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HC orders protection of 12 live-in couples

India, Dec. 19 -- The Allahabad High Court has directed police protection for 12 live-in couples, who said they faced threats from their families and had received inadequate security from the police. ... Read More


worsening air quality sparks row between state govt, aap

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Public Works Department and water minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, alleging that a decade of administra... Read More


A chance for Surya to finish South Africa series on a high

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- The air is set to be clean, the boundaries probably the longest ever on this tour as India aim to deny South Africa a win at Ahmedabad on Friday that can allow them to square the T... Read More


MP: 3.5mn names likely to be deleted from rolls

Bhopal, Dec. 19 -- Around 3.5 million names are likely to be removed from the electoral rolls of Madhya Pradesh after the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), state poll officials said on ... Read More


29.6 million marked for deletion from UP poll rolls, most from urban areas

Lucknow/Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Roughly 29.6 million names in Uttar Pradesh might get excised from the rolls after the special intensive revision, with the highest percentage of deletions likely to be seen ... Read More


Visva Bharati defers its exam for RSS institute

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- Visva Bharati -- founded by Rabindranath Tagore and West Bengal's only Central university -- has rescheduled its semester tests so that Vidya Bharati Uchcha Shiksha Sansthan (VBUSS... Read More


Veteran sculptor who designed the statue of unity dies at 100

Noida, Dec. 19 -- Renowned Indian sculptor Ram Sutar, celebrated for designing Gujarat's Statue of Unity - the world's tallest statue - passed away at the age of 100 at his residence in Sector 19, Noi... Read More


'bengal job scheme to be named after mahatma': CM

Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government would rename its job guarantee programme after Mahatma Gandhi, in an announcement coming on a day th... Read More


27 flights cancelled, 500+ delayed as smog returns

India, Dec. 19 -- Amid calm winds, low temperatures, and 'poor' air, Gurugram was blanketed under a dense smog on Thursday, causing visibility to drop as low as 100m early in the morning. Similar cond... Read More


Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis felicitates World Cup winning Blind Women's Cricket Team

Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met and felicitated the Indian Blind Women's Cricket Team, who recently won the inaugural T20 Blind Cricket World Cup at his office, con... Read More