Bhubaneswar,  At least two persons were killed while another one sustained injury after a portion of an old bridge in Odisha's Cuttack city collapsed on Wednesday evening, a police official said.

The accident occurred when renovation and expansion work of the Taladanda Canal road near the bridge, con

Noida, Noida Police have busted a fake MBBS admission racket operating in the city and arrested five persons, including three women, in this connection, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Dipesh, Avnish Srivastava, Divya Mishra, Kanika Ojha alias Kavita and Nidhi Marwa were arrested from Sec

New Delhi, Attorney General K.K.Venugopal has suggested comedian Kunal Kamra's allegedly new derogatory remarks against the Supreme Court, be brought to the court's attention in connection with the ongoing contempt of court against him.

Lawyer Shashank Shekhar Jha, on behalf of BJP leader Punit Agarwal, so

Bengaluru, Two days after the newly-married daughter of a Tamil Nadu minister approached the Bengaluru Police Commissioner seeking protection from her father, she met Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday and sought police protection for herself and her husband.

Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, Jayakal

Bhubaneswar, The Odisha Vigilance Department on Wednesday raided the properties of Jagannath Sethy, an executive engineer in rural works (electrical) division, Berhampur, and unearthed assets worth Rs 7 crore, including Rs 19.88 lakh in cash.

According to vigilance officials, Sethy and his son had locked themselve

New Delhi,  The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Wednesday apprised of an Mo) signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG), Germany about cooperation in scientific research and technological development.

The obje

Chennai, The Director-General of Police (DGP), Tamil Nadu, C. Sylendra Babu, on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that permission has been denied for the 'unity march' planned by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kancheepuram, Salem, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai and Tenkasi districts between March 10 and 13.

New Delhi, The two-day Colombo Security Conclave of National Security Advisors (NSAs) from six nations - India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Mauritius, Bangladesh, and Seychelles -- began in the Maldives on Wednesday, with maritime security in the region the prime focus.

The Colombo Security Conclave was founded

New Delhi,  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has swept the civic polls in Assam, securing majority in 75 municipal boards while its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) wrested two, election officials said on Wednesday.

The main opposition Congress managed to secure only the Narayanpur Municipal Board in Lakhi

New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has continuously increased the budget for agriculture, which is now Rs 1.32 lakh crore compared to Rs 23,000 crore seven years ago.

"More than half of the current budget is being given directly