Bengaluru,  Special Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Dr. Thrilok Chandra, said on Thursday that Bengaluru's population of 1.3 crore is likely to double, to touch 2.5 crore in the next one decade thus straining the city's infrastructure.

He further stated that this will b

Panaji, Anti-Narcotic Cell of Goa Police on Thursday caught a drug seller red-handed and seized drugs worth Rs 7.45 lakh allegedly from his possession, officials said.

Police informed that the raid was conducted at Pernem in North Goa.

The accused has been identified as Kalpesh Dwiredi (27), a

New Delhi,  The Income Tax Department on Thursday said it initiated search and seizure operations at 50 premises spread across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Goa, on October 20 and November 2, on certain individuals who had executed Joint Development Agreements (JDAs) with various real estate developers.

The sear

Chandigarh,  The Haryana government said it has notified the Electric-Vehicle Policy, under which 12 schemes have been made live, Additional Chief Secretary of Industries and Commerce Anand Mohan Sharan said on Thursday.

He said the aim of the policy is to promote the manufacturing of electric vehicles a

Guwahati, Assam Police have 'neutralised' a newly-formed militant Adivasi People's Liberation Army (APLA), officials said on Thursday.

A senior police officer informed that nine cadres of the Golaghat and Karbi Anglong districts have been arrested. Police have also recovered arms and ammunition from th

Kolkata,  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Trinamool Congress strongman and the party's Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling case, after questioning him for over five hours.

An ED source said it would soon initiate the leg

Kolkata,   Barring Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC), five other municipal corporations in West Bengal will function with two Deputy Mayors from near future.

The state Municipal Affairs and Urban Development department will move a motion to bring a motion see

Hyderabad,  The Hyderabad police have busted a fake arms license racket with the arrest of a seven-member gang including the mastermind from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Real weapons were being procured by using fake licenses prepared by the accused.

The commissioner's task f

New Delhi, Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced that Indian nationals will no longer be required to submit a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) to obtain a visa there.

It is being seen as a beneficial move for workers seeking employment in that country. The Saudi Arabian embassy said that the decision was based

Mumbai,  Hours after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's comments on Swatantryaveer V.D. Savarkar, Maharashtra's ruling Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party activists staged huge protests all over the state condemning his remarks.

Simultaneously, Savarkar's grandson Ranjit Savarkar lodg