India

In a grave mishap, 11 people were killed when a "massive 70-tonne jetty crane collapsed during a load test in the Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) here.

Nagaland has extended lockdown restrictions till August 31 in the wake of a rising coronavirus cases.

The minister was in conversation with the Draft National Education Policy Committee head Dr K Kasturirangan on Friday through video conference.

On January 20 this year, in a respite to over 12,000 hassled home buyers of Unitech, the top court had allowed the Centre to take total management control of the realty firm and appoint a new board of nominee directors.

The Air India pilots' unions recently alleged that the airline is deliberately shielding its top officials amid the cost-cutting measures.

AIFF head of coach education Savio Medeira said many players were entering coaching and 'have a big role to play'.

The assertion came after Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen's reported remarks that Indian government and society have an obligation to prevent any development that can fracture the historic ties with Bangladesh.

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Jusitces A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian tagged the plea with an earlier petition related to delimitation in neighbouring Assam.

The LG has directed the Home department to grant approval to the Delhi Police's proposed panel of lawyers, the statement said.

Highlighting the potential of drones in the agricultural sector, Civil Aviation Ministry officials stressed on industry tie-ups with central or state-level institutions to get necessary approvals.

The three were held guilty of corruption and criminal conspiracy in the purported purchase of hand-held thermal imagers.

Preparations for the 'Bhumi Pujan' are underway in Ayodhya and the Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust has appealed to devotees to not throng to the site on August 5 in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

Priest Pradeep Das, who has tested positive for coronavirus, is the ‘shishya’ of Acharya Satendra Das and is one of the four priests who performs puja regularly at the site.

India's finance ministry said Wednesday it had extended the deadline for submission of bids for the sale of its stake in oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd to Sept. 30, allowing more time for interested parties.

The 22-year-old said the IAF's 17 Squadron wanted a new patch, which needed to represent the glorious past as well as a modern look.

The denouement marked by celebrations follows a long saga of political fights, with detractors of the deal taking their battle to the apex court and losing it there.