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Noida couple, 2 kids killed as SUV crashes into divider on Ganga Expressway

India, Nov. 12 -- A 38-year-old Noida-based IT executive, his 35-year-old wife and their two children were killed after their SUV crashed into a divider on the Ganga Expressway in Hardoi district on W... Read More


3 Konkan beaches win international award, get 'Blue Flag'

India, Nov. 12 -- Three beaches in Maharashtra's Konkan region featured on the list of 22 beaches across the country that received Blue Flag recognition. The state government had been pitching for the... Read More


DRI seizes smuggled e-cigarettes worth rRs.r4 cr at JNPA

India, Nov. 12 -- A Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) team intercepted a consignment of e-cigarettes concealed at the bottom of a container declared as 'mop rod' cargo at Jawaharlal Nehru Port... Read More


Gulf airlines oppose Adani's Navi Mumbai airport shift plan

India, Nov. 12 -- Gulf Air and Saudia are both opposing Adani Airport Holdings' proposal to reduce capacity at Mumbai and shift a significant portion of the international operations to Navi Mumbai. Th... Read More


Stand-Up India and Mudra Yojana extended by Union Cabinet for 5 more years

India, Nov. 12 -- The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of two credit guarantee schemes for five years, allocating Rs.4,111 crore for the Stand-Up India fund and Rs.5,000 crore for ... Read More


Govt simplifies visa rules by culling main, sub-categories

New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- The Centre has simplified India's visa regime, reducing the number of main visa categories from 13 to nine and sub-categories from 49 to 23, while cutting the number of fields in... Read More


22-yr-old rapes fellow college student, held

MUMBAI, Nov. 12 -- A 22-year-old student from a Juhu college in Mumbai has been arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old fellow student after drugging her during a party at Madh Island in Malad (We... Read More


Barnala cop among 4 held with narcotics

Barnala, Nov. 12 -- A police constable and his friend were arrested for allegedly possessing drugs in Barnala, police said on Wednesday. Two others, said to be drug suppliers, have also been caught, o... Read More


Mann unveils 1,000 more 'Pendu Khed Maidan' to nurture rural sports talent

Chandigarh, Nov. 12 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday inaugurated 1,000 more "Pendu Khed Maidan" (rural sports grounds) across Punjab, bringing the total to 1,764 out of a target of ... Read More


Congress sarpanch, aides hack 40-year-old to death in Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur, Nov. 12 -- A local Congress sarpanch and his associates allegedly murdered a 40-year-old man using sharp-edged weapons at Gurdaspur's Pracha village on Tuesday night. The victim, Bikramjit ... Read More