Panaji, Hindu groups in Goa have urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to impose a ban on the sale of Chinese firecrackers and those with the images of Hindu deities and national heroes on the cover, ahead of the Diwali season.

In a representation, state convenor of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, an umbrella orga

Panaji, Claiming a loss of Rs 500 crore, the Goa Barge Owner's Association has demanded an "immediate solution" to the stalemate in the mining industry, which has been non functional for nearly two years now, after the Supreme Court of India found irregularities in renewal processes of 88 iron ore leases in the sta

New Delhi,  As Delhi faces another tryst with air pollution, a nine-year-old climate activist, Licypriya Kangujam has appealed the government to declare health emergency in Delhi, emphasising that people are choking due to the noxious air.

The national capital has been recording severe category air quality si

Jammu, Security forces on Monday recovered a bag containing 4 AK rifles, grenades and ammunition close to the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Poonch district.

Police said following specific information, the police and Army recovered the bag during the intervening night of November 8 and 9 from Kirni area cl

Lucknow, Opposition parties Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh appear to be losing their key leaders to rival Samajwadi Party (SP).

Former MP Bal Kumar Patel, who had had been nominated to the UP Congress Outreach Committee in September, quit the party and joined the SP on Monday.