Bengaluru,  The Karnataka government's initiative to break the taboo around menstruation by introducing 'Maitri Menstrual Cup' scheme for hygienic management of menstrual cycle among adolescents has received appreciation.

People have appreciated the project which aims at ensuring hygiene amon

Guwahati, The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sleuths on Friday arrested another senior Assam government official here for taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, officials said.

Shashindra Nath Baishya, Controller of Assam Legal Metrology Service, was arrested following a trap for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 for issui

Bengaluru,  Karnataka would emerge as the country's largest producer of ethanol in the coming days, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Friday.

In his address at a seminar on 'Ethanol Production in Karnataka' organised by the S. Nijalingappa Sugar Institute, Belagavi and Bquest Consultanc

Guwahati,  The Assam Home Department on Friday in a notification has directed the authorities to take steps to prevent illegal killing of animals including cows on the occasion of Eid.

Joint Secretary K.K. Sharma has written a letter to all Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of the state

Kolkata, Reacting to the controversies triggered by her recent comments on worshipping Goddess Kali, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra said on Friday that the BJP leaders filing FIRs against her for her comments should file affidavits and claim that alcohol and meat are not offered to Goddess Kali during her worship.

Hyderabad, Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here seized gold valued at Rs 1.20 crore from a passenger who arrived from Dubai.

The Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Customs at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) apprehended a male passenger who arrived by EK-526 from Dubai on Thur

Kolkata,  A youth in Kolkata, who recently returned from Europe, has been admitted to the hospital with rashes and symptoms similar to the viral disease.

The state health department has not revealed the identity of the youth as the final test report from the National Institute of Virology in Pune is stil

Bhopal,  Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai C. Patel on Friday marked the completion of his one year in office by taking part at a programme organised by the Raj Bhavan in which around 60 Divyang children were the guests.

Though Patel had assumed office on July 6 last year, the programme was organised by

Thiruvananthapuram, Senior CPI-M leader and Rajya Sabha member Elamaram Kareem on Friday slammed legendary Indian athlete P.T. Usha, who has nominated to the upper house of Parliament, saying that she was for a while been "proving her credentials".

Kareem, a former state Industries Minister, attacked Ush

New Delhi, A married man has approached the Delhi High Court complaining of facing "unreasonable delay" in getting permission from authorities to export his embryo to a surrogate mother in the US.

The man, in his plea filed recently through advocates Parminder Singh and Vishnu Tallapragada, sought d