Chennai,  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has sent a letter to Union minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal urging him to take measures to ban the import of single-use plastic cigarette lighters.

He also called for stringent action against the illegal import of the plastic cigarette lighte

Kolkata,  Satyendra Chowdhury, the prime accused and the mastermind behind the murders of students Atanu De and Abhishek Naskar, was arrested by a joint team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police and the detective department (DD) of Bidhannagar City Police form the Howrah station on Frida

Thiruvananthapuram,  A new-born girl was found abondoned by a group of migrant labourers in the bushes at Thumboly in Alappuzha district of Kerala on Friday.

The labourers, searching the area, for discarded things were startled to hear the cries of an infant and spotted it among the bushes.

Mumbai, The famed 'dabbawala' (tiffin-carrier) community of Mumbai mourned the passing away of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at 96 after a brief illness, here on Friday.

The Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association Charitable Trust Chairman Ulhas Muke said the Mumbai dabbawalas shared a close

Ahmedabad,  Two policemen suffered injuries after a gang of bootleggers attacked them with pipes, sticks and pelted stones on a police vehicle in Ahmedabad's Naroda police station area.

Both injured jawans were being treated in a government hospital.

The attack happened on Thursday nig

Jaipur,  Rajasthan BJP's factionalism is now out in the open even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit the state on Friday.

For the past some time different camps being headed by veteran leaders have been exhibiting their strengths and others weaknesses.

On Thursday,

Nagercoil, On the second day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi addressed a press conference in Tamil Nadu's Nagercoil, and said that the yatra was an attempt to undo the damage done by the BJP.

He said he was only a participant and was not leading the yatra.

The former Congress Preside

Panaji,  Soon after the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the demolition of Curlies restaurant in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stated that his government will act with an iron fist against any place that is used for drug trafficking.

"Our State has zero tolerance towards illegal drug trafficking.

Thiruvananthapuram,  Soon after the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kerala journalist Sidhique Kappan, who along with others were arrested on October 5, 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh Police under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), his wife Raihanath said the court has found him innocent.

Bengaluru,  The students of Bangalore University (BU) have alleged that the ruling BJP government was trying to saffronise the university campus by allowing the construction of a Ganesha temple inside the campus.

The students have been staging protests for the past three days against the construction.