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London, Sep 30 (AP) British lawmakers have renewed the government's sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic, although many legislators criticized the way Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative administration...

The victim's mother alleged that her daughter was given an injection before being raped and that her waist and both legs had been broken after which she was sent home on a rickshaw.

On learning that she was pregnant, her uncle, aunt and her grandfather took her to a quack in the neighbouring Korba district for abortion, the official said.

An academic from Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, Dr Manali Desai, has made history as the first woman of Indian heritage to take over as the Head of the Sociology Department of the prestigious UK varsity in its over 800-year history. Desai...

Around 80 Left activists were detained when they tried to stage a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in the national capital against the gang rape and death of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras, police said. The protesters assembled outside the UP B...

A tweet from the Chief Minister's office said Thackeray has directed the state home department to begin the process of withdrawing the cases.

All schools have been shut in Bengal since March 16,following the outbreak of COVID-19. "Any decision on reopening of schools will be taken after Kali puja," the CM said.

The National Capital Region Planning Board has released a loan amount of Rs 12,441 crore for various infrastructure development projects till September 27, the housing and urban affairs ministry said on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said, the...

Twenty seven years after a massive earthquake ravaged Latur district in Maharashtra, a representative of those affected by the tragedy claims many victims are yet to get employment to sustain their livelihood. The district administration, however, said...

region at 5 pm. MDS3 BABRI-YEDIYURAPPA Yediyurappa hails Babri mosque verdict, calls it 'victory of truth' Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa welcomed the acquittal of BJP stalwart LK Advani and 31 others in the Babri mosque...

Stating that it cannot allow anyone to be rendered homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bombay High Court refused to grant permission to the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) for removal of encroachments along riverbeds in areas under...

The Indian Medical Association's Goa unit on Wednesday announced that it was withdrawing its teleconsultation programme for COVID-19 patients who were advised home isolation. The IMA, in collaboration with the state health department, had launched the p...

The Madhya Pradesh police has arrested three members of an inter-state gang allegedly involved in highway robberies and seized cellphones worth crores from them, a senior official said. A special team was formed after goods worth Rs 41 lakh were stolen...

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the AAP government on a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to do away with pasting posters outsidehomes of COVID-19 positive persons or those in home isolation. As an alternative, the plea has also sou...

In an attempt to ensure strict implementation of the COVID-19 mask rule in public places, the civic body in Maharashtra's Thane city has decided to rope in the police, mayor Naresh Mhaske said on Wednesday. In an official release, the mayor said the Tha...

Washington (AP) President Donald Trump's nominee for the US Supreme Court has close ties to a charismatic Christian religious group that holds men are divinely ordained as the "head of the family and faith. Former members of the group, called People of P...