Mumbai, A woman has lodged a police complaint of rape against veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty's son and actor Mahaakshay alias Mimoh at the Oshiwara police station here, an official said on Saturday.

"We have lodged the complaint and are investigating the matter," Senior Police Inspector D

Panaji, In the backdrop of a perception that tourists, especially foreigners, are unsafe in the coastal state, the Goa Tourism Policy 2020 aims to make it one of the safest destinations in the world.

The policy -- approved by the state Cabinet this week -- also pitches for diversification of the state's bouque

United Nations,  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the further release of detainees in Yemen, noting that prisoner exchange is proof that breakthroughs can be achieved through dialogue and compromise.

"The secretary-general welcomes the further release of detainees by the Ye

New Delhi/Washington, India's premier investigative agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been appluaded by the US Department of Justice for taking simultaneous action against several companies for transmitting pop-ups to the victims' personal computers with warnings or bogus messages about serious technical p

Washington, The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three immune modulator drugs in hospitalized adults with COVID-19, said a statement of the agency.

Some COVID-19 patients experience an immune response in which the immune s

New Delhi, Amid the standoff with China which has necessitated deployment of augmented army presence at the Line of Actual Control, India has gone for urgent purchase of additional high-altitude winter clothing from the US for troops deployed at forward locations in eastern Ladakh.

The winter clothing has been pur

Vijayawada, As many as 9 lakh cusecs water inflow is expected to accumulate at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada, due to heavy rains caused by the recent deep depression.

Krishna District Collector A. Mohammed Imitiaz said officials have been alerted about the impending inflows.

Eight tehsildars o

Bengaluru, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D.K. Shivakumar said on Friday that he would always be looked upon as a Congressman, and not a caste leader.

Speaking to reporters here, Shivakumar said that he is a Vokkaliga because he is an agriculturist and was born to Vokkaliga parents.

Amaravati, The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday appointed Neerabh Kumar Prasad as the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA).

A 1987 batch IAS officer, Prasad was earlier handling the Department of Environment, Forests, Science and Technology as Special Chief Secretary with additional charge of t

Madrid, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa expressed confidence that the State of Alarm imposed on the Autonomous Community of Madrid on October 9 would only last 15 days.

Speaking in the Spanish Congress (the lower chamber of the parliament), Illa said on Thursday he was optimistic that the measures in place w