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When asked that 1,692 cases of burning of paddy straw were reported in the state between September 21 and October 7 this year, indicating an increase by nearly five times over previous year, Garg said, it is not a fair comparison to make, it is still earl...

The missile, Rudram-1, is India's first indigenously developed anti-radiation missile that has speed of Mach two or twice the speed of sound.

Considering the good spell of monsoon, projects in Aurangabad have ample water storage and the available resources should be managed well, Maharashtra minister Subhash Desai said on Friday. The state Industries and district guardian minister held a revi...

The incident was reported from Adarsh Nagar in northwest Delhi. Victim Rahul succumbed to his injuries in a hospital on Thursday, within the hour after being admitted. The police have registered a case and nabbed the five accused, including three juvenile...

A priest died after being set on fire allegedly by five people who wanted to encroach on temple land in Rajasthan's Karauli district, police said on Friday. The five accused allegedly poured petrol on Babu Lal Vaishnav and set him on fire in Bukna village...

During sustained interrogation, he revealed that he was in constant touch with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani intelligence agency, and was supplying confidential information about Indian fighter aircrafts.

The event is celebrated by lakhs of tribal people every year in Bastar and is spread over 105 days this time. However, with Chhattisgarh ranking among the states worst affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, organisers and devotees are encountering un...

Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the key policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, Das said while announcing the outcome the central bank's bi-monthly policy review meeting.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that they must remain focused on enhancing global understanding of India and its interests.

A 60-year-old relative of a BJP MLA was shot dead on Friday morning here, police said. The victim identified as Naresh Tyagi was the maternal uncle of BJP legislator from Muradnagar Assembly constituency Ajit Pal Tyagi and brother-in-law of former minis...

Indian Football Association Salt Lake Stadium will be the name for the metro station adjacent to the Yuva Bharati Krirangan.

Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 percent, followed by Bharti Airtel, L&T, M&M, Bajaj Finance and HDFC.

Paris (AP) Iga Swiatek is just 19. She's ranked 54th. She's never won a tour-level title. She'd never been past the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament. And she's as dominant as can be so far at the French Open. Poland's Swiatek became the lowest-ra...

NCPCR has asked the states to immediately produce all the children in need of care and protection staying in these CCIs before the Child Welfare Committee concerned (CWC) for their immediate return to family, and apprise the Commission of the progress.

India has been pressing the UK to extradite Mallya after he lost his appeals in the British Supreme Court in May against his extradition to India to face money laundering and fraud charges.

According to a health bulletin issued by the Delhi government, 53,322 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.