Dharamsala, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday mourned the demise of Republican Party stalwart Bob Dole, describing him as a friend of the Tibetan people.

Dole, a presidential hopeful, died in his sleep on Sunday at the age of 98.

"Bob Dole was one of the Senators I had the privi

Bhubaneswar,  Amid Omicron threat, 246 samples from various districts of Odisha were sent to Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar for genome sequencing, an official said on Monday.

"We have received 246 samples from different districts including few foreign returnees for genome sequencing to asc

Nagpur, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nana Patole on Monday raised questions over the firing by the Indian Army in Mon district in Nagaland in which 14 civilians were killed, and wanted clarification from the Central government whether the firing was from Chinese troops.

"The Chinese have enter

New Delhi,  In the first conviction in the riots that broke out in northeastern Delhi in February 2020, a Delhi court on Monday convicted a 25-year-old man on various charges, including ransacking and setting afire an elderly woman's house.

According to the case, it was alleged that on February 25, 2020,

Chennai/Thiruvanthapuram, Tamil Nadu has opened nine shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam, leading to high water flow in the Periyar.

The nine shutters were opened to a height of 120 cm each and this has led to the heavy flow of water from the dam, situated in Kerala but maintained and managed by the Tamil Nadu govern

Chennai, AIADMK leaders and former Chief Ministers O. Panneerselvam and K. Palaniswami were on Monday elected unopposed to the posts of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator, respectively.

Party leader and election official and former minister, C. Ponnaiyan announced the results at the AIADMK headquarters. He said tha

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Police along with security forces have arrested an active terrorist along with an associate at Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said on Monday.

Police said acting on specific input regarding presence of terrorist in Ningli area of Sopore, a cordon and search o

Bhopal, The State Election Commission has directed the Home and Revenue Departments of the Madhya Pradesh government to shift those officers who have been posted in poll bound panchayats for more than three years.

The commission has sought action-taken reports from both the departments. The step has been taken to

New Delhi, The mastermind of the pirated NCERT textbooks racket has been arrested, nearly three months after huge quantities of finished and semi-finished books were recovered during a raid in the national capital, Delhi Police officials said on Monday.

The accused was identified as Abhishek Sachdeva.