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Twenty-three firms including Alstom Transport India Ltd, Bombardier Transportation India, Siemens Limited, GMR Infrastructure and some PSUs have shown interest in operating private trains in the country, and they attended a pre-application meeting Wednesday as a first step, the Railways said.

The death count in the landslide at Pettimudi near Munnar in the high-range Idukki district has gone up to 55 with three more bodies being recovered from the debris on Wednesday, officials said.

A resident of Kolhapur in Maharashtra has switched off his mobile phone for the past few days as he was receiving too many abusive calls from people who thought it was Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty's number.

The coronavirus pandemic has extracted a huge cost from Uttar Pradesh's children from Saharanpur to Sonbhadra - 1058 kms apart, with schools shut for over four months now.

The national capital has recorded 72 per cent less rainfall than normal in August so far, the lowest in 10 years, according to India Meteorological Department data.

International Left-Handers Day: There are a number of world leaders, celebrities and not to mention, a lot of common people who are left-handed. According to a Washington Post article, that quotes experts, around 10 per cent of people worldwide are left-handed. Amitabh Bachchan is one of the famous lefties.

Doctors at private hospitals in West Bengal's Kolkata are making use of a different technique to help certain patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms like pneumonia when even ventilators fail to help with their recovery.

The GST intelligence officials have detected over Rs 17 crore tax evasion by a major cement manufacturer in Satna and arrested one of its directors, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.

A thorough investigation by police officers plays a crucial role in delivering justice, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.

Union Minister Shripad Naik has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, he tweeted Wednesday evening, adding that his vitals were fine, he was asymptomatic and would be in home isolation

A 60-year-old woman suffering from COVID-19 died in an ambulance outside a city private hospital as she was allegedly made to wait by its authorities, who reportedly demanded that Rs three lakh be first paid for admission, her family members said on Wednesday.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) on Wednesday issued a flood forecast based on the expected rainfall in the next 24 hours in certain parts of the country.

The BJP's growth in Tamil Nadu has altered the political landscape in the state and the 2021 Assembly elections will be a fight between it and DMK, under a BJP-led alliance, BJP's state vice president VP Duraisamy claimed on Wednesday.

Accepting a woman's request to schedule the virtual hearing in her marital dispute and guardianship case after her children's online classes are over, the Delhi High Court has directed the trial court to post the matter after lunch.

There was some unexpected humour during a bail hearing at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, when Chief Justice of India SA Bobde pointed out the petitioner wanted to leave jail on the same day Lord Krishna was born in one