Chandigarh,  A student was killed and 14 others were injured when a 250-year-old peepul tree fell on them at the all-girls Carmel Convent School in Sector 9 here.

The about 70-feet tall tree uprooted naturally and fell on the students when they were playing under it.

Condition of a student

Chandigarh,  Sacked Punjab's Health Minister Vijay Singla was granted bail on Friday by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a bribery case. The bench of Justice Lisa Gill allowed his bail plea.

Singla was accused of demanding "one per cent commission" in tenders and purchases by his depart

Mumbai,  The Shiv Sena suffered another setback as at least 30 ex-municipal corporators joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's group, here on Friday.

The move has come as a jolt to the former CM Uddhav Thackeray, ahead of the upcoming civic elections in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and other majo

New Delhi,  Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed shock over the attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

"Shocked to hear the news of the attack on former PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who has been instrumental in deepening Indo-Japanese ties. Prayers for his recovery. M

New Delhi,On the directions of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a new case against former National Stock Exchange (NSE) chief Chitra Ramkrishna and ex-Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey for allegedly tapping phones of NSE employees between 2009 and 2017.

Srinagar,  Two days ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha festival, buyers looking for sacrificial animals thronged Srinagar markets and other cities and towns of Kashmir as Eid shopping picked up pace on Friday.

Makeshift sacrificial animal markets have come up at the Eidgah ground in Srinagar city, at different other pl

Panaji,  The Congress on Friday attacked the Sawant government on Friday for curtailing the Assembly session to two weeks.

Alleging that the BJP government in Goa has failed miserably on all fronts, the Congress here said that it does not want to face the opposition and the curtailment of the Assembly se

Srinagar,  An intruding terrorist and a soldier were killed after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kahmir's Kupwara district on Friday.

Defence sources said alert Army soldiers noticed a suspicious movement in Tangdhar sector of the LoC in Kupwara distr

New Delhi,  India saw a marginal decline in Covid cases with 18,815 infections reported in the past 24 hours, against previous day's 18,930 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

During the same period, 38 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,343.

Meanwhile, the

New Delhi,  Four people, including minors, drowned while swimming in the Yamuna river here, an official said on Friday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi said they received a call around 1.20 a.m. about the incident stating that four people have gone missing."It was found that