Hyderabad,  Over 40 per cent polling was recorded by 1 p.m. in the by-election to Munugode Assembly seat in Telangana on Thursday, poll officials said.

The polling, which began on a dull note at 7 a.m., picked up momentum after 9 a.m. as a large number of voters, including women, turned out to cast their

Chandigarh,  In a crucial breakthrough, Punjab Police have arrested three high-profile drug smugglers, who were wanted in a 72.5-kg heroin haul from Nhava Sheva Port in Mumbai, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said here on Thursday.

The contraband, which was kept concealed in the door

Chennai,  The Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice Raja will declare the court premises plastic-free on November 10. The Acting Chief Justice will inaugurate five 'Manjappai' or yellow cloth vending machines and also a plastic bottle crushing unit.

The five yellow cloth vending mach

Panaji, Goa's PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral, who was fined twice for overspeeding in another state, has said that he intends to introduce the automatic challan system through installation of CCTVs in the coastal state.

"I got two challans for overspeeding in another state. I have to pay it b

Bhubaneswar, An average 38.75 per cent polling was registered for the
by-election to Dhamnagar (SC) Assembly constituency in Odisha's Bhadrak district, officials in the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

As many as 2,38,417 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the poll, of which

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that for a developed country, trust and credibility are critical, noting that the earlier governments failed to earn people's trust.

Addressing a programme marking the vigilance awareness week of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) at Vigyan Bhawan, M

New Delhi,  The Centre on Thursday apprised the Delhi High Court that appropriate security arrangements for former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy were ensured at his private accommodation considering that he is a 'Z' category protectee.

Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain submitted tha

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the director of the AIIMS Delhi to form a team of doctors to examine the health of former Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, accused of money laundering in the multi-crore Yes Bank fraud case, and sought a report within a week.

Senior advo

Ghaziabad,  A wanted contract killer, accused of trying to kill a car trader here, has been arrested, the police said on Thursday.

Identified as Jitendra Tyagi, the accused was arrested on Wednesday night.

The police recovered a 9 mm automatic pistol, five live cartridges and Rs 58,000 of