Kerala has been put on high alert after the rare Nipah virus claimed ten lives in the state. More deaths with similar symptoms have been reported from the state and the authorities have sent the sample for tests. Also referred to as NiV, the infection spreads through fruit bats. The Centre has ru

Police in Gujarat arrested four people on Monday for allegedly beating a Dalit man to death near Rajkot city on suspicion of theft, an official said. State legislator Jignesh Mevani identified the victim as Mukesh Vaniya, sharing a purported video of the torture on social media sites. He said the v

Guwahati: The Asom Gana Parishad or AGP today registered its protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 before BJP president Amit Shah and urged the Centre not to go ahead with the bill as it is a threat to the indigenous people and violates the clauses of Assam Accord. The AGP is an al

The CBI on Saturday booked BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for allegedly being part of a conspiracy to falsely implicate the Unnao rape victim’s father in an Arms Act. The rape victim’s father died on April 9 in judicial custody. A CBI official said call records of the complainant and policemen posted

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa could have been able to prove majority if he had a fortnight to face the test of strength. Because, BJP president Amit Shah said on Saturday, many legislators of the Janata Dal Secular legislators would have sensed the public mood in their constituencies agai

A man was allegedly beaten to death, while another has been critically injured by villagers in Amgar village of Badera Police Station in Satna district for allegedly killing cattle on Friday. Riaz, 45, was killed in the incident while Shakeel, 33, has been critically injured. The police have picked

LUCKNOW:  The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday transferred 18 personnel from their Noida crime branch and ordered an inquiry after a WhatsApp message "exposed" their "bribe rate card". The allegations raised in the message are "serious", Deputy Inspector General (Law and Order) Pravin Kumar said.

Slamming the BJP over the government formation in Karnataka, the Shiv Sena on Friday said it is a ‘dishonour’ for the BJP, as it had to make BS Yeddyurappa, who was inadvertently called the “most corrupt CM” by BJP chief Amit Shah, the chief minister of the state. It added that government was formed

LUCKNOW:  The Uttar Pradesh government issued notices yesterday night to six former state chief ministers, including those from the BJP, to vacate official bungalows in compliance with the Supreme Court orders. The notices sent by the Estate Department has asked the former chief ministers to vaca

Hailing the top court's order, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the Supreme Court's order to conduct a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly 'vindicated' the party's stand that Governor Vajubhai Vala's acted unconstitutionally. "Today’s Supreme Court order, vindicates our stand

With a view to strengthen security of women passengers in trains, the North Eastern Railway (NER) plans to deploy women police personnel on trains during night hours as well as install 'panic buttons' in coaches. Since the railways is focussing on "women and child safety" this year, it plans depl

A day after 18 people were killed when a section of a flyover under construction fell on moving cars and pedestrians in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh police said they had sent at least five letters to the UP State Bridge Corporation (UPSBC) since November last year and registered an FIR in February this y

A delegation of Goa Congress leaders led by its legislature party leader Babu Kavlekar will head to Raj Bhavan Friday morning and meet Governor Mridula Sinha staking claim to form government in the state. “Yes, we have an appointment with the Governor tomorrow morning. We will be going to meet he

Amid intense jockeying for power and allegations of horse-trading, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on May 16 invited the BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa to form the government in the State, prompting the Congress to move the Supreme Court. The court has said that it will not stay the swearing-in, but will m

The Narendra Modi government has been very liberal in granting funds to Tamil Nadu for execution of a slew of developmental schemes, Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been according top priority to Tamil Nadu with

On Monday, PM Modi speaking at the BJP headquarters slammed the Mamata government over the West Bengal Panchayat violence calling it a ‘murder of democracy’. He said people were bullied and weren't even allowed to file nominations. He said: “There is one more thing I want to talk about...the scen

Lucknow: An under-construction flyover in Varanasi collapsed on Tuesday evening with at least 16 feared dead and as many as 50 are trapped under the debris. A portion of the flyover near Varanasi's cantonment area railway station came down on several people - possibly labourers. As many as four v

As many as 80 people have been killed in five states due to thunderstorms and lightning strikes since Sunday, with Uttar Pradesh alone recording 51 deaths, the Home Ministry said on Monday. Fourteen people died in West Bengal, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, two in Delhi and one in Uttarakhand, a ministry