Kolkata,  India's leading human rights group, Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR), on Wednesday, demanded the withdrawal of the ban for five years imposed on Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliate organisations, by the Union Home Ministry.

According to APDR general secretar

Guwahati,  A man has died in Assam's Sivasagar district while he was trying to evade arrest, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident happened on Tuesday in the Gouribazar area of the district. The deceased has been identified as Babu Gowala.

According to police, he was accused of ste

Bengaluru,  The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday announced a campaign to eradicate untouchability in the state.

Minister for Social Welfare Kota Srinivas Poojari made the announcement in Kolar district of the state, referring to an incident in which a Dalit family was boycotted, and made to pay Rs 60

Patna, Senior IAS officer and Bihar Women and Children Development Corporation MD Harjot Kaur Bamhrah stirred up controversy with her abrasive responses to question by girl students at an event for Class 9 and 10 students here on Wednesday.

Video of the questions by students and the officer's testy and irritat

Jammu, Two people were injured in a "mysterious blast" in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on late Wednesday evening.

Police said two people were injured in a mysterious blast in a parked bus in Udhampur's Domail Chowk.

"The two injured persons have been shifted to hospit

Bengaluru,  Deputy leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Congress MLA U.T. Khader said on Wednesday that action should be initiated against all organisations which work against the constitution.

Reacting to the ban imposed on the Popular Front of India (PFI), former minister Khader stated that

Silchar,  Assam Police have seized drugs estimated to be worth Rs 160 crore from Cachar district, officials said.

The police on Tuesday night recovered yaba tablets from a vehicle which was coming to Assam from Mizoram on the Silchar-Aizawl national highway.

Superintendent of Police, Cacha

Chennai,  With Tamil Nadu planning an ambitious five-year literacy drive for people above the age of 15, the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Non-Formal and Adult education is seeking volunteers for imparting writing and reading skills.

The programme slated to be conducted from 2022 to 2027, will be run totally

Jaipur,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Amba Mata Temple in Gujarat on Saturday (September 30) after travelling through the Abu road in Rajasthan, said BJP sources.

He will land in a special plane at the Abu road located air strip and then travel 21 km of which 16 km road stretch falls in Ra

New Delhi,  With the water level in the Yamuna river flowing above danger mark, traffic on the old Yamuna (Iron) bridge has been suspended, Delhi Traffic Police said on Wednesday.

The warning level of Yamuna is fixed at 204.50m and the danger level is at 205.33m and the evacuation level has been marked a