The smallest coffins are the heaviest and that is the impression one gets when stepping inside the premises of the Shri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarpur, which has witnessed the deaths of close to 100 children in three weeks.
Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday June 19, 2019, Kolkata
The sub-inspector of a Kolkata police station was suspended and two other policemen show caused after former Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta alleged inefficiency of the police after she was harassed and assaulted by a mob on Monday night.
Written by Alok Pandey | Wednesday June 19, 2019, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)
An ailing four-day-old infant died after being shuttled around from one government hospital to another in western Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly for over three hours today. The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended the presiding doctor of one hospital and initiated departmental action against the official in charge of the other.
Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday June 19, 2019, Mumbai
Two former top executives of the crisis-hit lending firm IL&FS have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the agency's probe in the money laundering case.
Senior Congress leader Milind Deora today appeared to diverge from the party view to say Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "One Nation, One Poll" initiative is "worthy of a debate".
Hitting back at Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for accusing the BJP of attempting to bribe one of his party legislators, state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday asked him to clearly name those involved.
Expressing grief over the death of Odia Army soldier Naik Ajit Kumar Sahoo in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh for the next of the kin of the soldier who died.
Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday June 19, 2019, Chandigarh
Film actor-turned-BJP parliamentarian Sunny Deol received a statutory notice from poll authorities after they found that his election expenditure had crossed the Rs 70-lakh limit in the recent Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI quoted an official as saying today.
Three journalists of a Noida-based TV news channel, who were arrested for allegedly airing defamatory content against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, were granted bail in the defamation case by a local court today, their lawyer said.
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) on Wednesday rejected the claims of former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian regarding over-estimation of GDP growth after 2011, saying his analysis ignores data on services and agriculture and shows blind trust in a private firm CMIE.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today greeted Congress President Rahul Gandhi on his birthday and urged him to remain the party chief in the interests of the country and people.
Edited by Richa Taneja | Wednesday June 19, 2019, New Delhi
The Ayush Ministry has come up with a set of guidelines for the yoga practice on World Yoga Day. Here are the steps you should keep in mind before, during and after the yoga practice.
More than 110 children, most from poor rural families, have died this month from encephalitis, a type of brain disease that has afflicted Bihar for more than two decades.
After the 17th Lok Sabha unanimously elected Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house, he was felicitated by the various leaders of the house including Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
The Congress-led government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday announced to provide Rs 5,000 in minimum compensation to small and marginal farmers in the event of crop loss due to natural calamities.
