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Rajnath Singh on Monday described India as one of the most disaster-prone nations, saying more than 50 per cent population of the country lives in areas that are vulnerable to calamities.

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced that it will not declare the results of the ICSE Class 10 on Monday.

India on Sunday skipped the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) being held in Beijing, saying a project that violates its sovereignty and territorial integrity cannot be accepted.

After repeatedly violating ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Pakistani army has now warned of “unintended consequences” to “any misadventure by the Indian Army”, while its civilian leadership accused India of attempting to “change the demographics”...

The team reached the peak from the northern Tibet side of the mountain on Saturday morning, with the first climber summiting at 8:20 am (0020 GMT) and the rest of the group following shortly after.

The committee will soon hold another meeting in this regard and send its recommendations to the government.

The Delhi High Court was told by the police on Friday that former state law minister and AAP Leader Somnath Bharti used to harass, beat and abuse his wife Lipika Mitra.

Swati Singh is the wife of BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who had made objectionable remarks against BSP Supremo Mayawati, following which he was expelled from the party for six years.

The Sinhala strongman who ruled the country for a decade said he held nothing against Modi's visit.

The Taliban is likely to gain ground in Afghanistan this year and the security situation will deteriorate in the country in 2018, a top US intelligence official has told US lawmakers.

An exchange of fire took place between Naxals and BSF personnel in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district on Thursday. However, no casualty or injury was reported from either side, police said.

The IG said the entire structure of the wall and the shed collapsed and those who had taken shelter got trapped.

The convener of the organisation, Osman Mallick, rubbished AIMPLB’s diktat on Muslim personal law and termed it as “an NGO”. He also told News18 that Shariat needs to be in tandem with Constitution and only a law tested on the basis of Constitution should...

“Food must not just satisfy hunger, it is also meant to nourish a person’s mind, body and soul.” This is one of the driving principles of Integral Humanism, philosophy of RSS ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.

The discontent against East India Company’s rule had been developing for a long period of time and over a large region. It was an open revolt with an element of spontaneity, but social mobilisation was taking place for a long time.

Party sources said, state finance minister Amit Mitra and few prominent industrialists from Bengal were supposed to accompany her.