India
In Case of Farmer's Death, Bengal Govt to Pay Kin Rs 2 Lakh, Announces Mamata
Under the same scheme, farmers will also get Rs 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop per acre.
Heading to Connaught Place for New Year's Party? Exit at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station to be Restricted from 9 pm Today
All vehicular movement will be restricted from 8 pm onwards from Connaught Place. Exit facility at the Rajiv Chowk metro station will not be available for commuters from 9 pm onwards. And to maintain law and order situation 15,000 police personnel have be...
Abdul Karim Telgi Acquitted in Stamp Paper Scam Case Over a Year After His Death
Telgi was arrested in Ajmer in November 2001 and was sentenced to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment in multi-crore fake stamp paper racket.
Bulandshahr Violence Was an Attempt to Instill Fear in Muslims, Claim Human Rights Bodies
Inspector Subodh Kumar and civilian Sumit Kumar were killed on December 3 in the mob violence that broke out in Bulandshahr after cattle carcasses were found strewn outside a village.
Cold Claims Two Lives as Delhi Shivers at 2.6 degrees Celsius, Coldest December Day in 5 years
Delhi has been reeling under a cold wave for the past a few days. On December 27, the minimum temperature was recorded at 3.4 degrees Celsius.
Railways to Seek CCEA Nod For Doubling New Bongaigaon-Guwahati Line: Piyush Goyal
Addressing a review meeting of senior railway officials at Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) headquarters on Saturday evening, Goyal said following inauguration of Bogibeel Bridge, all efforts should now be towards doubling of railway lines in the region f...
Minor Boy Rapes 7-year-old Girl in Jharkhand
The accused, a nine-year-old, had committed the crime on December 12, and the girl's grandparents registered a complaint on Sunday.
Tale of Two Skippers: King Kohli Soars, Captain Smith Plummets
It took nearly 12 months and three tough tours for Virat Kohli to shed the tag of poor travellers against an under-strength Australia. His contemporary Smith endured an all-time low in 2018 after his involvement in the ball-tampering incident.
Centre Says 5,500 Tribal Students Awarded Higher-Education Fellowships Over Last Three Years
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has decided to implement the 'National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students' -- under which 750 fellowships and scholarships are awarded to meritorious tribal students every year -- on its own from...
KCR to Lay Foundation Stone for Office in Delhi, But Only After 'Vaastu Consultant' Finds 'Suitable' Site
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is officially entitled for 1000 square yards land in New Delhi for constructing the office according to the government rules.
BJP MP Demands Strict Law to Control Country's Population
Another MP said that India need not go the "China way in violating human rights" in its efforts to control population, but this issue needs to be taken seriously.
Over Rs 2,021 Crore Spent on PM Modi's Foreign Travels Since 2014: Govt
VK Singh listed the countries visited by the prime minister between 2014 and 2018 that now figure among the top 10 countries from where India has received the maximum FDI inflows. He also stated Modi visited over 55 countries in 48 foreign trips.
Why Arunachal Tribe that Protected Tigers for Centuries Fears Losing their ‘Brothers’
The Mishmis fear that a proposed tiger reserve will potentially dispossess them of their land and strip the tigers off the protection that their culture provides.
‘Ganga Will be 80% Clean in 3 Months, 100% by March 2020’: Nitin Gadkari’s Big Claim
The government, under previous water resources minister Uma Bharti, had set a 2018 deadline to clean the Ganga. It was pulled up by the National Green Tribunal earlier this year for doing a tardy job.
Govt Bans Khalistan Liberation Force For Involvement in Terror Activities
The decision to ban the outfit under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) comes in the backdrop of agencies unearthing several KLF modules in recent months which has led to apprehensions that it is attempting to revive militancy in the state.
ISIS Case: Delhi Court Sends 10 Arrested Accused to 12-day NIA Custody
They were produced amidst tight security and with covered faces before Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey who ordered in-camera proceedings in the case.