Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually laid the foundation stones for two new Delhi University campuses and a college named after BJP ideologue Veer Savarkar. The project, with an investment of over Rs 600 crore, aims to boost educational opportunities and modernise facilities. The foundation-laying ceremony was held at …...Read More

Former union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla took oath as the 19th governor of Manipur during a function at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday. Mr Bhalla was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur Justice D Krishnakumar. He inspected the guard of …...Read More

Amid the heightened tension along the International Border due to the ongoing situation in the neighbouring country, the Border Security Force (BSF) arranged for a woman from Bangladesh to catch a last glimpse of her brother, who lived in India, after his death. The incident is from the Mustafapur Border …...Read More

Hari Babu Kambhampati was sworn in as the 27th governor of Odisha during a function at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday. Orissa High Court Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh administered the oath of office to Mr Kambhampati in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Leader of Opposition …...Read More

RJD president Lalu Yadav's claim that he kept his "doors open" for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who had snapped their alliance a year ago, evoked a non-committal response from the JD(U) chief on Thursday. While Mr Yadav's remark was made light of by his own son and heir apparent …...Read More

Two Naval officers participating in an operational demonstration had a close shave when their parachutes entangled during descent and fell into the water. The incident took place yesterday. The mix-up happened at the Rama Krishna Breach in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam during Eastern Naval Command's Operational Demonstration rehearsal. The officers were …...Read More

Gangapuri Maharaj who has not taken a bath for 32 years has become the centre of attraction in Maha Kumbh Mela, Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. Gangapuri Maharaj is also know as Chhotu Baba is from Assam's Kamakhya Peeth. "This is Milan Mela. Soul to soul should be connected and that's why …...Read More

A coaching centre student from Maharashtra was found dead on railway tracks near Rajasthan's Bundi. The police said he fell off a train and died. They said it can't be said for certain at this stage of the investigation whether it was an accident or death by suicide. The student, …...Read More

A woman was arrested for killing her drunkard husband, said the police. She allegedly strangled him first, then smashed his face with a stone and cut his body into two pieces to haul it far away from her house, they said. According to Belagavi Superintendent of Police Bhimashankar Guled, the …...Read More

One of the two men beaten up during an argument over playing loud music at a New Year's Eve party in Thane's Kashmira area died in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday, a police official said. The incident took place on the night of December 31 at a MHADA housing complex, …...Read More