Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) Nearly 70 persons from Uttar Pradesh are reported missing after the Uttarakhand catastrophe.

The maximum number of missing persons belong to Lakhimpur district. Majority of the labourers had gone to work on the Tapovan project in the farming off-season.

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Shillong/Aizawl, In a bid to contain spread of coronavirus, officials in Meghalaya said that the night curfew would remain in force in Shillong and other adjoining areas under the East Khasi Hills district for the next seven days from Monday.

Besides Shillong, the night curfew is being extended in Mizoram cap

New Delhi,  A complaint has been filed seeking a probe into Mukul Deora's alleged benami entity and benamidar Swiss bank account, used for development funding the Netflix film, 'The White Tiger'.

The formal request for investigation was sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the dealings o

Mumbai, A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's verbal assault on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena on Monday hit back, charging the Bharatiya Janata Party of using its ex-ally as "a ladder" to ascend in state politics.

At a function in Sindhudurg on Sunday, Shah had virt

Amaravati,  The Andhra Pradesh government has set up a panel to investigate the death of Tejaswini, an engineering student who committed suicide as she could not pay her college fee.

Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh expressed sadness over the death of Tejaswini, 20, who was studying in a private engin

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking transfer, to the CBI, of the investigation of the case relating to alleged suicide of BJP leader Debendra Nath Roy in West Bengal, noting that the Calcutta High Court has already dealt with the issue.

Disposing of the plea, a be

Jaipur, Giving a major setback to parents, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that parents will have to pay 100% of the school fees for the academic session 2020-21 during the pandemic period which will be equal to the fees paid in the academic session 2019-20.

The Supreme Court gave this interim order on Mond

Bengaluru, In a bid to eliminate middlemen and to give farmers' access to multiple markets, the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru, on Monday launched its 'Arka-Vyapar' mobile application during five-day national horticulture fair 2021.

IIHR Director M.R. Dinesh told IANS

Bengaluru, The ruling BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) combined forces to field senior JD (S) member Basavaraj Horatti while Congress party member Naseer Ahmed filed his nomination for the post of Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council on Monday.

Elections will be held on Tuesday. Seven-time MLC Horatti has emerged

Dehradun,  Rescue and relief work in the disaster hit areas of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand gathered pace on Monday as a multi-agency operation continued to save 25-35 trapped people inside a tunnel of Tapovan Vishnugaud project that was blocked by the Sunday morning deluge.

Union Power Minister R.K.