Security forces were put on high alert in Pathankot in Punjab's frontier district Gurdaspur on Friday after a senior police officer said he and his associates were seized by five armed men in army fatigues. Talwinder Singh, a superintendent of police, said he and his associates were going in his multi-utility vehicle to a religious shr...
Shyam Saran Negi, 98, one of the oldest voters in India and a staunch believer in democracy since 1951, cast his ballot on Friday in the panchayat elections in Kinnaur district. "I have exercised my right to vote," Negi, who is partially blind and hard of hearing, told reporters in Kalpa, some 275 km from the state capital. His son Chander Prakash told IAN...
The humble saffron has come to rescue people who are at the risk of developing liver cancer. A biomolecule found in the golden spice is good for your liver, find the researchers. The saffron-based “crocin†can protect people against a deadly form of liver cancer, they have added. New study led by professor Amr Amin from the United ...
Indian Muslims have little fascination for Islamic radical groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda, say scholars and Muslim leaders agreeing with Home Minister Rajnath Singh's assertion that Indian Muslims were not attracted to their ideologies....
ven-numbered vehicles virtually went off the roads in the Indian capital on Friday as Delhi kickstarted a path-breaking odd-even vehicle restriction policy to battle rising pollution....
New Year revellers ushered in the New Year with music and parties in Chandigarh and most places in Punjab on Thursday night amid tight security arrangements. ...
Voting began on Friday for the second phase of Himachal Pradesh panchayat elections amid tight security....
At stroke of midnight, frenzy gripped this tech hub, as thousands of denizens ushered in the New Year in wee hours of Friday, wishing, cheering, dancing and greeting one another across the city. ...
Tamil Nadu welcomed the New Year on Friday with prayers and revelry as people thronged temples, beaches and hotels, burst crackers and wished each other at midnight....
Delhi government's odd-even scheme on car movement to curb pollution in the national capital started on Friday....
