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Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Bay of Bengal; tremors felt in Kolkata

India, Feb. 25 -- A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha and West Bengal coasts around 6:10am on Tuesday. Tremors felt in Kolkata triggered panic even as there were no reports... Read More


On visit to Marseille, Gen Dwivedi briefed on French Army's modernisation drive

India, Feb. 25 -- Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday visited Marseille where he was briefed on the French Army's modernisation programme called Scorpion, and the mission and role of ... Read More


65 years on, Bombay HC orders state to allot land to family displaced by Koyna dam

India, Feb. 25 -- The Bombay high court has come to the rescue of a family whose land was taken over for the construction of the Koyna dam in Satara in 1960 but weren't allotted alternate plots as pro... Read More


Doctor dies after mobike skids on potholed Ulhasnagar road

India, Feb. 25 -- A 28-year-old doctor lost his life on Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle skidded on the 17th Section of Hira Ghat Road, a potholed and highly damaged stretch in Ulhasnagar. The vi... Read More


MLA Hemant Rasne vows to keep Kasba Peth free of hoardings

India, Feb. 25 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Kasba Peth Hemant Rasne on Monday announced that he will no longer allow illegal flex banners in his assembly constituency and will lead a campa... Read More


SPPU to start course on Chhatrapati Shivaji's administrative vision

India, Feb. 25 -- The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is set to introduce a postgraduate (MA) program on 'Vision and Nation Building' focusing on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The course will b... Read More


Shiv Sena (UBT) women's wing protests in front of Neelam Gorhe's residence

India, Feb. 25 -- The women's wing of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray/UBT) staged a protest in front of Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe's residence at Model Colony and demanded that she provid... Read More


Life term for Bengal TMC councillor, 4 others for lynching fish trader in 2014

India, Feb. 25 -- A court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday sentenced a Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor and four others to life imprisonment for lynching a fish trader 10 year... Read More


UP Board exam Day 1: 4 girls skip Hindi exam in Jaunpur after being asked to remove hijab

India, Feb. 25 -- Four girl students of Class 10 skipped their Hindi paper on the first day of the UP Board examinations in Jaunpur on Monday, refusing to remove their hijab after they were asked to d... Read More


UP Board exam Day 1: 4 girls skip Hindi exam in Jaunpur after being asked to remove hijab

India, Feb. 25 -- Four girl students of Class 10 skipped their Hindi paper on the first day of the UP Board examinations in Jaunpur on Monday, refusing to remove their hijab after they were asked to d... Read More