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The government on Friday reacted sharply to The New York Times' editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's choice of Adityanath Yogi as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and said the paper's wisdom to write such a piece was "questionable".

The centre’s grand plans for a new tuberculosis strategy are far from concrete it seems.

The UK has conveyed to India that its request for extradition of industrialist Vijay Mallya, who has been declared a proclaimed offender, has been certified by the secretary of state.

Aparna Yadav, who unsuccessfully contested the Assembly election from the Lucknow Cantt seat, is Mulayam's younger daughter-in-law.

The worst case scenario is of a Lioness who is pregnant and has refused to eat white meat.

An Air India staffer on Thursday complained that a Sena MP not only tore his shirt but also broke his glasses upon being asked to deplane.

The Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district is now home to 62 tigers, the highest number in the park's history.

Shiv Sena Ravindra Gaikwad has attacked an Air India staffer with a slipper and even gone on to justify his act saying the staffer misbehaved with him.

In line with his poll promise of fixing Uttar Pradesh’s law and order situation, newly-elected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday conducted a surprise check at a police station in Lucknow to review general preparedness levels.

Mushrooming ‘Anti-Romeo Squads’ in Uttar Pradesh post the arrival of Yogi Adityanath at the helm have raised concerns about the danger of mainstreaming vigilante culture, but at the Shakespeare Society of India they are mourning the Indian tragedy that ha...

India has the maximum number of people -- 63 million -- living in rural areas without access to clean water, according to a new global report released to mark World Water Day on Wednesday.

A BSP leader has been shot dead in Allahabad by bike-borne assailants. Mohammad Shami was shot dead inside his home by unknown assailants who then escaped on a bike on Sunday night.

Minutes after Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath was named the BJP’s chief minister in Uttar Pradesh, Twitter went into overdrive with memes comparing the Hindu hardliner to Hollywood star Vin Diesel. Many were also quick to mock the saffron surprise springed b...

While arrested accused Pandurangam and Sherve hail from Tiruchirapalli in Tamilnadu, Devendra is a resident of Antop Hill in Mumbai, the official said adding that further investigation in the case to trace the remaining culprits as well as the looted mone...

"We could not do any operation due to the protest. We somehow ran our Out Patient Departments. In my department, 16 operations had to be deferred," said AIIMS Acting Director Balram Airan, who is also head of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Centre.

"We usually allow all alike, customer or no customer. But I believe the decision is a 'wrong number' in that the majority of the population which they (SDMC) want us to cater to, belong to higher end of society, who we allow anyway. But what about such pe...