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Known to locals as Amma, Arbina Sheikh, who serves as staff nurse at district government hospital in Mandsaur, has been conferred the reputed 'Florence Nightingale' award by President Pranab Mukherjee for her exemplary services in healthcare.

Police on Friday pasted posters of three militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, saying they were involved in the killing of 24-year-old Lieutenant, who had gone to Shopian to attend the wedding function of a relative.

The Election Commission will today meet the representatives of 55 political parties, 16 of which had urged it to return to ballot papers, citing the “tamperability” of the voting machines. The poll panel is also likely to brief the parties on its planned...

A 17-year-old youth was hacked to death and his severed head was thrown inside a police station in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district.

The group is carrying the plea to ban triple talaq and is representing the views of a large number of Muslim women.

The result of second year PU examinations of Karnataka Board will be declared on Thursday at 3pm.

In a reshuffle of top officials, the government on Wednesday appointed Road and Transport Secretary Sanjay Mitra as the next Defence Secretary while Brij Raj Sharma was appointed Additional Secretary in Home Ministry.

A woman in Bihar's Buxar district refused to marry a dark-complexioned groom, saying he was not 'smart' enough for her, a police official said on Wednesday.

A Five-member team of Kolkata police have reached on Wednesday to arrest Calcutta High Court Judge Justice C S Karnan, a day after the Supreme Court of India sentenced him to six months' jail in a contempt case.

For the Indian Subcontinent, the uprising of 1857 was perhaps the most significant development of the century. It was, after all, dubbed ‘India’s First War of Independence’.

Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issue with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, calling for a peaceful settlement with India.

Soon after SAMADHAN was made public, the official handle of Indian National Congress launched a full-frontal attack on the BJP government

The Education Minister also said that the government will make examinations mandatory from Class V in all schools. “Earlier, there was no exams till Class VIII. Now we want to change it to Class IV. After that, there will be examinations,” Sarma said.

The court had last month reserved its order on CBI's plea seeking its permission to conduct a lie-detector test on Tytler and arms dealer Abhishek Verma, for further probe.

Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he would sit on an agitation to demand the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal if the allegations of corruption against the Delhi chief minister were proved.

Vegetable khichdi, Rajma-rice and idli-vada will be among the dishes that will replace pizza, noodles and pastries in school canteens across Maharashtra as the state government has banned the sale of junk food in school cafeterias.