Thiruvananthapuram,  A 45-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Thursday in Kerala's Palakkad district.

The incident took place in Attapadi, a predominantly tribal hamlet which borders forest areas.

Angered at such frequent fatal attacks, residents of the area prot

New Delhi,  The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 p.m. on Thursday
amid protests from both the ruling and the Opposition.

Soon after the House met at 11 a.m, Union Minister Smriti Irani slammed the Congress leader and MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for referring to President Droupadi Murmu a

New Delhi,  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday demanded an apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for her party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary's sexist comment against President Droupadi Murmu.

Speaking in Rajya Sabha Sitharaman said: "Objectionable statement was

Vijayawada,  A troop of caged monkeys have been rescued and set free by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department.

The monkeys were being kept in a cage on the premises of the office of the local Directorate of Medical Education (DME) office, apparently for weeks without food and water.

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Patan (Gujarat)  Former Home Minister of Gujarat Vipul Chaudhary courted controversy when he advocated for quality liquor in the dry state.

His remarks came against the backdrop of hooch tragedy that claimed 46 lives in Ahmedabad and Botad districts.

Vipul Chaudhary made the statement duri

Chennai,  The Tamil Nadu government has made it mandatory that the food products used for preparing free breakfast for school children will have to be certified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

The move is to ensure that the much-hyped project, which is the first of its kind i

Kolkata,  The Enforcement Directorate has recovered Rs 27.90 crore and six kg gold from
another house of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of arrested West Bengal Commerce & Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee.

A truck of RBI left Arpita's residence ferrying recovered cash and gold in ten s

Bengaluru,  Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will complete one year in office on July 28. Though, Bommai started his innings successfully generating high expectations in the party leadership that it would find a mass leader in him after old war horse B S Yediyurappa, but according to party leaders, after compl

New Delhi,  India has achieved replacement level fertility with as many as 31 states/UTs having achieved a Total Fertility Rate of 2.1 or less and modern contraceptive usage has increased substantially to 56.5 per cent, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said on Wednesday.

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New Delhi,  The BJP's central leadership has promised "strictest action" to pacify the workers who are agitated over the killing of BJYM leader Praveen Kumar Nettaru in Karnataka.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka is facing the anger of its own cadre over the killing