Lucknow: In a major crackdown on criminals in western Uttar Pradesh, three wanted law-breakers were killed while six others arrested in seven encounters in four districts, in which six policemen were also injured, officials claimed today.

Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Muzaffarnagar were the distri

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is all set to make face authentication available alongside iris or fingerprint scan as means of verifying Aadhaar users from July 1, 2018.

The UIDAI, which is in-charge of the 12-digit identifier Aadhaar, in January had announced that it will introduc

Mysuru: As the parliament logjam persisted for nearly two weeks, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of being "afraid" to face the no-confidence motion moved against it.

"In parliament, a no-confidence motion against the Modi government has been moved. For the

Hyderabad: Ten persons, including six children, were killed when their autorickshaw fell into an agricultural well in Nizamabad district of Telangana today, police said.

The autorickshaw was going to Mendora from Mupkal in a bypass road when the mishap occurred, police said.

The vehicle was car

Hyderabad: BJP and other opposition parties and academicians have welcomed the Telangana government's decision to make Telugu compulsory in schools in the state from academic year 2018-19.

The Telangana Legislative Assembly yesterday passed the Telangana (Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Telugu in Scho

Dubai: Australia captain Steve Smith was today handed a one-match suspension and fined 100 percent of his match fee by ICC after he owned up to a ball-tampering conspiracy in South Africa, which plunged the sport into crisis leading to his ouster from the top job.

Smith admitted that he was party to a decision to

Mumbai: Applicants from India for EB-visas are expected to decline by up to 80 per cent if the US gives the go-ahead to hike the investment cap from USD 0.5 million now to USD 1.3 million later this year.

The employment-based fifth preference category (EB-5) visa is meant for high networth investors (HNIs) to earn

New Delhi: IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla today said Rajasthan Royals will wait and see what sanctions the ICC imposes on Steve Smith before taking a call on his future as the franchise's captain, following a ball tampering scandal that prompted, among others, even Australia's prime minister to react.

Smith an

Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons on Sunday hit at the skeptics questioning the validity of Aadhaar, saying people did not have a problem while “getting naked” before the white man for a visa.

He added that the people only have a problem when their own government

Thanjavur (TN): Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today observed a day-long hunger strike here today demanding constitution of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) at the earliest.

Dhinakaran, who had launched his Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) recently, staged the protest here with his supporters an