Godhra,  Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Shehera constituency and Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly, Jetha Bharwad has alleged that illegal sand mining has taken place in a lake in Khandia village of Panchmahal district due to which the state will lose revenue to the tune of Rs 24 crore.

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Bengaluru,  Demanding a change of loan policy and delinking CIBIL score for extending the agricultural loan, thousands of farmers staged a protest against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Members of the Federation of State Farmers Associations and Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators A

Guwahati, Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde said on Tuesday that he will be in Mumbai soon, adding that he is accompanied by 50 MLAs who have come on their own.

Speaking to mediapersons outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati, Shinde said, "We are with the Shiv Sena and I'll be in Mumbai soon.&quo

Mumbai,  In an apparent softening of stance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray -- who is also Shiv Sena President -- on Tuesday appealed to the rebel group camping in Guwahati to return and hold discussions.

"Many of you are in contact with us and are still emotionally connected with the S

Mumbai,  The toll in the Mumbai building crash has risen to 10 and at least 13 others, including a woman, were injured, the BMC Disaster Control said on Tuesday.

According to officials, the entire wing of the ground-plus-three floor Naik Nagar Building in Kurla east suburb of northeast Mumbai crashed min

New Delhi,  The Congress on Tuesday said that it will not allow the reckless selling of Public Sector Banks (PSBs). The party alleged that the Modi government is now all set to completely exit from public sector banks, which is an "ill thought out strategy with dangerous repercussions."

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New Delhi,  The already rain-battered areas of north Bihar are likely to witness increased flood due to heavy rainfall in the catchment of transboundary rivers in Nepal, officials said on Tuesday.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) has issued an orange alert for north Bihar areas. The India Meteorologica

Hyderabad, Leaders, cutting across party lines, on Tuesday paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on his 101st birth anniversary.

Telangana ministers, leaders of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and family members of the late

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday informed the assembly that no river pollution will be allowed in the proposed Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks at Koom Kalan in Ludhiana, and all environmental clearances and norms as fixed by the Centre and state pollution control boards will be adh

Bengaluru,  In a major embarrasment to the BJP government in Karnataka, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Umesh Katti's recent statements demanding a separate state for north Karnataka has reignited the debate over regional divide in the southern state.

To the chagrin of BJP lead