Patna,  A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Patna, the RJD on Monday asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to take the opportunity to demand special status of the state and central status for the Patna University from him.

RJD national spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari said: "PM Naren

Jaipur, An angry CRPF trooper, who locked himself up in his official quarters with his wife and daughter for 18 hours after being denied leave, shot himself dead on Monday despite a hours-long attempt to stop him from committing suicide, police said.

The jawan, identified as Naresh Jat, brandished his INSAS r

Mumbai,  Hours after the Enforcement Directorate summoned interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi for questioning in the National Herald case on July 21, the Maharashtra unit of Congress accused the BJP-led Central government of pursuing vendetta politics against the Opposition parties.

"The dictato

Patna,  In a joint operation in Bihar's Maoist-affected Aurangabad, the CRPF's Cobra Battalion, the STF, and the district police on Monday seized 50 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and other equipment, police said.

Aurangabad's Superintendent of Police, Kantesh Kumar Mishra said that the j

Patna,  In a horrific incident, a three-year-old girl was buried alive allegedly by her mother and maternal grandmother in Bihar's Saran district on Monday morning but rescued by local villagers after they heard her screams, police said.

The incident occurred in a graveyard located on the bank of Mar

Bengaluru, The Karnataka unit of Registered Unaided Private Schools Management Association (RUPSA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging unscientific decisions and arrogant behaviour by the Primary and Higher Education Minister of Karnataka, B.C. Nagesh.

Karnataka RUPSA chief Lokesh Talikatte

New Delhi, At a time when the absence of a Doppler radar at Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir made a massive difference in proper forecast ahead of the Amarnath Yatra tragedy on Friday, it turns out there are three more such places in the Himalayas where commissioning of similar radars is pending.

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New Delhi,  Three people, including two murder convicts who were out on parole, were drowned while they were fishing in Delhi, police said on Monday.

The deceased were identified as parolees Amir Khan and Naeem, while the third victim was Naeem's father.

Deputy Commissioner of Police,

Aizawl/Agartala,  The Election Commission has started deleting names of Reang tribals from the electoral list of Mizoram after the displaced tribals were settled in different districts of Tripura and will include these in the latter state'svoters' list, officials said on Monday.

An official of th

Gurugram, The six-lane Sohna elevated highway constructed on National Highway 248 between Rajiv Chowk and Badshahpur was opened on a trial basis for traffic on Monday.

With the portion between Badshahpur and Sohna already opened on April 1, the entire 25-km stretch is now accessible. The project will ease tra