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Telangana and Maharashtra have so far in October received 143% and 78% more rainfall than normal respectively, according to data compiled by IMD.

Kurdishled authorities released on Thursday hundreds of militants from the Islamic State group imprisoned in northern Syria, as part of a general amnesty in the region controlled by the U.S.backed fighters.

It will be the first submarine of the Myanmarese Navy which has been ramping up cooperation with the Indian Navy in the last few years.

Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli promulgated the night curfew under Section 144 Cr PC along the Bangladesh border in the district for the next two months, an official release said.

In Solapur district, 8,000 were rescued and six persons died in wall collapse in the temple town of Pandharpur on Wednesday, while remaining deaths too occured in rain-and flood-related incidents.

Samples of the food prepared by the family have been collected for examination to ascertain if it contained any poisonous substance, the CDMO said.

The petition sought directions to the department of Justice for issuance of guides/handbooks of laws of general public interest in "plain" English and in vernacular so that layman can easily understand the law and procedure.

Indian-origin author-poet, Bhanu Kapil, is among 10 shortlisted artists for this year's T.S. Eliot Prize, named after the renowned 20th-century American-British poet. Kapil, who was born in England and grew up in London, made the cut with How to Wash a H...

Asserting that her government was not in favour of scrapping festivities, the chief minister said unlike most religious occasions, Durga puja cannot be held within the confines of four walls, as "the goddess has a large family", and arrangements for the r...

Libyan security forces said they have arrested one of the countrys most wanted human traffickers in the capital, Tripoli, more than two years after the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions against him.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said his "magnum opus" book on the theory, evolution and practice of nationalism will be out next month. The announcement of the book's release on November 1 by the former Union minister, known for his p...

State-owned IOC, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) together with Saudi Aramco and Adnoc plan to set up a 60 million tonnes refinery-cum-petrochemical complex on Maharashtra coast.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered the setting up of women help desks at all police stations in the state. The chief minister gave the instruction in a meeting with senior government officials and asked them to pri...

In a statement released on the occasion on Global Handwashing Day, UNICEF said lack of handwashing with soap puts millions at increased risk to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission also urged private hospitals to keep a note of the contact details of doctors to be called in case of emergency.

According to the scientists, the restrictions can effectively suppress the number if infections to low levels that allow rapid detection of localised outbreaks.