Hyderabad: As many as ten patients were evacuated from the emergency section of the Malla Reddy Narayana multi-specialty hospital, located at Jeedimetla, after rainwater began flooding it on Sunday afternoon. The unexpected heavy rains brought rainwater, along with muck and filth, gushing into th

Srinagar: A terrorist of the Jaish-e-Mohammed was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla on Sunday, a police spokesperson said. Mohsin Manzoor Salhea, a resident of Baramulla, was arrested during an anti-terrorist combing operation in the town, the police said. Weapons have been found on him.

Kollam (Kerala): A four-year-old girl died on Sunday after she was allegedly beaten up by her mother for refusing to eat in Kerala's Kollam district, police said. The girl was taken to a hospital where she breathed her last. Her mother, who works as a nurse, has been taken into custody, the polic

Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh: A teacher of a primary school in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur was suspended on Saturday after a purported video of him smoking inside the classroom was widely circulated on social media. In the video, the teacher was seen lighting and smoking a beedi in front of primary students

You can fault smugglers for many things but not for lack of creativity. The latest example is Malappuram native Noushad who shaved his hair at the centre of the scalp to make his wig look authentic. Under the wig was 1.13 kg of gold that Noushad believed was safe from the prying eyes of customs offi

An FIR was lodged here on Thursday against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramchandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said. The case was lodged after an order was p

Rewa: An FIR was registered against unidentified persons for allegedly writing "anti-national" before Mahatma Gandhi’s name on a poster in a museum in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district. The incident took place on the day the country was celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Accord

Prasar Bharati, India's public broadcaster service that includes Doordarshan, has initiated disciplinary proceedings against R Vasumathi, an Assistant Director of Programme in Chennai. This because she failed to telecast live on DD Podhigai a speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Singapore-I

Trichy: Two men wearing tiger and bull masks robbed jewels worth several crores from a popular jewellery showroom in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli. The masked robbers stole nearly 800 jewels weighing about 30 kg after gaining entry into the Lalithaa jewellery showroom by drilling a side wall Tuesd

Amravati: Babita Tade, who won Rs 1 crore on quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', has been appointed as the Amravati district ambassador for the Election Commission's SVEEP programme ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, an official said. The Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participatio

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday lost his temper with reporters when questioned about the incessant rain and floods in his state, ANI reported. The Janata Dal (United) leader was talking to the press after a survey of the worst flood-hit neighbourhoods of capital city Patna. At least

Security forces have foiled a major terrorist attack in Jammu on Tuesday by recovering RDX from a bus parked near the bus stand in the city. Sources told the Media that 15 kg RDX have been recovered by the security forces from the bus which has arrived in Jammu from Bilawar in Kathua district. It

Lucknow: The police in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to identify Bangladeshis and "other foreigners" so they can be deported, in what many see as its version of the Assam NRC. The move is "very important" for the state's internal security, the UP Director General of Police has said in a letter to al

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stoked a controversy on Monday when he said that people from outside Delhi are coming to the national capital and availing free healthcare benefits which are meant for residents of Delhi. He singled out people from Bihar saying they come to the capital

Several hundred prisoners, convicted of offences other than murder, rape and corruption, will be released from jails across India on October 2 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, officials said on Sunday. The number could be nearly 600, and the final list is being prepared by t

The Bajrang Dal group on Saturday asked organisers of traditional garba and dandiya events in Hyderabad to conduct mandatory checks of Aadhaar cards of those participating in the festivities, PTI reported. In an open letter to the organisers, the Hindutva group said that the entry of non-Hindu youth

New Delhi: The government has banned export of onions with immediate effect to check spiraling prices which touched ₹70- ₹80 per kg in the open market. The ban covers all varieties of onions. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued the notificat

As you enter the small temple town of Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram) on the coast of Tamil Nadu, one notices a palpable change in the air. For the next few weeks, Mamallapuram will no longer be the sleepy surfer town loved by tourists and history buffs, but the centre of the world's a