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He has also said coal can't be wished away because it is the cheapest form of energy in a country where millions of people still go without electricity.

A team from Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) is conducting a raid at Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) office on Thursday.

In a fit of rage, the 18-year-old poured kerosene and set herself ablaze on Wednesday.

Chandrashekhar maintained that the trend of hiring has not changed in the first quarter of the current year. He said this is an industry where the sands are constantly shifting.

Witnesses and people in the neighbourhood suspected that excessive tranquilizing might have partly led to its death.

En-masse death of over a thousand chickens at a poultry farm in a seaside village here triggered panic with the locals suspecting the death to be an outbreak of bird flu. However, veterinary experts who inspected the poultry farm in Kharinasi village alla...

The Supreme Court has ordered Unitech to refund home-buyers over delayed housing projects in Noida including Unitech Burgundy and Unitech Exquisite.

The Assam Assembly unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill on GST today, becoming the first state to ratify the crucial tax reform legislation. "I declare the Bill, which was passed by both Houses of Parliament, to be ratified unanimously by As...

Subbulakshmi, the first ever musician to be awarded India's highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna, was invited by the then UN Secretary General Late U Thant to perform at the General Assembly in October 1966, becoming the first Indian to perform there.

Over 93 lakh candidates applied for 18,252 posts. 500 candidates for each post.

The Indira Gandhi government had set a time frame of 1,000 years for extracting the copper capsule. It wanted the forthcoming generations to have a rendezvous with India’s magnificent past.

At least 26 people were killed and over 100 injured after a portion of an under-construction flyover collapsed on a congested road intersection near Girish Park in Kolkata.

More bank accounts compromised The ripples of the ingenious ATM skimming fraud that astounded Kerala are yet to abate. On Wednesday, a new set of ATM card holders reported unauthorised withdrawal of cash from their accounts, reports The Hindu.

The State Department said religious groups expressed concern about statements by certain government officials suggesting Hinduism should be taught in schools.

Realising that a frontal assault wasn't securing the votes needed for India's biggest-ever tax reform, Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley changed tack this spring, government and ruling party sources said.

A manned plane could have been glided down, allowing it to enter the water outside the 120,000 square kilometre area being searched, some experts have suggested.