Jaipur, A cold wave has gripped Rajasthan amid the ongoing winter chill, leading to a big drop in temperatures across the desert state.

On Thursday night, Fatehpur recorded -1.6 degree Celsius, while Churu registered 2 degrees, Pilani 1.1, Nagaur 3.3, Sikar 5, Bikaner 5.6, Hanumangarh 6, Ganganagar 6.6, Phalodi 8.

Chennai, Three students were killed and three others grievously injured after a bathroom wall of a Government school in Tirunelveli collapsed on Friday.

According to police, the incident took place at 11.30 a.m. in the school located next to the Tirunelveli corporation office building.

Police and fi

Prayagraj, A first of its kind plant that manufactures tiles and bricks from the construction waste has become operational in Prayagraj.

The manufacturing unit uses debris and construction waste that lies unused on the roads and causes air pollution, to make bricks and tiles.

Located at Baswar, the

Patna, A man from Buxar district in Bihar, who was presumed dead after going missing 12 years ago, has been found alive in a jail in Pakistan.

The matter came to light after the jail authorities reportedly contacted the Indian External Affairs Ministry for verifying the statements of the man idenfied as Chhavi Kum

Guwahati/Agartala, Banking services were badly affected in the northeastern states on Thursday as most of the major banks remained closed due to two-day nation-wide employees' strike against bank privatisation.

Protest demonstrations were also held in front of the bank branches in many cities across the r

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court Collegium is learnt to have declined confirmation to Justice Pushpa Ganediwala as a permanent judge of the Bombay High Court, against the backdrop of her controversial "skin-to-skin" judgement.

The collegium is headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Jus

New Delhi, The National Green Tribunal has directed setting up of a four-member Joint Committee to look into a complaint alleging encroachments in Surajpur Wetland in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, situated next to forest land and having potential for damage in the area.

"We direct a four-member Joint Com

Hyderabad,  Four more cases of Omicron, the new variant of Covid-19, were reported in Hyderabad on Thursday, taking the total number of cases detected to seven.

Three of those tested positive for Omicron were from Kenya while the fourth person is an Indian, who had come from 'at risk' country.