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A nine-member committee set up by the Maharashtra government is looking into the deaths at the CSM Hospital.

The CWC’s five-day flood forecast suggests the water level may touch the warning level of 204.5 metres on Wednesday.

The earthquake took place at 8.19 pm, and the location was 49 km south-east of Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, the National Center for Seismology said.

Thorough checking is being carried out at the borders and police have warned of strict action against anyone trying to disrupt the law and order situation in the national capital. NEW DELHI: As the national capital gears up to celebrate…

Incessant showers in Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hours have triggered landslides, blocking several roads, including the Shimla-Chandigarh road which was closed for buses and trucks. SOLAN: The death toll in the cloudburst at Jadon…

Sources said the state government has allowed short-term permits to aggrieved farmers -- not to the hunters or others -- as was the case earlier. CHANDIGARH:  An improved wildlife habitat due to better management of the forest areas in…

Lashing out at Modi, Gandhi said the BJP and the government led by him 'murdered the idea of India' in Manipur. WAYANAD: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of…

The SC bench expressed concern over the rise in police encounters and emphasized the necessity of establishing a functional mechanism to monitor the progress of investigations. NEW DELHI: India's top court on Friday directed the Uttar…

A senior official said the drive began from a municipal ward and it will be taken forward in the coming days. NEW DELHI: The MCD on Saturday started a citywide cleanliness drive with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying the campaign…

Among the students, two were boys and 14 were girls. They were all students of classes 6 and 7. KENDRAPARA: Sixteen students of a state-run school in Odisha's Kendrapara district were injured in a lightning strike on Saturday, police said.…

According to the data, about 5,527 faculty positions in all AIIMS have been sanctioned, of which, 2,161 are vacant currently. AIIMS, New Delhi is leading the list of such institutes. NEW DELHI: AIIMS, which has emerged as a brand for the…

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said if Gandhi wanted what his grandmother and then prime minister Indira Gandhi had done by ordering the Air Force to drop bombs in Aizawl in 1966. NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday asked Rahul Gandhi if he…

"The students fell sick apparently due to some gas leak incident near the school. All students are fine, they are being attended to by doctors at the two hospitals," he said. NEW DELHI: Twenty-four students of a municipal school in Delhi's…

Gurugram: It is this that also came up recently, at a fireside chat with celebrated writers and chefs — on the future of Indian cuisine. Last Sunday I got the opportunity to dine at Gurugram home-chef, Surabhi Bhandari’s home. She hosts a…

Officials said that the incessant rains and piles of solid waste accumulated after the flood water receded are driving the rise in dengue infections. NEW DELHI:  After incessant rains and deluge, the national capital is bracing for another…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has asked the city government to respond to a PIL seeking to hold conjugal visits as a fundamental right of prisoners lodged in jails in the national capital. A conjugal visit, which may also be referred to…

NOIDA/New Delhi: The President of the residents’ association of a society, where a 72-year-old woman had died last week due to a malfunctioning lift, was arrested but was granted bail on the same day, officials said on Wednesday. Colonel…

GUWAHATI: The Manipur police have registered a case suo motu against Assam Rifles personnel for allegedly obstructing them in discharging their official duties, while the state government issued an order to replace the paramilitary unit at…

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday appeared virtually before a Delhi court as an accused in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat over the veteran Congress leader’s remarks…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Monday announced to increase the circle rates for agricultural land in the city and those adjacent to the Yamuna barrage. This is the first increase in circle rates of agricultural land since 2008, said…