India

New Delhi: Poverty in India is estimated to have substantially declined to 8.5 per cent in 2022-24 from 21.2 per cent in 2011-12, despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, added a new clause to the existing norms regarding functioning of the Lower House of Parliament after some MPs resorted to sloganeering...

New Delhi: From ‘Cholle Bhature’ to a special trophy cake, a lavish Indian breakfast buffet awaited Rohit Sharma and men as at the ITC Maurya Hotel in Chanakyapuri here when...

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the suspected key conspirator from Dhanbad in Jharkhand, taking the total arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak probe to seven. The...

Patna: We have witnessed heavy rains before, we have seen countless bridges coming down in India over the years. But what is it about Bihar that bridges are falling like nine...

New Delhi: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who won the Lok Sabha election contesting from jail as an Independent candidate, has been granted parole for four days, from Friday, to take...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren resigned on Wednesday, just five months after taking oath, to pave the way for Hemant Soren’s return to the hot seat. Champai was sworn...

New Delhi: On a day when the row over NEET paper leak hit Parliament, student outfits of some INDIA bloc parties intensified their ongoing protests. They raised slogans against the...

Mumbai: Weeks after banning the hijab, a Mumbai college has gone a step further and barred students from wearing torn jeans, T-shirts and ‘revealing dresses’ on its premises. The administration of...

New Delhi: With the toll in Tuesday’s Hathras stampede at a prayer meet organised by godman Bhole Baba rising to 121, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has vowed not...