Edited By Amrita Ray

The Supreme Court will today give a verdict over the court ruling that the Lieutenant Governor was the administrative head of Delhi. Under the Constitution and the law, the city government does not have any control in matters of land, bureaucracy and the police. The AAP government has been long contending the decision and has also launched a signat...

A portion of the Andheri West bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai obstructing train operations. Local trains on Western Suburban Line have been affected due to technical reasons between Andheri and Vile Parle. BMC fire brigade as well as RPF staff and officers have been rushed to the spot for support, the Mumbai police said. Police off...

With the monsoons hitting Delhi on June 29, over 17 ahead of the predicted date, the national capital is set to receive another round of rainfall today. The weather department has predicted cloudy skies throughout the day and light showers around afternoon. It has also forecast similar weather condition in parts of Uttar Pradesh.

On the completion of one year of the rolling out of the GST plan, the government is to celebrate GST Day today at the Ambedkar International Centre to mark the first anniversary of the launch of the new indirect taxation regime. Terming GST as a "fitting tribute to spirit of cooperative federalism", the Finance Ministry said the first year has been...

The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir from one of the routes was suspended today due to heavy rain and multiple landslides in the valley. The third batch of pilgrims, who left for the yatra this morning, were asked to return. Traffic from Pahalgam, one of the twin routes to the cave shrine, has been suspended for now.

A chartered plane crashed in an open area in Mumbai on Thursday. According to initial reports, the plane was about to land when it crashed. The images posted on Twitter showed flames and thick, black smoke rising from the wreckage. The plane is a Beechcraft King Air C90 turboprop. Several fire engines have rushed to the site.

With wedding bells just around the corner, the Mehendi ceremony of Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani's son Akash Ambani and his fiancee Shloka Mehta was held in Mumbai Wednesday evening. The event was graced by several well-known faces, including actress Priyanka Chopra.

The Aam Aadmi Party's sit-in protest with his colleagues over the standoff with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal continued for the seventh day today. With Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain hospitalized over his deteriorating health condition, Arvind Kejriwal has urged PM Modi to "give a green signal to IAS officers to end their strike". On Sunday...

Since the air quality index reflected a "severe" degradation of air quality in Delhi on June 11, the city's battle against pollution remained as bad in the days following it, even though the government claimed to have been taking steps to better the situation. Saturday too, was yet another day in the line for the National Capital Region as it refus...

A major fire broke out on the top floor of a high rise in Mumbai's Worli area. Fire brigade has started fire-fighting operations andno casualties have been reported so far. Reports suggest the top two floors of the building, where Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone also resides, are badly affected.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three of his cabinet colleagues, including Satyender Jain who in on an indefinte fast, began a sit-in protest at Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's house on Monday to push for projects which they said were -stuck-. In a series of tweets today, Mr Kerjiwal confirmed that deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia ha...

Mumbai received fresh round of rainfall today, days after the weather department forecast a heavy downpour in the city over the weekend. The city's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, has already got its armory in place to face the lash.

Hours after former union minister Congress' P Chidambaram was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate or ED in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case, the CBI questioned him regarding his alleged role in the INX Media case.The CBI has alleged irregularities in payments made by the media company to Mr Chidambaram's son, Karti, in return for clearance ...

The hill town of Shimla has been a tourist hotspot since the British era, generating large amounts of revenue for Himachal Pradesh. However, this year the picture of the usually bustling capital appears bleak. Water scarcity for the past ten days has come as a major blow to the town, adversely affecting both tourism and business sector.

The farmers in Madhya Pradesh have organinsed a protest for the first ten days of June on the first anniversary of farmers' protest in Mandsaur during which five protesters were killed in police firing. The state government has said it has made appropriate security arrangements.

The Supreme Court will today give a verdict over the court ruling that the Lieutenant Governor was the administrative head of Delhi. Under the Constitution and the law, the city government does not have any control in matters of land, bureaucracy and the police. The AAP government has been long contending the decision and has also launched a signat...

A portion of the Andheri West bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai obstructing train operations. Local trains on Western Suburban Line have been affected due to technical reasons between Andheri and Vile Parle. BMC fire brigade as well as RPF staff and officers have been rushed to the spot for support, the Mumbai police said. Police off...

With the monsoons hitting Delhi on June 29, over 17 ahead of the predicted date, the national capital is set to receive another round of rainfall today. The weather department has predicted cloudy skies throughout the day and light showers around afternoon. It has also forecast similar weather condition in parts of Uttar Pradesh.

On the completion of one year of the rolling out of the GST plan, the government is to celebrate GST Day today at the Ambedkar International Centre to mark the first anniversary of the launch of the new indirect taxation regime. Terming GST as a "fitting tribute to spirit of cooperative federalism", the Finance Ministry said the first year has been...

The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir from one of the routes was suspended today due to heavy rain and multiple landslides in the valley. The third batch of pilgrims, who left for the yatra this morning, were asked to return. Traffic from Pahalgam, one of the twin routes to the cave shrine, has been suspended for now.

A chartered plane crashed in an open area in Mumbai on Thursday. According to initial reports, the plane was about to land when it crashed. The images posted on Twitter showed flames and thick, black smoke rising from the wreckage. The plane is a Beechcraft King Air C90 turboprop. Several fire engines have rushed to the site.

With wedding bells just around the corner, the Mehendi ceremony of Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani's son Akash Ambani and his fiancee Shloka Mehta was held in Mumbai Wednesday evening. The event was graced by several well-known faces, including actress Priyanka Chopra.

The Aam Aadmi Party's sit-in protest with his colleagues over the standoff with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal continued for the seventh day today. With Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain hospitalized over his deteriorating health condition, Arvind Kejriwal has urged PM Modi to "give a green signal to IAS officers to end their strike". On Sunday...

Since the air quality index reflected a "severe" degradation of air quality in Delhi on June 11, the city's battle against pollution remained as bad in the days following it, even though the government claimed to have been taking steps to better the situation. Saturday too, was yet another day in the line for the National Capital Region as it refus...

A major fire broke out on the top floor of a high rise in Mumbai's Worli area. Fire brigade has started fire-fighting operations andno casualties have been reported so far. Reports suggest the top two floors of the building, where Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone also resides, are badly affected.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three of his cabinet colleagues, including Satyender Jain who in on an indefinte fast, began a sit-in protest at Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's house on Monday to push for projects which they said were -stuck-. In a series of tweets today, Mr Kerjiwal confirmed that deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia ha...

Mumbai received fresh round of rainfall today, days after the weather department forecast a heavy downpour in the city over the weekend. The city's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, has already got its armory in place to face the lash.

Hours after former union minister Congress' P Chidambaram was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate or ED in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case, the CBI questioned him regarding his alleged role in the INX Media case.The CBI has alleged irregularities in payments made by the media company to Mr Chidambaram's son, Karti, in return for clearance ...

The hill town of Shimla has been a tourist hotspot since the British era, generating large amounts of revenue for Himachal Pradesh. However, this year the picture of the usually bustling capital appears bleak. Water scarcity for the past ten days has come as a major blow to the town, adversely affecting both tourism and business sector.

The farmers in Madhya Pradesh have organinsed a protest for the first ten days of June on the first anniversary of farmers' protest in Mandsaur during which five protesters were killed in police firing. The state government has said it has made appropriate security arrangements.