Mumbai,   Shiv Sena President and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday welcomed several prominent Banjara community leaders who joined the party, along with a large number of their supporters.

They include Ravikant Rathod, a senior leader of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), and Mahant Sunil

Bhubaneswar,  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that road safety is a high priority area for his government and the state has adopted a four-fold strategy to make the roads safer -- by enforcement, education improvement in road engineering and emergency care.

He said this at SAFE conven

Guwahati,  Assam's militant organisation Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) extended the unilateral ceasefire for another six months on Friday.

The chairman of the group has shot a letter to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, expressing the desire of the outfit to extend the period of the

Kolkata,  A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the rights of agitators for peaceful protests during the forthcoming Durga Puja against the multi-crore teacher's recruitment scam.

A group of agitators sought the permission of the Calcutta High Court to conduct peaceful prot

Vadodara,  Two persons were killed and five others injured in a blast in a tenement in Vadodara city on Friday, officials said.

The injured persons were rushed to government hospital for treatment.

Vadodara Fire Officer Amit Chaudhary told IANS that they received a call about a blast in te

Jammu,   Security forces launched a massive search operation near the international border (IB) in J&K's Kathua district on Thursday after villagers reported drone activity in the area.

Villagers of Talli village in Hiranagar sub-division of Kathua reported that they had seen a drone moving

Chandigarh,  Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday expressed concern over rising unemployment and vacant posts in the state.

"While on one hand, Haryana is facing unemployment rate of 37.3 per cent, highest in the country, on the other 1.82 lakh posts are lying vacant in gove

Gadchiroli,  A woman Maoist was killed in an encounter between security forces and the red rebels in Kapewancha forests in Aheri subdivision, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal said on Friday.

Following a tip-off that 30-40 Maoists of the banned CPI (Maoist) from the Aheri and Permili groups

Noida,  With the advent of festive season, the price of vegetables and fruits began increasing in Noida, making it difficult for the residents to strike a proper balance in their daily budget.

A huge jump has been noticed in the price of vegetables and fruits that are available at Safal stores, as well a

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea moved by AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi challenging the bail granted to two persons who allegedly attacked his convoy in February this year.

A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and Krishna Murari sought the response