A Dalit youth who was critically injured in a violent clash over the renaming of an NH-1 traffic intersection on April 13 succumbed to  injuries at a Ludhiana hospital early on Sunday.Yashwant Bobby, 19, who had suffered gunshot injuries, died at DMC Hospital around 1.45 am after battling for life …

The state governments in the country collected more than Rs 37,000 crore as cess for welfare of construction workers over the years. But when it came to its spending, most of the states seem to have shied away.According to an RTI information obtained by a Ropar-based activist, Dinesh Chadha, till …

Tourism Corporation loses around ₹40-50 lakh as stir enters third day The ongoing strike by the Puducherry Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) employees is causing huge revenue loss for the Corporation and has virtually crippled the tourism sector in the Union Territory. The strike, which entered the third day, has affected …

My aim to end open defecation misread’ Within hours of issuing a controversial direction on Saturday to withhold distribution of free rice to villages that failed to implement the Swachh Bharat Mission, Puducherry Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi announced that she had withdrawn the decision. Prompted by “anguish” at the poor sanitary conditions …

Tobacco worth ₹41,900 confiscated during joint raid in Vashi Navi Mumbai: Eight people were booked in Vashi on Saturday evening for selling cigarettes in stalls that have licence for running telephone booth and selling snacks. Cigarettes worth ₹41,900 were seized during a raid by the police, Anti-Narcotics Cell, and Sambandh …

The NCP chief says his party is open to joining hands with the Congress Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “remaining silent” on sensitive issues like the gruesome Kathua and Unnao rape incidents. He further censured the ruling BJP government, remarking …

Tenders for ₹121-crore project invited; work likely to commence after monsoon Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to construct an additional flyover in Borivali to ease traffic congestion for commuters travelling from Rajendra Nagar to Link Road. It will come up near the existing flyover at Kora Kendra and bypass …

A day after she was allegedly abducted in broad daylight by Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres near her home in the Sagardighi block of Murshidabad district, Hasina Begam is yet to get over the trauma. Ever since she filed her nomination as a zilla parishad (district council) candidate of the CPI …

A group of 15 influential lawmakers from California has urged the Trump administration to reconsider its move to revoke an Obama-era rule that gives work permits to spouses of certain categories of H-1B visas, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals. The lawmakers asserted that the existing H-4 rule was …

Ms. Rudd had faced criticism over the existence of U.K. Home Office deportation targets and her knowledge of them. Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd resigned on Monday as pressure mounted on her to quit the Cabinet post amid a scandal over authorities’ mistreatment of long-term U.K. residents wrongly labelled as …