Bhubaneswar,  Three persons were killed and five sustained grievous injuries after a speeding car rammed into an auto-rickshaw and a bike on Bolangir-Sonepur national highway in Odisha's Sonepur district on Tuesday morning, police said.

The accident occurred near Badabahali Chhak around 6.30 a.m. whe

Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday cautioned the people against forces trying to divide the state.

She was addressing the swearing-in ceremony of the members of the newly elected Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) board in the hills of Darjeeling in North Bengal. The chief

New Delhi, Almost a week after asking the edible oil associations to cut down on MRP by at least Rs 15 per litre in line with the reduction in international prices, the Centre has issued a strict reminder, warning that it is keeping a watch on prices of edible oil.

One of the prominent associations said on Tuesday

New Delhi,  Ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has appointed senior observers for both states, and a surprise inclusion is that of Milind Deora, who had been sidelined for a long time.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been appointed a senior observer in

Panaji,  Goa Congress MLA Kedar Naik has expressed concern over European tourists no longer visiting the popular Coco beach in the coastal state due to sand erosion, which is also causing livelihood issues for the locals.

Kedar Naik, MLA of Saligao constituency from North Goa, said that since the last 15

Kolkata,  Acute rainfall shortage in the farming belts of Gangetic West Bengal is posing a major threat to crop production in the state.

According to statistics of the state agriculture department, till July 11, there had been a 62 per cent deficit in normal rainfall in Gangetic West Bengal.