong support from avid fans, shares of South Korea's Big Hit Entertainment, the company that manages global pop sensation BTS, soared in their trading debut Thursday in Seoul. Big Hit's solid debut after an IPO that netted more...