New Delhi: Two girls, aged three and nine, have become the latest victims of dengue in the city, taking the death toll to 16 today in what is being billed as the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital in the past five years. Three-year-old Neha Mathur, a resident of Sa

The Congress on Wednesday protested the decision to discontinue two postal stamps on former prime ministers -and party leaders- Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, but the NDA government stood firm, saying it wanted to expand the list of leaders to be honoured. The Congress condemned the decision, wi

NEW DELHI: A Re 1 per litre hike in petrol and Rs 2.28 a litre increase in diesel prices necessitated due to firming global oil rates has been put off by state-owned oil companies apparently because of assembly elections in Bihar. State-owned IOCBSE -0.88 %, BPCLBSE -1.91 % and HPCLBSE -3.90 % we

New Delhi, India - Hospitals in Delhi are struggling with an overload of dengue fever patients, as the capital tries to cope with the worst outbreak of the disease in five years, a doctor has told Al Jazeera. Mohammad Yahya, a resident doctor at the Hindu Rao Hospital, said on Tuesday that staff

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 15: Four youth of Kerala origin have been deported from the UAE. While two youth were sent to Tiruvananthapuram the other two were detained at Kozhikode. Currently both the police and the Intelligence Bureau are questioning them. These youth are part of the 11 others whos

The BJP announced the seat-sharing arrangement within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the Bihar Assembly polls on Monday after prolonged negotiations with hard-bargaining allies. The saffron outfit will contest in 160 seats, leaving 40 to the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 23 to the Rashtr

Ahmedabad: The erratic climatic changes has given rise to swine flu in Gujarat. Five persons tested positive for swine flu and admitted to different hospitals in Ahmedabad, Anand, Jamnagar and Surat on Sunday. According to the state health department, as many as 169 Swine flu cases were regis

Bhopal: Speaking to the media on Sunday evening, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan promised to reward Rs 1 lakh for anyone who provides any information on the culprits of Jhabua blasts. The Madhya Pradesh government has also announced to bear treatment expenses of victims of Jha

At least 89 people were killed and over 100 injured after several cylinders inside a hotel exploded in the Petlawad town of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday. The explosions are believed to have been triggered by the accidental blast of gelatin sticks in an adjacent building. The hi

NAGAPATTINAM:  The carcass of a 33-feet-long whale was washed up on the shores of a village beach near Tarangambadi in Nagapattinam district. Forest Ranger Gopinath said the carcass was sighted by fishermen of Chinnagudi village. The whale weighed five tonnes, Gopinath said. Since the carcass

MUMBAI: Ahmed Javed on Tuesday was appointed the new Mumbai police commissioner. Ahmed Javed will take over from Rakesh Maria. Rakesh Maria has been promoted to DG Home Guards. Rakesh Maria was much in the news these days due to Mumbai Police's ongoing investigations in the Sheena Bora murd

CHENNAI:  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today launched the Amma Baby Kit Scheme that she announced last year. Babies born in government hospitals would receive the kit worth Rs. 1,000 with 16 items including a dress, mosquito net, soap, shampoo, hand santiser, baby rattle, nail clipper a

At least 32 people have been killed following lightning strikes in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, reports say. Twenty-three people died in seven districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nine people were killed in the eastern state of Orissa. Most of the people who died were working on far

GUWAHATI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in Assam are struggling to respond to massive floods which have affected more than 1.5 million people and forced more than 200,000 people to seek refuge in relief camps, senior government officials said on Monday. Heavy monsoon rains in t

NEW DELHI: Analysts and economists gave a thumbs-up to Raghuram Rajan as he completed two years as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. On a scale of 5, five analysts have given Rajan an average rating of 4.5. Raghuram Govind Rajan took charge as the 23rd governor of Reserve Ban

GUNTUR: In a freak instance of multiple lightning-strikes, 19 people were killed in five Andhra Pradesh districts on Sunday, even as women cricket teams of Andhra Pradesh and Tripura had a narrow squeak in Guntur where a fire-bolt struck a tree next to the ground they were having a practice match. T

The four-decade old wait for one rank one pension (OROP) ended on Saturday with the Centre rolling out the scheme which will cost the exchequer between Rs 8,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore. The decision was conveyed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at a hurriedly called press conference so that th

NEW DELHI:  Targeting RSS, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today dubbed it as an "intolerant non-state actor" "controlling" the Narendra Modi government and said the Prime Minister cannot see it. He tweeted: "Modiji can see intolerant non-state actors controlling large territories evrywhr-b