New Delhi, Aug 13 With organ donation in India continuing to be as low as 0.3 per million population, leading health experts have called for an 'ethical and equitable' organ donation programme in India so that the benefits could reach the truly needy....

Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rains have killed 40 persons in Nepal, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Sunday. ...

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that no individual or organisation can "give" away mosques as Allah is their rightful owner, after the Shia Waqf Board told the apex court that the Babri Masjid can be built at a distance from the disputed site in Ayodhya....

Facing public anger, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday visited the hospital here where over 60 children died in five days and said anyone found guilty of negligence would not be spared....

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday termed the West Bengal government's decision to not celebrate Independence Day according to the New India pledge suggested by the Centre, as "unfortunate" and hoped that "wisdom will prevail"....
The public sector banks (PSBs) are more focussed on limiting losses from the previous bad debts rather than seeking new lending opportunities, and thus cannot give low demand as an excuse for their credit slowdown, according to the mid-term Economic Survey....
Two soldiers and three militants were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday, police said....
At least seven persons were killed and over two dozen missing in a massive landslide that buried homes, two buses and some vehicles in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district early on Sunday, officials said. ...
Calling upon the party's state leaders and cadres to work together with unity, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the party would win the assembly election in the state due in April-May 2018....
The annual Nehru boat race, a signature event of Kerala, was held here on Saturday evening in front of thousands of cheering spectators. ...