Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rolled out the Centre’s flagship scheme — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, also known as Ayushman Bharat or the National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM). “This is the world’s largest health scheme which will serve a population that equals 27-28 Europe

Alwar: In a major embarrassment for the BJP government ahead of the Rajasthan assembly elections, two party leaders on Saturday got into a fistfight in the presence of state’s chief minister Vasundhara Raje during an event in Alwar. A video tweeted by news agency ANI showed the two leaders—Rohita

Two politicians in Andhra Pradesh, including a sitting legislator, were gunned down, allegedly by Naxals in Dumbriguda mandal of Araku valley in Visakhapatnam district. Present MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and ex-Araku MLA Siveri Soma, who were travelling together, were reportedly killed in the attack.

New Delhi: Ratcheting up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said former French President Francois Hollande has called him a "thief" in the Rafale deal and sought a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the issue. Addressing a press conferenc

A police inspector in Andhra Pradesh caused a flutter threatening to cut tongues of elected representatives if they spoke in a manner hurting the morale of the force, targeting a ruling TDP MP, who hit back daring him and lodging a complaint. “We have so far observed restraint. Henceforth, if any

The Trump administration Saturday told a federal court that its decision to revoke work permits to H-4 visas holders, who are primarily spouses of H-1B foreign guest workers, is expected within the next three months. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its latest court filing Saturday to

SRINAGAR: Seven Jammu and Kashmir policemen in Shopian district on Friday announced their resignation on social media after the abduction and killing of three of their colleagues by militants. The seven policemen who have resigned include a constable and two special police officers (SPOs). Two

A person lost his life at a school in north Bengal after clashes erupted between police and agitating students over the appointment of teachers on Thursday. The incident took place at Daribhit High School near Islampur under North Dinajpur district. The incident left ten students, policemen and loca

State-run plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) could have built Rafale fighters in India had the government managed to close the original negotiations with Dassault and had actually signed a work-share contract with the French company, said T Suvarna Raju, who was heading HAL till three w

The principal of a private school in Patna was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly raping a girl student repeatedly on the school premises in the last few months. A school clerk was also taken into custody for making a video clip of the crime and blackmailing the victim. Police said the incident

A BSF jawan, alleged to have been honey-trapped by Pakistan’s ISI over Facebook, has been arrested for spying by Uttar Pradesh’s anti-terror squad, state police chief OP Singh said. Singh said the Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was arrested from Noida near the national capital on Wednesday.

A photograph has helped raise nearly Rs 50 lakh for the family of a sewage worker who died after allegedly inhaling toxic gases, in Dwarka’s Dabri Extension in the national capital late Friday evening. A journalist with Hindustan Times posted a photograph of Anil’s sobbing son standing next to hi

Addressing a public meeting in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced development projects worth more than Rs 500 crore. The projects primarily focus on improvising transport facilities, connecting Varanasi to various parts of the country through railw

An elderly auto driver was allegedly assaulted by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Chennai on Sunday night as he questioned party state president Tamilisai Soundararajan over the increasing fuel rates. As Soundararajan was addressing media in Saidapet on Sunday night, the auto driver named

With chief minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi for treatment at the capital’s AIIMS hospital and the ruling BJP in a huddle over the way forward, the Congress has staked claim to form government in Goa as the single largest party. It has urged Governor Mridula Sinha to dismiss the BJP-led governm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lifted ban on sale of painkiller Saridon and two other drugs. The top court ruling comes after the September 13 order by the Ministry of Health that banned the manufacture for sale or distribution of 328 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs. The banned medicin

An unassuming science workshop at a school in Angamaly went awry when a working model of a volcano exploded and injured the students and a teacher. The incident happened at around 11.30 am Saturday in Holy Family High School Angamaly. The workshop was conducted in the grounds near the back gate a

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the gang rape of a CBSE topper in Haryana’s Rewari made its first arrest in the case on Sunday but the three main accused continued to evade the police four days after the crime. The arrested person has been identified as Dindayal of Kanina where the v