New Delhi,   The petitioner in the politically-sensitive three-and-a-half-decade old Bofors scam case has knocked the doors of the apex court seeking an early hearing in the Special Leave Petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2018.

According to the application filed by BJP l

Kerala, the glorious "Gods own country" is blessed with greeneries, water lagoons and marine ecosystem comprising a land area of 38,863 km2 merely 1.18 per cent of Indias landmass is placed between the Lakshadweep Sea to the west and forest-grown mountain range, the Western Ghats in the east.

The state has varying three

Hyderabad,  The Telangana government on Saturday banned rallies and public meetings in the state till January 2 in view of the Omicron threat.

Acting on the direction of the Telangana High Court, the state government issued a Government Order (GO) imposing the curbs on public gatherings. However, the sta

Kolkata,   West Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said he is yet to sign the Howrah Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, and it is under consideration as inputs from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are awaited, a day after the Bengal Advocate General made a submission before the Calcutta High Court tha

Srinagar,  Four terrorists were killed in two separate encounters between terrorists and security forces in South Kashmir within 12 hours on Saturday.

Police and security forces neutralized two terrorists in an anti-terrorist operation in Tral area of Awantipora while two terrorists were also killed in a

Bhubaneswar,  The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday decided to nominate at least 40 per cent OBC candidates for the upcoming panchayat and urban local body elections in the State.

The BJD executive committee has passed a resolution to this effect at its meeting

Vijayawada,  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana on Saturday.

The chief minister along with his wife called on the CJI and his wife at a star hotel in the city.

It was described as a courtesy call. Later, the chief minis

New Delhi,  A Guinean woman was held here at the Indira Gandhi International Airport for carrying 10.35 kg heroin valued at Rs 72.45 crore, officials said on Saturday.

A senior Customs official said the woman arrived at IGI from Addis Ababa via Dubai.

"She was carrying the heroin in a

New Delhi, An inter-state gang involved in kidnapping and trafficking of newborn babies has been busted by the police in the national capital and six women have been arrested in this connection, the police said on Saturday.

The six women -- identified as Priya Jain, Priya, Kajal, Rekha, Shivani and Premvati -

Visakhapatnam,  The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) has trained the maiden batch of marine police officers from Andhra Pradesh in the nuances of coastal security. The four-day coastal security training capsule that was conducted at Sagar Prahari Bal here, began on December 20.

Fifteen marine police officers