India

The house belonged to the brother of a police officer and some of the building’s windowpanes were shattered under the impact of the blast.

Due to the market conditions, steel makers like Tata Steel were forced to cut down their operations by up to 50 per cent in April.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan held the review meeting with health secretaries of five states and one UT on the containment and management of Covid-19 in 35 districts.

The two-member teams will comprise a community medicine expert from PGIMER, Chandigarh and an epidemiologist from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 41,13,811, while the death toll climbed to 70,626 with the virus claiming 1,065 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country.

The section that punishes begging may be changed to state simply that begging will not be allowed in railway carriages or on the Railway's property, without the provision of a penalty.

Rainfall is expected to decrease during the next two weeks, becoming normal activity during the first week of September and below-normal rainfall activity during the second, it added. The country received 27 per cent more rainfall in August.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Central government was leaving no stone unturned in a bid to nurture talents that could bring India laurels in the 2028 Olympic.

The Maharashtra government on Friday sanctioned Rs 16.48 crore for providing relief to the people affected by floods in some districts of Vidarbha region recently. More than 53,000 people had been evacuated between August 30 and September 1 from 175 vil...

Underlining the need for adequate nutrition and a positive, caring environment at home for children, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said a good foundation in the early years gives the next generation a better start. He also said for a health...

A trial run of an inland waterways protocol route between India and Bangladesh began on Thursday with a cargo vessel leaving for Sonamura port in Tripura from Munshiganj in the neighbouring country, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said. With the arr...

The case relates to the alleged irregularities in relation to the allocation of Marki Mangli-Il, Ill and IV coal blocks in Yavatmal District, Maharashtra to the company. The accused persons were the office bearers of the company at the time the coal block...

The boy accompanied by his father, Rabi a carpenter by profession, cycled for six hours to reach the exam centre in the city suburbs 75 km away on Wednesday.

With more than11.70 lakh samples tested for COVID19 for two successive days (Wednesday and Thursday), the total number of such tests conducted in the country has surged to4,66,79,145, while the daily positivity rate is still below 7.5 per cent, the health...

The 21-year-old midfielder was part of the gold medal-winning campaign at the FIH Men's Series Finals 2019 and has so far played 37 times for the Indian men's hockey team.

The police and firefighters have been rushed to the accident site and a probe has been launched to find out the cause of the explosion.