India

Social worker Binny Yanga, known for her work for the welfare of weaker sections of society, died at a Guwahati hospital on Thursday after prolonged illness, family members said.

ver 45,000 people have signed up to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley on September 27, organisers have said.

The cut-off date to insure this year's kharif crops has been extended following request from Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha and Gujarat governments.

Das was asked whether he had any contacts with Indrani, Sheena or Mikhail after the separation, police said.

A police team also went to Peter Mukerjea's residence in Worli area even as a team in Kolkata is said to have seized Khanna's laptop that would help in the probe.

Banking services were among the worst hit as 23 public sector banks, 12 private sector banks, 52 regional rural banks and over 13,000 cooperative banks joined the stir.

Pakistan has been denying that Naved, who was caught alive during the Udhampur attack on August 5, is its citizen.

CID on Tuesday begun its probe and is looking at whether there was a "larger conspiracy" to eliminate the rationalist and progressive thinker.

The court imposed a fine of Rs 1.01 lakh each on the four convicts who were present in the court at the time of pronouncement of the order on sentence.

At least four people have been arrested following a shootout between policemen and suspected criminals in Gurgaon.

Prime Minister received a representation that airfares are high during the Onam festival that is celebrated in Kerala

Andhra Pradesh would soon have resting areas with all amenities for drivers at every 100 km on National Highways in the state.

An encounter is underway between the security forces and terrorists in Ladoora village in Rafiabad in Baramulla district in Jammu & Kashmir.

A family in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh is running from pillar to post after they received an electricity bill of a whopping Rs 1 crore.

The supporters of inner line permit mostly Meiteis who live in the valley, want a system similar to Nagaland where the entry of non-Nagas are is strictly regulated.

Sixteen fishermen from Jagadhapattinam in Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line Tuesday morning, Fisheries Department officials said.