New Delhi,   At 1.45 p.m. on August 10, 2012, retired Deputy Superintendent of Police Abdul Hamid Bhat of Mominabad Batmaloo, Srinagar, was coming out of Masjid-e-Bilal after performing his Friday afternoon congregational prayers. An unidentified terrorist took out his AK-47 rifle and shot dead 60-year-old Bhat, the fa

Lucknow,  Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday revived his Janata Darshan after a gap of almost a year and a half.

Scores of people lined up with their grievances at the chief minister's official residence at Kalidas Marg and he personally heard them.

The chief minist

Gurugram,  Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg has warned officials that if there is water-logging anywhere in the city, the officials deputed to check it will be immediately suspended.

Garg said the officials will have to work on the ground and not just on paper.

"For the past sev

Mumbai,  The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized a consignment of 100 kg of Gold Potassium Cyanide (GPC) worth Rs 32 crore at the Air Cargo Complex here. The consignment was being exported to Dubai by a Mumbai based firm.

Based on prior intelligence, the DRI seized the consignment on Sun

Bengaluru,  As the southwest monsoon gathered pace in north Karnataka region, six persons were killed in rain-related incidents in the state since last week, said the police on Monday.

North Karnataka is witnessing heavy downpour since July 6 evening. With monsoon having picked up pace, Uttara Kannada, U

Gandhinagar,  Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to his home state, on Monday, is taking part in a host of programmes in the capital city.

In the morning, Shah was in the Kalol Tehsil where he carried out a groundbreaking ceremony of a school redevelopment project. He also partici

New Delhi, A US think tank has said that China is discouraging competitor countries in the South China Sea (SCS) over oil and gas explorations.

The report says that China is "challenging its neighbors' oil and gas activities within their own exclusive economic zones".

The US organisation has said that

Lucknow,  Union Minister Smriti Irani, on Monday, visited the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) to see ailing former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.

The minister spoke to the veteran leader and inquired about his health.

Kalyan Singh, sources said, turned emo

New Delhi,  Amid reports of differences in state party unit, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh is expected to meet BJP chief J.P. Nadda on Monday evening at his official residence here.

Sources aware of the development said that the likely agenda of discussion is organisational affairs and difference

Shimla, Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala on Monday led to a flash flood-like situation with washing away of roadside parked cars and partially damaging houses, officials said.

However, there was no loss to human life.

Dharamsala, some 250 km from the state capital, recorded the p