India

Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan spy arrested in Samba, SIM cards, map found

The map recovered from the spy showed deployment location of Indian security forces.

Oct 22, 2016

Govt confirms new strain of bird flu, but says there is no need to panic

The National Institute for High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, confirms that the bird flu surfacing in India is a new strain called H5N8.

Oct 22, 2016

Odisha health minister resigns as death toll in Bhubaneswar hospital fire reaches 25

The owner of the hospital surrendered to the police on Thursday, after four members of the hospital staff had been arrested.

Oct 22, 2016

Jammu and Kashmir cross-border firing: Residents living near border asked to evacuate villages, remain indoors

BSF on Friday night resorted to heavy firing and killed 7 Pakistani Rangers who were attempting to cover an infiltration attempt by terrorists.

Oct 22, 2016

Morning brief: BSF kills 7 Pakistani Rangers, Jayalalithaa health update, Twitter to go offline and more

Also read about SC ruling of martyred soldiers and Saudi arabia's sharp visa fee hike.

Oct 22, 2016

Delhi Health Secretary Chandrakar Bharti defends absence in top-level meetings, says he wasn't informed

Presently, the gossips of tension budding between Bharti and the health department once again are doing rounds.

Oct 21, 2016

Uttarakhand: Corbett's man-eating tigress shot dead, paraded by villagers

The tigress, who mostly roamed around in agricultural areas, was identified using over 50 trap cameras.

Oct 21, 2016

Jayalalithaa health update: Tamil Nadu CM still on respiratory support, able to interact now

Jayalalithaa has been taken off sedation and is being able to communicate through gestures.

Oct 21, 2016

Jammu and Kashmir: 7 Pakistani rangers, 1 terrorist killed in BSF's retaliatory firing along LoC

This incident could bolster India's claim that Pakistan's soil is being used to prepare for terror attacks.

Oct 21, 2016

RSS wants mandatory English scrapped, 'insulting' references removed in education

The education wing of the saffron outfit has also called for use of only the mother tongue as medium of instruction in schools.

Oct 21, 2016

Evening wrap: Supreme Court on electoral gains, Obama says Trump's remark dangerous, other stories

Also, read about Pakistan banning Indian TV shows in the country from Friday.

Oct 21, 2016

Nagpur: Radio Mirchi host Shubham Keche dies while live on air

India has the highest rate of cardiac arrest in the world, states a report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Oct 21, 2016

Mumbai ATS to use 20-year-old Kerala youth as face of anti-Isis documentary

The youth was an engineering student in a Mumbai college and fell prey to the jihadi group's propaganda online.

Oct 21, 2016

Supreme Court pulls up AAP government over alarming garbage piles in Delhi

The court asked the government to not shrug of responsibilities and use its MLAs to spread awareness about keeping the city clean.

Oct 21, 2016

JNU unrest: Union minister Rajnath Singh orders SIT to trace missing student

Najeeb Ahmad, a first-year MSc student, has been missing since October 15.

Oct 21, 2016