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The specially designed tram library will have books and magazines, including those on competitive examinations such as the civil services.

A total of 111 complaints of child marriage have been received by the apex child rights body NCPCR during 2019-20, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Wednesday. The highest number of 26 complaints were received from Uttar Pradesh, accordin...

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said Sudarshan TV has to give reply to the Show Cause notice by September 28, failing which an ex parte decision will be taken.

With President Donald Trump poised to nominate a U.S. Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy created by the death of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a new 63 conservative majority could be emboldened to roll back abortion rights.

The action comes after a two-year-long preliminary enquiry (PE) into the allegations levelled against him during 2012 and 2013.

Five days back, Air India Express had said the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority suspended its flights for 24 hours for bringing two passengers with COVID-positive certificates on August 28 and September 4.

A 28-year-old undertrial who had tested positive for coronavirus escaped from the district jail in Jhabua of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday. Deepa aka Deepesh escaped from a COVID-19 care centre, set up in a hostel in front of the jail, w...

An Indian expat in the UAE will finally be able to return home after two decades after he was granted a waiver of nearly Dh 750,000 (USD 204,195) in overstary fines, according to a media report. Thanavel Mathiazhaagan, 56, arrived in the UAE in 2000 thr...

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris is unlikely to be available for Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Kings XI Punjab on Thursday after suffering a side strain, the team's Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson said. Morris, who was bou...

The Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust has applied for permission from the central government to accept foreign donations for the construction of Ram temple here, a Trust official said. Devotees from foreign countries have started sending donati...

Timely efforts by the Centre and states and stringent protection measures have revived the rhinoceros population in the country, Union Minister Babul Supriyo said on Tuesday, asserting that India was in the "right direction for a better future for the ico...

The AAP government on Tuesday released a grant-in-aid of Rs 32.1 crore to six Delhi University colleges fully funded by it to pay salaries to staffers. However, the Delhi University Teachers'' Association (DUTA) called the grants inadequate.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said the hike in the MSP for six Rabi crops announced by the Centre is meagre compared to what farmers got during the Congress-led UPA government. Hooda, who is the Leader of the...

Several former judges have hit out at the civil society members who criticised the police investigation into the Delhi riots, saying "national integration cannot be sacrificed at the altar of wishfully disintegrative romanticism of the misguided elements....

Rome (AP) Roma was issued a 3-0 loss to Hellas Verona by Serie A's disciplinary judge on Tuesday for using an ineligible player. The match -- the league opener for both teams -- ended 0-0 on Saturday..

A city forest showcasing Uttarakhand's unique flora and fauna was inaugurated at Jhajhra near here on Tuesday by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and forest minister Harak Singh Rawat. Developed as a nature education centre, the city forest na...