India

A tractor driver in a farm near Karamadai on the outskirts of the city was trampled to death by a lone tusker, forest department sources said on Thursday. Gnanaprakasham (31), hailing from Kerala, was going home at Periyanaickenpalayam near here late We...

The court is likely to hear the case on September 28 as the parents hope to get the neighborhood school soon and prevent any loss of time and learning.

Previously, posters were displayed to "name and shame" the accused who had allegedly caused damage to public property during the protests against the CAA and NRC in the state capital.

The city might have already seen the last rainfall of the monsoon season and any precipitation is unlikely now, the Met department said on Thursday. In the absence of rain, the mercury is likely to rise by a few notches over the next few days, it said.

The report, quoting officials said, that around 40%-50% of people who test positive for Covid-19 remain in home isolation.

GMCH Superintendent Abhijit Sarma said that Gogoi, who has "a lot of comorbid conditions", was admitted to the ICU a she developed some problems in the lungs and his oxygen level dropped drastically.

Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan asked on Wednesday why farmers were up in the arms if the Union government has indeed enacted three `farmer friendly' laws. "All the farmers are opposing these three controversial laws but the government is sayi...

Quoting the response to an RTI query, Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja on Wednesday said the state government's claim that it spent Rs 345 crore on coronavirus patients was unrealistic. In a video posted on her official Twitter handle, she said t...

Out of 1,967 coeducational schools surveyed by audit, 99 schools had no functional toilets while 436 schools had only one functional toilet. The objective of providing separate toilets for boys and girls was not fulfilled in these 535 schools.

Launching a scathing attack on the Chinese Community Party, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the CCP and its proxies aim to make Americans receptive to Beijing's form of authoritarianism. The remarks came against a backdrop of deepenin...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday offered a set of new silk cloths at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala on the occasion of the ongoing nine day Brahmotsavam festival, that began on September 19....

Notification of tuberculosis cases in India from January to August this year stood at 11,76,164 as against 16,49,310 cases notified during the corresponding period in 2019, Union Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told Lok Sabha on Wednesday....

The training programme which will extend for about six to eight weeks will see participation of investigators, epidemiologists, clinicians and representatives from different departments from Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Af...

The Women and Child Development Ministry said it has conceptualised a digital platform, 'Poshan Tracker', for holistic implementation and real-time evaluation of anganwadi and other schemes under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). In a w...

Australian and Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Mitchell Marsh was on Wednesday ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League with an ankle injury he suffered in the team's opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore. West Indies captain Jason H...

A 54-year-old woman who had tested positive for coronavirus last week allegedly killed herself at a government hospital in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla early Wednesday, police said. Meanwhile, her family members alleged that neglectful attitude of th...