Ayodhya,  In a bizarre incident, a young sadhu in Ayodhya cut off his right hand from the wrist as part of what he called a Durga Puja ritual.

According to police, the seer Vimal Kumar, 32, wore new clothes after taking a holy dip in the Saryu and chopped off his hand on the river bank.

He

Jammu,  Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address a historic public rally in J&K's Rajouri town on Tuesday where he is expected to announce ST reservation for the Pahari community.

Over enthusiastic members of the Pahari community from different parts of Rajouri and the neighbouring P

Patna,  Ahead of the urban local body polls, Patna police has prepared a list of 435 'history-sheeters', or serial offender involved in three or more than three criminal cases, of the district's three police stations.

Police of Danapur have identified 200 history-sheeters and sent their names

Jammu,  Union Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Jammu on Monday on a 3-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

He is accompanied by Union Minister Jitendra Singh and senior officers of the MHA.

Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha, Chief Secretary Arun Mehta and other senior civil and police officers received

Kolkata,  Tension broke out at a temporary bookstall of CPI-M near a popular Durga Puja Pandal at the busy Rashbehari Avenue Crossing in south Kolkata on Monday, as CPI-M and Trinamool Congress supporters were engaged in altercations and protests over a poster at the book stall.

The Indian Marxists, who

New Delhi,  The national capital has reported 412 cases of dengue last week, as per a report released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday.

However, in September, the city reported highest number of 693 new dengue cases, as per the data.

So far, the city has reported total

New Delhi,  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday that it has attached assets worth Rs 49.60 crore of businessman Dhanraj Kochar and his family members in a Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) case pertaining to cheating.

This is the second attachment in the said case. An attachment of Rs 69.

Bengaluru,  Venting his ire as Bengaluru got 43rd rank out of 45 in the garbage-free city category of the nationwide Swachh Sarvekshan cleanliness ranking, entrepreneur and former Infosys Director T.V. Mohandas Pai on Monday termed it a big shame.

Launching his attack on social media, Pai, addressing Chi

Chennai,  Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam has said that the indifference of the DMK government has led to the poor performance of Tamil Nadu's cities in the Swacch Survekshan national rankings.

In the recent Swacch Survekshan ranking, Madurai was placed at 45th place of the 45 citie

Bhubaneswar,  The Election Commission of India on Monday announced the schedule for the bypoll to Dhamnagar Assembly constituency in Odisha's Bhadrak district, which will be held on November 3.

The bypoll has been necessitated following the demise of sitting MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi.

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