Six persons, including five students, were killed on Saturday when a school bus skidded off the road and rolled into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, an official said. The victims were going to DAV Public School when the accident happened near ...
The UN is "very concerned" over India sending back Rohingya refugees to Myanmar without the world body's refugee agency ascertaining if they are voluntarily returning, according to an official here. "Whenever any family is returned, we want to make sure that the nature of their...
The UN's fundamental position on equal rights for women applies across the board to all religions and in the case of Sabarimala, since the Supreme Court has ruled on women's right to enter it, the world body encourages respect for rule of law, according to an official here....
It was a misty morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 5.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below average, while the air quality was 'very poor'. "There was mist or shallow fog in the morning. During the day, a partly cloudy sky can be seen with gusty winds which is likely to lead...
Widespread snowfall lashed the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as air and surface links between the region and the outside world were snapped. The Met Office said widespread snowfall, light in plains and heavy in the higher reaches occurred in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. ...
Calling for legislative intervention on the Sabarimala issue, the Congress on Friday voiced its concern over the tense situation in Kerala....
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Friday called on the people of Kerala to restrain from violence and wait for the Supreme Court's decision on the review petition on Sabrimala temple row....
Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu have slapped a legal notice on Mumbai builder Sameer N. Bhojwani, alleging "continuous harassment and a well-planned conspiracy to take over the only property" the couple has in Mumbai....
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday dismissed all allegations of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal and hit back at Congress saying while Bofors deal was a scam, the Rafale deal was in national interest which would bring Narendra Modi back as Prime Minister. ...
A 47-year-old Sri Lankan woman, who is said to have prayed at the Sabarimala temple on Thursday night, said on Friday that she was denied a 'darshan' by the police. While TV channels showed a woman having 'darshan', a furious Sasikala vehemently denied this had happened....
