Omicron-driven third wave of Covid-19 continued to fall sharply in India for the fourth week running and deaths from the virus reduced in the week ending Sunday to nearly half the number reported in the previous seven days. Cases were down 56%...

A CBI special court sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad to five years jail term and imposed Rs 60,00,000 fine in fifth case of the Animal Husbandry Department scam, which is commonly known as the fodder scam, related with...

A special court hearing the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case last week sentenced 38 convicts to death and 11 to life imprisonment. While delivering the capital punishment, which will be subject to confirmation of the Gujarat High Court, the...

Punjab recorded a dip in voter turnout from 76.8% in 2017 to 72% for the single phase state assembly polls on Sunday, while the third round of UP elections saw 63% polling as opposed to 62% five years ago. Held under the shadow of Covid restrictions...

Two soldiers and a militant were killed in a gunfight that broke out in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. According to a defence ministry spokesperson the gunfight that broke out in Chermarg village of Zainapora area of Shopian. He identified...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) indicated that interest rates have bottomed out and yields are inching up in debt instruments as well as deposits, in clear indications that there may not be any rate cuts in the near future. “Scheduled commercial...

India's income tax (IT) department has began search operations at the premises of former National Stock Exchange (NSE) MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna and former group COO Anand Subramanian as part of a wider probe on tax evasion after a final...