Badaun (Uttar Pradesh),   A 17-year-old girl was allegedly shot dead by her father to save the 'family's honour' when she tried to elope with her boyfriend.

The accused father is a farmer. He caught his daughter leaving with a youth on Monday night and tried to stop her.

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it cannot take an elitist view on begging and referred to it as a socio-economic problem. The top court emphasized that beggars are forced to take to streets to eke out a living in the absence of education and employment.

A bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Jus

Panaji,  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal crossed swords on Twitter, a day after Power Ministers of the two states engaged in a public spat in pollbound Goa, over the benefits of power tariff models implemented by their respective governments.

The online slamming

Chennai,  The Central Water Commission (CWC) has sought details from the southern states -- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry -- on the dispute arising over the Karnataka state constructing a dam on the Markandeya river.

This was announced by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Sh

New Delhi,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is working on a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls against the Modi government, met several opposition leaders in the national capital on Tuesday. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath met the Bengal CM at 2 p.m. for nea

Patna,  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Janata Dal (United) in Bihar have had political differences on the contentious population control law. BJP MLC Sanjay Paswan on Tuesday said the population control law is the need of the hour and should be implemented in the state.

Citing Chief

Mangaluru (Karnataka),  Veteran Congress leader, Oscar Fernandes underwent almost six-hour long surgery on the wee hours of Tuesday and his long-time aides claim that he is stable, but is still in coma.

Fernandes' close aide for long-time and Mangaluru congress leader, M.A. Gafoor told IANS that the

New Delhi,  Fashion designer Anita Dongre's latest ensemble of outfits celebrates the rural communities and craft traditions of the Kutch region of India.

Craft villages hold a sense of magic, believes the designer... women in doorways singing over embroidery, men by deep pools of indigo holding secrets p

Chennai,  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday brought the Chennai, Tiruvallur districts under Torrent Gas market map inaugurating 25 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations and one City Gate Station or mother station.

Torrent Gas also announced an investment of about Rs 5,000 crore in Tamil Na

Lucknow,  The health condition of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and ex-governor of Rajasthan, Kalyan Singh, remains critical.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the hospital on Tuesday to see the veteran leader and spoke to doctors about his medical condition.

According to the