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Tourists in Mexico's top Caribbean resort Cancun picked their way through battered streets, broken glass and trees downed by Hurricane Delta on Wednesday, though damage was less severe than some feared as the storm tore across the Yucatan peninsula.

The average time taken to probe rape and POCSO Act cases has come down from 278 days to 113 in Rajasthan as a result of setting up of special investigation units for crime against women in every police districts, according to an official release. Also,...

JMM spokesman Supriyo Bhattacharya on Wednesday said the prison administration and authorities at RIMS hospital decide where jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad would be lodged, and not the government, amid taunts by the BJP, which said the ruling party got no...

Rajasthan recorded 16 more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 1,590, according to a health department bulletin. The state also reported 2,151 new cases and the total number of people infe...

For government servants below the level of Under Secretary, at least 50 per cent attendance is to be ensured, it said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said his life's purpose is to bring people of all faiths together in India. He made the remark on Twitter while tagging a media report in which Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz is quoted as saying that...

Three more people, including a retired Army man, wanted in the Rs 3,500-crore 'Bike Bot' scam case have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police, officials said on Wednesday. They have been identified as Karanpal Singh, who retired from the Army in 200...

Human rights NGOs have urged apex child rights body NCPCR to immediately withdraw its direction to send back children living in child care institutions from eight states to their families, saying it "violates" the objectives of the Juvenile Justice Act....

The 2020 Hero I-League Qualifiers, which will mark the resumption of sporting events in the country after a seven-month coronavirus-forced hiatus, will be telecast live on 1 Sports. The Qualifiers have already generated much interest among football fan...

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It said the raids were conducted on Tuesday in Patna, Sasaram and Varanasi on the basis of 'actionable intelligence' and Rs 1.25 crore cash was seized while fixed deposit receipts of Rs 6 crore were placed under prohibitory orders.

Pointing out the shortcomings in action plans of 13 pollution hotspots in the capital, it said the updated status of Wazirpur hotspot has not been received while the target of greening and paving in the hotspot areas is not mentioned.

Three city-based elderly coaches were given financial aid by the Cricketers' Foundation to support them in this difficult times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation is chaired by well-known scribe Makarand Waingankar.

A driver and cleaner of a truck had a narrow escape after their vehicle, laden with chemicals, overturned and caught fire on its way from Maharashtra's Bhiwandi town to Gujarat, an official said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening,...

Around 50 AAP workers, including district unit president Bhupendra Jaduan, on Tuesday tried to gherao Batham’s residence here over the issue but were stopped midway by police, party office-bearers said.

Japan will retain a strong emphasis on strategic ties with India under the new administration of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told his Indian counterpart on Wednesday.