In an effort to improve road connectivity across the state, the Assam government has decided to convert 1,100 wooden bridges to concrete, an official said here on Friday. ....

A controversy has once again erupted at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), this time over the walls of several buildings on the university campus being defaced with anti-Brahmin and anti-Baniya slogans. ....

To thwart a call by a Hindu outfit to recite the Hanuman Chalisa inside Shahi Eidgah mosque on December 6, the Mathura city magistrate has issued bailable warrants against 16 people connected to the outfit. ....

A voter turnout of 60.48 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections which covered 89 constituencies of Saurashtra-Kutch and south Gujarat region. This was 8 per cent less compared to the 2017 assembly elections. ....

Air passengers can get paperless entry at three selected airports including Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi to make air travel hassle-free through Digi Yatra launched on Thursday. ....

In the first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections, rural and tribal voters have come out in large numbers, but the urban voters have not come out to vote on such a scale. ....

The Haryana Cabinet on Thursday accorded approval to the draft of the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Rules of 2022. ....

The process of Narco test on Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, who is an accused in the ghastly murder of his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in Delhi's Mehrauli area, began on Thursday morning, said Special Commissioner of Police (law & order), Sagar Preet Hooda. ....

With India formally assuming the G20 Presidency from Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an article to commemorate the occasion said that the country will work to promote the universal sense of one-ness. ....

Polling for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly polls started at 8 a.m. on Thursday as 788 candidates fight for the 89 seats in 19 districts. ....

The political tussle between Congress and BJP has intensified with respect to the 'politics of performance'. While Congress is constantly trying to put the Modi government in the dock regarding the economic condition of the country and rising inflation, BJP claims that their government has fared much better in the domain of economy. ....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested businessman Amit Arora in connection with Delhi's excise policy scam. ....

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has termed "disturbing" the visuals of YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y. S. Sharmila's car being towed away while she was inside. ....

President Droupadi Murmu on the first day of a two-day tour to Haryana on Tuesday offered prayers amidst chanting of mantras as she formally inaugurated the International Gita Mahotsav (IGM) -- 2022 organised on the banks of Brahma Sarovar in Kurukshetra, the holy land of the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita. ....

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said with the rapid growth of social media, fake news has also proliferated, adding that "presenting authentic information is the prime responsibility of the media and facts should be properly checked before they are put in the public domain". ....

Representatives of several business associations of Delhi met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday to discuss the expansion and shifting of their businesses to the state. ....

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent the two attackers, who were among the group of men that encircled Aaftab Poonawalla's van, to 14 days of judicial custody. ....

With a layer of smog continuing to envelope the national capital city in the morning hours on Tuesday, the overall air quality further dipped under the very poor category. ....

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that all Indians were Hindus in the past. Hence, they are still Hindu. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a public meeting here on Monday attacked the Congress, and said that "people have thrown the Congress out of power because of its caste politics, and if it wants to be part of the state, it has to give up this caste politics and change its style." ....