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Fire breaks out in ‘illegal’ paper godown in east Delhi, 1 dead

New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) A 45-year-old man was charred to death after a broke out in an 'illegal' paper godown in the...

Himachal: Poll officers traverse tough terrains to make each vote count

Shimla, May 15 (PTI) Each vote counts, and the truism is not lost on the polling officers, some of whom take the long...

Dakshina Kannada district administration gears up for monsoon season

Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 15 (PTI) The Dakshina Kannada district administration has got down to work ahead of the monsoon season (June to August)...

Six killed in road mishap in Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), May 15 (PTI) Six persons were charred to death when a private travels bus hit a dumper truck near Chilakaluripeta...

SC orders release of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, declares arrest ‘invalid’

New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared as "invalid in the eyes of law" the arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir...

Coal India, NMDC looking for lithium mines overseas, mines secretary says

BENGALURU (Reuters) - State-run miners Coal India and NMDC are looking for lithium mines in Chile and Australia, respectively, Secretary of mines V.L. Kantha Rao said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Neha

HDFC Bank, autos weigh on Indian shares; volatility near 19-month high

By Hritam Mukherjee and Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares fell on Wednesday, dragged by a pullback in auto stocks and a drop in top private lender HDFC Bank, while IT stocks were

Veteran Congress leader Dambarudhar Ulaka dies at 86

Bhubaneswar, May 15 (PTI) Veteran Congress leader and former Odisha minister Dambarudhar Ulaka died of old age-related ailments, family sources said on Wednesday.He...

Case against 2 poll personnel in Palghar for failure to distribute voter slips

Palghar, May 15 (PTI) Police have registered a case against two booth level officers for allegedly not distributing voter slips to electors in...

Karnal LS seat: BJP veteran Khattar takes on Congress’ youth leader Budhiraja

Karnal (Haryana), May 15 (PTI) Two months after the BJP replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana chief minister, the...

On Camera

No insult to Ayurveda. AIIMS an attempt to bring good standards of medical education—Amrit Kaur

On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.