Amaravati,  Five persons were killed in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district in the early hours of Monday.

A car rammed into a truck from rear near Cumbam in Prakasam district. All five occupants of the car died on the spot.

The accident occured on Amaravati-Anantapur

Srinagar, Light to moderate rain will occur at scattered places during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) Department said on Monday.

Weather remained cloudy in the union territory during the last 24 hours.

"Light to moderate rain is expected to occur in J&K at

Jaipur, Three pilgrims died while four others sustained serious injuries in a stampede which broke out in the Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan's Sikar on Monday morning.

The stampede was reported at 5.00 a.m., when a huge crowd of devotees assembled for 'darshan' on the occasion of Ekadashi. Devotees ha

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing the meet of the NITI Aayog Governing Council on Sunday, called on each state to focus on promoting its "3Ts" (trade, tourism, technology) through every Indian Mission around the world.

He said the states must focus on reducing imports, increasing exp

Hyderabad,  A 23-month-old baby with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1, received a new lease of life with Swiss drugmaker Novartis coming forward to donate gene therapy costing Rs 16 crore.

Baby Ellen was administered Zolgensma gene therapy, called the world's costliest drug, at a private hospital

Chennai,  The Tamil Nadu health department will provide family health cards to everyone listing their names, age, occupation, health profile, and treatment undertaken, it was announced on Sunday.

State Health Minister Ma Subramanian, in a statement, said that the scheme will be part of the 'Makkalai

Islamabad,  Politics in Pakistan is based on an element of vindictiveness which often tends to make the creator or supporter of a particular law, victim of his own doing. This vicious political cycle has affected the lives and careers of several prominent politicians in the country and would now come to haunt former Pr

New Delhi, Deportation of a man from Kuwait led the IGI Police to bust a fake immigration cum visa racket and arrest a mastermind.

DCP of IGI, Tanu Sharma said that the accused was identified as Mustaq alias Jamil Picturewala. He was held from Mumbai.

"The accused is involved in arranging

Chandigarh,  To protect livestock from contagious disease lumpy skin, the Punjab government has procured 66,666 doses of goat pox vaccine, which will be administered free of cost to the livestock to prevent its outbreak, Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said on Sunday.

Taking stock of the s

Washington,  Indiana's latest legislation on abortion "institutes a near-total abortion ban" in the US state, said the White House, calling it a "devastating step".

Indiana became the first state to pass a restrictive law against abortion since the Supreme Court overturned the lan