New Delhi,  Several people are feared trapped under the debris of a house which collapsed in the capital's Paharganj area on Thursday evening, a Fire Department official said.

The official said that they received a call about the incident from Paharganj, near Khanna Market and Vivek Hotel, in central

New Delhi,  The Medical Counselling Committee on Thursday announced a 15 per cent reduction in the cut-off percentile for an additional mop-up round counselling to fill up vacant seats of super-speciality courses.

The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Shillong, Five persons, including four children, were killed in landslides in Meghalaya on Thursday after incessant rains for the past one week flooded many areas in the state, causing large-scale damages to properties, officials said.

Deputy Commissioner of East Khasi Hills district, Isawanda Laloo, said that thr

New Delhi,  Gujarat's Kutch is India's most lightning prone district along with Odisha's Mayurbhanj, but the mortality is much higher in the latter, the Annual Lightning Report 2021-22 released on Thursday said.

"The mortality is much higher in Mayurbhanj as compared to Kutch mainly due

Kolkata,  Agitations against "Agneepath", the proposed short-term entry scheme to the Indian armed forces, are yet to be seen in West Bengal. However, the state's ruling and opposition parties, except the BJP, have called for immediate scrapping of the scheme and a formal announcement from the Centre on t

New Delhi, Delhi on Thursday reported a marginal decline in daily Covid cases in last 24 hours, at 1,323 against 1,375 recorded on previous day, as well as two new deaths, as per the government health bulletin.

Meanwhile, the Covid positivity rate has slightly declined to 6.69 per cent, while the number of ac

Srinagar,  Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, including the killer of woman teacher in May, were neutralised in a joint security force operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Thursday, police said.

Police said on acting on specific information about presence of terrorists in village Miship

Jammu,  Youth, aspiring for a career in the Indian Army, on Thursday staged a protest in Jammu against the Agnipath scheme to recruit jawans on a contractual basis for four years, followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits.

Most of the youth who came out in protest a

Srinagar,  One terrorist was killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces at Kokernag area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday, police said.

"One terrorist killed. Operation in progress," police said.

This was the second encounter in

New Delhi,  The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of the terror outfit Islamic State, has released a video threatening attacks in India targeting Hindus in connection with now-expelled BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma's remarks against Prophet Muhammad.

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