New Delhi, The air quality of the national capital on Thursday dipped to "severe" category as the over all Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city stood at 418, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

The PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentration stood at 418

Patna,  A voter turnout of 24.17 per cent was recorded till 11 a.m. in Bihar's Mokama and Gopalganj Assembly constituencies where polling was underway for bypolls on Thursday.

In Mokama, the voters were turning out in large numbers at the polling booths. As per the Election Commission (EC) data, 27.0

Visakhapatnam,  Andhra Pradesh police on Thursday arrested senior TDP leader and former minister Ayyanna Patrudu on allegations of alleged encroachment and forgery.

Officials of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested him from his residence in Narsipatnam town in Anakapalli district in the earl

Mumbai,  The Mumbai Airport customs have seized USD 497,000 worth around Rs 4.10 crore concealed in the saree, shoes and suitcases of a family arriving here from Dubai, officials said here on Thursday.

The operation was carried out late on November 2 when the three-member family landed at Chhatrapati Shi

Puducherry,  The Union Territory of Puducherry has commenced an awareness drive against dengue and Chikungunya as northeast monsoon has set in.

The UT health department has deployed 12 auto vehicles for an awareness campaign on contagious diseases.

A senior official with the health departm

Kolkata,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking exemption on the 20 per cent excise duty levied on the special rice variety 'Gobindobhog'.

According to the letter, "without exemption in excise duty, the exports for the particu

Srinagar,  Three tourists stranded in the Afarwat heights in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg ski resort were rescued on Thursday by the police.

A rescue party rushed to the area on Wednesday evening after receiving information about the stranded tourists, police sources said.

"The thr

Srinagar, The Meteorological (MeT) department on Thursday forecast partly cloudy weather during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours", an official of the MeT department said.

Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 5.6 degre

Chennai,  The Tamil Nadu government, under its Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme, has released an amount of Rs 112.9 crore for the maintenance of schools.

The government had come under widespread criticism for failing to release funds for maintenance of schools even as the northeast monsoon was about

Kolkata,   Tapas Mondal, a prime witness in the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal, on Wednesday accused Trinamool Congress MLA and former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE), Manik Bhattacharya, of being a recipient of share in the admission fees received by different priv