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Integrated portal to speed up visa approval for production experts

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Foreign professionals, including Chinese experts, needed for production-related activities in India, will now get visas easily and expeditiously through an integrated portal afte... Read More


Two cattle smugglers held after police encounter

MEERUT, Dec. 19 -- Two suspected cattle smugglers were arrested with bullet injuries following a late-night police encounter in the Baradari police station area of Bareilly district on Wednesday, poli... Read More


Bateshwar to be upgraded from halt to 'B' class rly station

AGRA, Dec. 19 -- A week ahead of former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee's birth anniversary on December 25, Indian Railways' Agra division has proposed the conversion of his paternal village Bateshwar from a ... Read More


L Catterton bets on Haldiram's as India snacks market heats up

Bengaluru, Dec. 19 -- Consumer-focused global investment firm L Catterton has invested an undisclosed amount in Temasek-backed Haldiram Snacks Food Pvt Ltd and entered into a strategic partnership, as... Read More


Visibility drops below 50m as dense fog engulfs Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- A thick blanket of dense to very dense fog brought much of Uttar Pradesh to a near standstill on Thursday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue red and oran... Read More


Man pastes plaint on chest, flags delay in mobile tower shifting

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- In a bizarre protest, an elderly man pasted a complaint letter on his chest, seeking to get a private mobile tower near his house removed, during the LDA's Janata Adalat on Thursda... Read More


CDRI alumni reflect on journeys that shaped global science

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- Reminiscing about old days at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), alumni of the institute participated in a two-day symposium on "Drug Discovery and Development: Past, Pre... Read More


Cricket fan returning after abandoned match fatally hit by car

LUCKNOW, Dec. 19 -- A 30-year-old cricket fan was killed after being hit by a speeding car in the Gomti Nagar Extension area on Wednesday night, hours after the India-South Africa match at Ekana Stadi... Read More


Live-in couples entitled toprotection of life, liberty: HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 19 -- The Allahabad high court has directed police to provide protection to 12 live-in couples who said they were facing threats from their families and had received inadequate securit... Read More


Paddle boat runs into H2 vessel; damage repaired

VARANASI, Dec. 19 -- A paddle boat collided with a hydrogen-powered vessel in the Ganga near Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Varanasi, on Tuesday, causing slight damage to it, officials said. After the inciden... Read More