Mumbai,   In a feat, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) constructed an east-west connecting road bridge over the Mithi River in a record period of five months and has thrown it open for traffic, an official said on Thursday.

The old and badly-dilapidated bridge, built in 1940, was declared

Thiruvananthapuram,  The lone Keralite in the Union Cabinet, V. Muraleedharan on Thursday slammed the way the Kerala Assembly has been turned into an anti-Narendra Modi venue.

"During this week, two resolutions were passed unanimously in the Kerala Assembly against the nationally elected Union Gover

Mumbai,   In a significant move, the Maharashtra government has decided to lift all lockdown restrictions in half of the state's 36 districts from Friday, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said here on Thursday.

However, important centres like Mumbai and Pune are not incl

New Delhi, Indian Naval ship Sandhayak, the first of the indigenously designed and built hydrographic survey ships of the Indian Navy, will be decommissioned on Friday after serving the nation for 40 years.

The decommissioning ceremony of INS Sandhayak will be held at the Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard. It will

Mumbai,  On expected lines, the Maharashtra government on Thursday too decided to cancel the HSC (Class 12) board exams for 2021 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic second wave, Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad announced.

The move came a day after a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thacker

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a name "is an intrinsic element of identity", and an individual's control over such cardinal element of identity cannot be denied to him/her by the CBSE, citing its examination byelaws.

In a 132-page judgment, a three-judge bench, headed b

Mumbai,  In an abrupt U-turn, the Maharashtra government on Thursday said that lockdown restrictions have not been lifted in half the state from Friday, hours after Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar earlier in the day announced partial relaxations.

"The lockdown has not been lifted

New Delhi,  The BJP on Thursday attacked the Arvind Kerjiwal government for hiding the actual death count due to Covid in the national capital. Addressing a press conference party National Spokesperson Sambit Swaraj said, "During peak of second wave in two months of April and May, the three Munici

Chennai,  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday announced Rs 5,000 incentive for 1.17 lakh policemen across the state for their service during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"During the first and second waves of Covid-19, all frontline workers, including police personnel, have been working on th

Srinagar,  Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General M.M. Naravane, said on Thursday that the ceasefire is holding along the Line of Control, and the onus to sustain it lies with Pakistan.

On the second day of his two-day visit to Kashmir to review the security situation along the LoC and in the hinterlands, G