India

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday said polls to the 24 seats of Bihar Legislative Council will be held on Tuesday.

The court directed that no orphanages or child homes shall receive children from outside the state, except in accordance with law.

No internal or external injuries were found on the body of TV journalist Akshay Singh, who suddenly took ill and died last weekend while covering the Vyapam scam.

"This is worse than the characterisation the present prime minister gave to the former prime minister. Worst type of crony capitalism is being built; and this is now becoming a habit of this government to encourage corruption with crime," he said.

Five persons including four minors of a family were hospitalised after they consumed ready-to-eat noodles in Shilong.

Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and 15 others received minor injuries when the dais at a BJP Yuva Morcha public meeting, collapsed on Monday.

A digitally-connected India will be a wealthy, and a robustly democratic country.

Bangalore has been ranked 12th in the list of top 20 technology-rich cities in the world.

Police on Sunday said they were maintaning a tight vigil in North East Delhi's Sri Ram Colony following tension between two communities.

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi had asked leading business chambers including FICCI, ASSOCHAM and CII to submit compliance report as most of the private companies in the country do not have internal committees to address sexual harassment cases.

In October 2007, a bomb blast in the holy Ajmer Dargah had killed three and wounded more than a dozen. The NIA chargesheeted 12 people who were present and former members of the RSS.

Rashtrapati Bhavan has attached a copy of a June 23 tweet put out by Modi which referred to the President's Secretary, Omita Paul, in a derogatory manner.

Praising his father's humility, the 25-year-old said: "I really admire the humility in my Dad. He has stayed grounded throughout the years, he's had very humble background and I really respect for the journey he's been through.

The traffic on the road remained jammed for around two hours forming long queues of vehicles on both sides of the pathway, police said.

Hyderabad House, Vigyan Bhawan and Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan have topped the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) rating.

The rail-link from Banihal to Katra, connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country, would be completed by 2020.