Shimla,  The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, on Thursday decided to provide six per cent subsidy to fruit growers on purchase of packaging materials like cartons from the HP Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (HPMC) from July 15.

The HPMC w

Mumbai/New Delhi, In a fresh salvo, the Shiv Sena on Thursday sought disqualification of its 12 rebel Members of Parliament who have crossed over to the rival camp led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

The development comes 10 days after the MPs walked over en masse to the Shinde group, named Rahul Shewale as

New Delhi, Noida Police on Thursday said that they have arrested nine Chinese, one Korean and 18 African nationals for their involvement in criminal activities.

A senior police official said that a special drive was launched to keep a check on those who have been staying in India illegally.

The offi

Amaravati, The BJP has slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for his statement that the Centre is yet to release funds to the state for the Relief and Rehabilitation package under Polavaram project.

BJP's state general secretary Vishnuvardhan Reddy on Thursday found fault with the

Lucknow,   An elephant statue installed at the Ambedkar Park in Lucknow, has been stolen.

The park was built during the Mayawati regime and has innumerable elephant statues in various sizes.

A case has been registered in the matter at the Gautam Palli police station by a security offi

Bhubaneswar, A competent authority under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has ordered forfeiture of properties worth over Rs 3 crore owned by two ganja smugglers of Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Thursday.

The competent authority, whose office is located in Kolkata, is

New Delhi,  Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said she was unnecessarily being dragged into the controversy surrounding party floor leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'Rashtrapatni' remark, saying that he has already apologised.

Chowdhury on Wednesday courted controversy a

Prayagraj,  The Prayagraj police has initiated a probe into the alleged illegal printing and sale of textbooks for classes 9 to 12 by unauthorised publishers.

The investigations have been initiated on the complaint of the Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Uttar Pradesh.

Divya Kant Shukla, Secret

Amritsar,   Controversy over Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur Simranjit Singh Mann calling freedom fighter Bhagat Singh a "terrorist" refuses to die down with many politicians and activists coming out in support of the national hero.

Post Simranjit Singh Mann's remark, his son Iman Singh Mann

Chennai,  After three people were arrested from Salem, Erode districts of Tamil Nadu for having terror links, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is set to make arrests in connection with it.

A police team comprising NIA officials, police from Tamil Nadu, and the elite 'Q' branch of the Tamil