Shylaja Varma With Inputs From Agencies

Avni, the tigress believed to be responsible for the deaths of 13 people over the last two years, has been killed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal last night, news agency ANI reported.

Mumbai is struggling in non-stop rain that has stalled trains and slowed traffic to a crawl in places that have been flooded. Some trains have been cancelled while others are running late by 10 to 15 minutes as tracks are waterlogged after heavy overnight rain. Schools in the neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar are closed today because of t...

The website of Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia University was hacked for the third time in 24 hours. Close to midnight on Tuesday, the website displayed a black screen, which showed several messages.The website was restored minutes later.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated a 16-year-old girl from Haryana for becoming the youngest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest from the Nepal side.

The weather office has warned of more thunderstorms in north, north-east and parts of south India for the next two days after Sunday's thunderstorm and dust storm left behind a trail of destruction in four states, killing 53 people and injuring many, according to the Union Home Ministry. Thirty nine people have died in Uttar Pradesh alone, while ni...

After weeks of hectic campaigning in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Nepal's Janakpur, 225 km from capital Kathmandu. PM Modi and Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated a bus service from Janakpur to Ayodhya - known to be Lord Ram's birthplace - to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India. Apart from holding meetings wi...

Strong winds hit Delhi half-an-hour before midnight on Monday, a harbinger of the formidable thunderstorm that is expected to hit the national capital region at dawn today. By 11 pm on Monday, Gurgaon had started experiencing strong winds, with videos posted online by residents showing trees swaying violently in the dark. Many areas in Tamil Nadu a...

Thunderstorm and rain are likely in Delhi, the National Capital Region and parts of western Uttar Pradesh today, the Union Home Ministry has said, quoting the weather department. The Home Ministry alert comes after124 people died and over 300 were injured in the thunderstorms and lightning that hit five states last week.

Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...

Eleven people, including two children, have died due to lighting and heavy storms in Bihar in the last 24 hours. Several people have been injured. A 10-year-old girl was killed on Sunday when a thunderstorm struck a village in north Bihar's Madhubani district, 173 km from state capital Patna

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi today attacked the Narendra Modi government at a mega rally led by the party in Delhi, saying the roots of corruption have become stronger under the BJP-led NDA regime.

A six-year-old girl in Odisha who had gone to buy biscuits was raped, strangled and left inside a school campus in a village in Cuttack district on Saturday. The girl has multiple injuries and is admitted in a hospital. Her condition is said to be critical. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest-reigning monarch, turned 92 on Saturday. Her birthday was marked with traditional gun salutes and a Commonwealth-themed, star-studded charity concert. Elizabeth II was instrumental in bringing the royals into modern times, after ascending to the throne in 1952 as Britain's empire was in sharp declin...

After ATMs in parts of multiple states are reported to be running dry, workers at a government-run printing press in Madhya Pradesh are working three shifts to print currency notes. On Tuesday, the government reportedly said it has decided to increase printing of Rs. 500 notes by five times to meet the "unusual" currency demand.

A week after a train rolled on for nearly 10 km without its engine in Odisha, a similar incident has been reported in Delhi. A engine of a train was derailed today and rolled on for close to 40 metres at Anand Vihar railway station in east Delhi, reported news agency ANI. The railways has suspended the engine driver and ordered an investigation.

Avni, the tigress believed to be responsible for the deaths of 13 people over the last two years, has been killed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal last night, news agency ANI reported.

Mumbai is struggling in non-stop rain that has stalled trains and slowed traffic to a crawl in places that have been flooded. Some trains have been cancelled while others are running late by 10 to 15 minutes as tracks are waterlogged after heavy overnight rain. Schools in the neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar are closed today because of t...

The website of Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia University was hacked for the third time in 24 hours. Close to midnight on Tuesday, the website displayed a black screen, which showed several messages.The website was restored minutes later.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated a 16-year-old girl from Haryana for becoming the youngest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest from the Nepal side.

The weather office has warned of more thunderstorms in north, north-east and parts of south India for the next two days after Sunday's thunderstorm and dust storm left behind a trail of destruction in four states, killing 53 people and injuring many, according to the Union Home Ministry. Thirty nine people have died in Uttar Pradesh alone, while ni...

After weeks of hectic campaigning in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Nepal's Janakpur, 225 km from capital Kathmandu. PM Modi and Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated a bus service from Janakpur to Ayodhya - known to be Lord Ram's birthplace - to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India. Apart from holding meetings wi...

Strong winds hit Delhi half-an-hour before midnight on Monday, a harbinger of the formidable thunderstorm that is expected to hit the national capital region at dawn today. By 11 pm on Monday, Gurgaon had started experiencing strong winds, with videos posted online by residents showing trees swaying violently in the dark. Many areas in Tamil Nadu a...

Thunderstorm and rain are likely in Delhi, the National Capital Region and parts of western Uttar Pradesh today, the Union Home Ministry has said, quoting the weather department. The Home Ministry alert comes after124 people died and over 300 were injured in the thunderstorms and lightning that hit five states last week.

Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...

Eleven people, including two children, have died due to lighting and heavy storms in Bihar in the last 24 hours. Several people have been injured. A 10-year-old girl was killed on Sunday when a thunderstorm struck a village in north Bihar's Madhubani district, 173 km from state capital Patna

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi today attacked the Narendra Modi government at a mega rally led by the party in Delhi, saying the roots of corruption have become stronger under the BJP-led NDA regime.

A six-year-old girl in Odisha who had gone to buy biscuits was raped, strangled and left inside a school campus in a village in Cuttack district on Saturday. The girl has multiple injuries and is admitted in a hospital. Her condition is said to be critical. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest-reigning monarch, turned 92 on Saturday. Her birthday was marked with traditional gun salutes and a Commonwealth-themed, star-studded charity concert. Elizabeth II was instrumental in bringing the royals into modern times, after ascending to the throne in 1952 as Britain's empire was in sharp declin...

After ATMs in parts of multiple states are reported to be running dry, workers at a government-run printing press in Madhya Pradesh are working three shifts to print currency notes. On Tuesday, the government reportedly said it has decided to increase printing of Rs. 500 notes by five times to meet the "unusual" currency demand.

A week after a train rolled on for nearly 10 km without its engine in Odisha, a similar incident has been reported in Delhi. A engine of a train was derailed today and rolled on for close to 40 metres at Anand Vihar railway station in east Delhi, reported news agency ANI. The railways has suspended the engine driver and ordered an investigation.