India and the United Kingdom (UK) have come together to launch a clean air street initiative at Church Street here on Saturday to jointly address the global challenges of air pollution and climate change. ....

Amid the 11 day long Assam-Mizoram inter-state border dispute, tension intensified along the border after miscreants triggered a blast at a government school in Cachar district of southern Assam, police said. ....

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday launched 'Mission Shat Pratishat' (Mission 100 per cent) for 2020-21 to empower schools in the state to achieve 100 per cent results in annual exams despite the Covid crisis. ....

In yet another case of suicide in Delhi's National Capital Region (NCR), a woman committed suicide along with her four-year-old child on Saturday in Noida by jumping from her 17th floor apartment. Both died on the spot. ....

Victory and defeat in the Bihar assembly elections may be decided on November 10, but as far as campaigning is concerned, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad's son Tejashwi Yadav has managed to outshine most others. ....

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday flayed the Uttar Pradesh government over what she called "harassment and state-sponsored excesses" on farmers in the guise of action against those causing pollution, especially by stubble-burning. ....

Five rounds were fired at a polling booth in Dhamdaha in Purnea district even as 19.74 per cent voting was registered in 78 Assembly segments in the first four hours on Saturday, official sources said. ....

Over 40 per cent of the electorate cast their votes in the first five hours of voting during the by-elections to four Assembly seats in Manipur on Saturday amid elaborate security and strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols, election officials said. ....

Odisha Crime Branch STF has seized over 1 kg brown sugar valued at around Rs 1 crore in Balasore district and arrested three peddlers, an official said on Saturday. ....

As voting was underway in 78 constituencies in the third and final phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers. ....

The third and the final phase of the Bihar Assembly polls got underway on Saturday morning and long queues of men and women covered in shawls and jackets were seen outside polling booths maintaining social distancing. Despite EVM malfunction in several areas over 7 per cent polling was registered in two hours. ....

Even as polling was underway on Saturday in 78 Assembly constituencies in 15 districts of Bihar, a Presiding Officer posted at a polling centre in Muzaffarpur district's Katra Block died due to heart attack. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, saying the misrule of the incumbent formation is soon going to end. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Ro-Pax terminal at Hazira and flag off the Ro-Pax service between Hazira and Ghogha in Gujarat through video conferencing on Sunday. ....

The political future of 12 ministers of the Nitish Kumar government is at stake in the third and final phase of the Bihar assembly elections taking place on Saturday. In the third phase, elections for 78 seats will be held. ....

The Punjab government on Friday evening said railway tracks, except one in Amritsar district, were fit for the movement of trains as farmers lifted their blockades. ....

The Bombay High Court on Friday kept for further hearing on Saturday a habeas corpus plea by Republic TV Managing Director and Chief Editor Arnab Goswami, challenging his arrest by the Maharashtra Police in an abetment of suicide case and seeking interim bail. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to slash power tariff for farmers, artisans, weavers and small-scale industries. ....

The Congress on Friday alleged that the Modi government was denting the morale of army officers by 'snatching away' their pension. ....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday visited Kolkata's famous Dakshineswar temple where he offered prayers to Goddess Kali. ....