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

Guwahati: Flood situation in Assam further deteriorated with 19 of the 32 districts of the state reeling under water. People in different places taking shelter in make-shift relief camps have complained of not having sufficient support from the state government. The children have become highly vu

NEW DELHI: Union Urban Development Ministry today sanctioned a sum of Rs 192 cr under Smart City Mission for 96 cities included in the ambitious project. Each of the cities has been given Rs 2 cr for preparing Smart City plan. "Rs 2 cr provided for each city is meant for preparation of city le

Air India, the cash-strapped state-run carrier, is in fresh trouble. Thirty of its senior Boeing 787 Dreamliner pilots have quit in quick succession, leaving the national carrier to grapple with a severe human resource crunch. The pilots who have called it quits were senior co-pilots with 4,000 h

The prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and non-subsidised LPG on Tuesday were cut by 11.7 per cent and Rs. 25.5, respectively. On Monday, the prices of petrol and diesel were slashed by Rs. 2 per litre and 50 paise per litre, respectively. A litre of petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 61. 2 from Tue

Vishwa Hindu Parishad criticised Vice President Hamid Ansari over his pitch for “affirmative action” for Muslims on Tuesday, alleging it was a “political” and “communal” statement which did not befit the dignity of his office. The Hindutva organisation said such a demand seeks to “push Muslims in

Petrol price on Monday was cut by Rs 2 per litre while diesel rate was reduced by 50 paise a litre - the third reduction in rates this month following global cues. The new rates will be effective from the midnight of August 31 and September 1. "Since last price change, there has been a decreas

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal by Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik against the Goa government’s decision to ban his entry into the state. A bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu also censured Sri Ram Sene for moral policing and assaulting women in its name. “Why have you been

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's defence ministertoday warned India that it will suffer "heavy losses" which it would "remember for decades" if it tries to "impose" a war on his country. Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said "Pakistan's armed forces will defend every inch of their motherland at every

AGRA: The Shiv Sena in Uttar Pradesh announced on Saturday that it would give Rs 2 lakh to each Hindu family that has five children or more. The reason behind their stand, they said, was the "rising percentage of Muslim population in the country as stated in the latest (religion) census report".

NEW DELHI: Tennis star Sania Mirza was conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- the country's highest sporting honour -- while shooting sensation was among the Arjuna award recipients in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the awa

Aurangzeb Road in Lutyens Delhi will be renamed as Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Road after the former President, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) decided in a meeting on Friday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the council decision in a tweet: "Congrats. NDMC jst now decided to rename Auran

A team from the Mumbai Police, along with forensic experts, on Friday recovered the skeletal remains of Sheena Bora from a secluded and woody area in Pen taluka of Raigad district of Maharashtra, nearly 100 km from here. Her passport was also recovered from Dehradun, which rules out the theory th