
A man has been arrested from a village in Agauta town for shooting a barber dead when the latter refused to give him a haircut, asking him to clear his previous dues first....

The Centre has invited food ministers from across the country on Thursday to discuss the issue of community kitchen and other issues that will lead to the creation of a national food grid for those persons who are beyond the scope of the Public Distribution System to fight with hunger and malnutrition. ...

A 30-year-old man was killed and his father, 50, was critically injured when they were attacked at a marriage function in the Kasmapur village in Ballia district over a dispute of playing music on DJ. ...

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a moving car by her Facebook 'friend'....

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 259.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.17 million and vaccinations to over 7.48 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University....

In a major setback for Congress, at least 12 of the 18 party MLAs led by opposition leader Mukul Sangma have joined Trinamool Congress (TMC), party sources have said....

After enjoying two sunny days following 15 long days of unrelenting, heavy downpour, Karnataka saw inclement weather make a comeback on Wednesday. Clouds dominated the sky in the evening followed by light showers in south Karnataka including in Bengaluru....

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore to the family of murdered Special Sub-Inspector of Police, S. Bhoominathan. The cheque was handed over at the Tamil Nadu secretariat. The money came from the Chief Minister's Public Relief fund. ...

A Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has cautioned that the third wave of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is likely to hit the state by December, but it will be mild, here on Wednesday....

With the arrest of a highly-radicalised operative identified as Ranjit Singh of Tarn Taran, linked with foreign-based terrorist entities, Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed it foiled another possible terrorist attack....