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An employee of the West Bengal government was arrested for allegedly taking bribes from other staffers on the pretext of providing them suitable postings and transfers, an official said on Saturday. The person was apprehended on Friday by sleuths of the...

The national capital recorded 35 COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday, taking the death toll to 5,981, while 3,259 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to over 3.27 lakh, authorities said. These fresh cases came out of the 55,715 tests conducted the previou...

Two women in Punjab's Amritsar sustained injuries on Saturday after they jumped out of a running cab when its driver allegedly tried to molest one of them, police said. A third woman was also in the cab and was rescued by locals who chased and intercep...

Washington (AP) In the week since he emerged from coronavirus isolation, President Donald Trump has demonstrated new determination to minimize the threat of the virus that has killed more than 215,000 Americans and complicated his chances of winning anoth...

The Caravan magazine has alleged that police detained and assaulted their journalist while he was reporting a protest in North Delhi's Model Town, but the police denied the charge and asserted that it acted as per law. In a tweet, the magazine alleged...

Rajasthan recorded 12 more fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 1,735, according to a health department bulletin. The state also reported 1,992 new cases with the total number of people inf...

The Railway workers union has threatened of 'direct action' if their productivity linked bonus, which is usually paid before the onset of Durga Puja, is not released by October 20. This was decided in a virtual standing committee meeting of the All Indi...

Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said the Aligarh Muslim University has become a role model for other universities because of its services to the poor and downtrodden. Speaking at the annual Sir Syed Day celebrations held virtually, he a...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion into cash-strapped discoms, facing demand slump due to the lockdown to contain COVID-19. This package was later increased to Rs 1.2 lakh crore by the Ministry of Power.

In a rare gesture, the Hyderabad Metro Rail arranged a special train service to ferry a pregnant woman to her destination during the recent downpour, which pounded the city and left several areas inundated. According to a top Metrol Rail official, t...

IndiGo will charge a passenger Rs 100 service fee if he or she wants to check-in at the airport counters from Saturday onwards, the airline said in a statement. The aviation ministry had in May made it mandatory for passengers to do web check-in so as...

He played for Australia but captured the cricket of India, in all its kaleidoscopic forms. While delving deep into the world of cricket in India, Steve Waugh saw the game which is more a way of life here, being played by monks at the foothills of the H...

President Donald Trump will take his reelection push to Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday before launching a tour of western states to shore up political support as he trails Democratic rival Joe Biden in national polls.

The candidacy of Singh has made the situation more complex for the BJP which decided to go with a Brahmin candidate Satya Prakash Mani Tripathi for the seat.

A 70-year-old man, born in Punjab and based in Ireland for over 40 years, has applied for a Guinness World Record after completing what he calls his Earth Walk covering over 40,075 kilometres or the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth in under 1...

Chandrika Rai is contesting election from Parsa seat and was doing rally along with BJP senior leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Sonepur town.