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Somnath Chatterjee, one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in India, was not keeping well from the last few months. (Photo: File | PTI)

Somnath Chatterjee, former Lok Sabha Speaker, dies of cardiac arrest...

The Communist Party of India Marxist veteran was suffering from kidney ailment and was put on ventilator support on...

13 Aug 2018 9:32 AM IST

...I and my team of gau rakshaks will hit the streets and stop slaughter of cows in the state, T Raja Singh Lodh said. (Photo: Screengrab | Facebook | @RajaSinghOffical)

Will kill or die to stop cow slaughter during Eid: Telangana MLA quits...

T Raja Singh Lodh alleged that his party was not providing any support for 'gau raksha' (cow protection).

13 Aug 2018 8:49 AM IST

According to preliminary investigation, devotees in massive numbers gathered at the temple on the third Monday of the Shravan month as per the Hindu calendar. (Photo: ANI)

15 injured in temple stampede in Bihar's Muzaffarpur

No causalities have been reported so far.

13 Aug 2018 8:41 AM IST

The Madrasa Board in the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh is preparing a course on the patriotisms place in Islam.

20 children injured after high tension wire falls on Madrasa in Uttar...

23 children have been admitted to district hospital, but no casualties or serious injury has occurred.

13 Aug 2018 8:22 AM IST

In this file photo dated December 10, 2001, V.S. Naipaul receives the Nobel Prize for literature from Swedens King Carl Gustaf at the Stockholm Concert Hall. (Photo: AP)

Ram Nath Kovind, PM Modi laud Sir Vidia

Naipaul, known for his critical commentary on colonialism, idealism, religion and politics, died at the age of 85, his...

13 Aug 2018 6:20 AM IST

Slaughter of cows and oxen is banned in Jharkhand. Possession and consumption of their meat is also prohibited. (Representational image)

Animal protection: Push to post welfare officers

Such abandoned cattle allegedly damage crops in search of food as the public grazing lands have either shrunk or have...

13 Aug 2018 5:58 AM IST

As the girl resisted the rape attempt, the accused poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze. He fled the spot after the incident. (Photo: Representational)

Girl student of residential school raped in UP district

The woman handed over the girl to a relative on the way who raped her.

13 Aug 2018 5:42 AM IST

The spokesman said that the Army jawan who laid down his life while fighting militants had received a grievous bullet wound during fighting on Thursday morning. (Representational image)

Anti-terror operation: J&K cop killed, two militants held

The ADGP said the arrested militants have revealed many thingsâ€ but which cannot be divulged right now as the...

13 Aug 2018 5:37 AM IST

Salman Khurshid

Excluding Cong from UP alliance will be 'myopic', says Salman Khurshid

Khurshid said that it should be kept in mind that the Congress had done well in the state in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

13 Aug 2018 5:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Don't play with statistics, Cong leader to PM Modi

Khera claimed that the Modi government has no major achievement to show to people though just nine months are left of...

13 Aug 2018 4:22 AM IST

Ajit Jogi, former Chhattisgarh chief minister and chief of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi), interacts with supporters at a rally.

Congress 'plots' Ajit Jogi's fall, woos his partymen

Cong leaders say workers of Ajit Jogi's JCCJ are leaving the party in hordes, realising that he has lost his political...

13 Aug 2018 4:08 AM IST

Muzaffarpur shelter home issue had surfaced in March after a Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) found sexual assault victims. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

15 more shelter homes under lens for misdeeds

Nitish govt plans to start running all shelter homes in the state.

13 Aug 2018 4:03 AM IST