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A 19-year-old man was arrested by the Thane city police for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl, an official said on Friday. The 16-year-old victim had become friends with the accused, a contract worker with the Thane Municipal Corporation, on...

At least 1,903 new cases of COVID-19 were detected, while 44 more patients died of the infection in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Friday. With the addition of the latest infections and deaths on Thursday, the tally in the district re...

Miami (AP) Sally is moving a lot faster but it's still dumping heavy rains in southeastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina, where forecasters also said there was a chance of tornadoes. The National Hurricane Center said Sally was traveling at 15 mph...

The Uttarakhand Chardham Devasthanam Board on Thursday banned dharnas and demonstrations within the 200 metre radius of Kedarnath temple precincts. According to a press release issued by Rudraprayag District Information Office, an order to this effect w...

The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh DGP in the case of builder Vikram Tyagi from Ghaziabad who has been missing since June. The Commission has issued notice to the UP director general of police and asked...

Fourteen more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Rajasthan on Thursday, taking the state's toll to 1,293, while 1,793 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 1,09,473, according to a health department bulletin. A total of 17,495 people are under treatment,...

District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma on Thursday released the copy of the notification which was issued by the principal secretary (PWD) Nitin Ramesh Gokarn.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged off the state's traditional 'Chhadi Yatra' here on Thursday. The 'Chhadi Yatra', initiated by Adi Guru Shankaracharya in the eighth century, resumed last year after a gap of seven decades.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in the district for posing as Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and calling a family and asking them to settle a property dispute, police said on Thursday. There was a dispute in a family in Khadaki village...

The Delhi University Principal's Association (DUPA) on Thursday accused the AAP government of forcing colleges fully funded by it to pay salaries from the students' fund, saying this would amount to misappropriation. Reacting to DUPA's assertions, Deput...

The Supreme Court also said high court chief justices shall designate a special bench to monitor the progress of trials against sitting and former MPs.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government will soon introduce a three-tier legislation providing for registration of sex offenders, exemplary punishment for rape and child abuse and effective policing. Khan made the announcement while addres...

Mamaroneck (AP) Brandon Wu kicked off the 120th U.S. Open with a drive into the right side of the fairway at Winged Foot. That's considered a great start..

The compulsory testing comes as the number of infections in the country has crossed 50 lakh. In the last two days, two ministers -- Nitin Gadkari and Pralhad Patel -- have tested positive as well.

Over 11,600 Indians abroad have been infected with coronavirus as per details available with the country's missions, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Upper House, Minister of State for External...

NSA Doval is scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Thursday. The duo are said to share a positive equation which came in handy after the Galwan Valley clash.