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Officials said between April 1, 2016 and January 25, the department has seized 2.70 lakh litres of India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth at least Rs 11.5 crore, while 2,096 cases under excise act have been lodged. (Photo: Representational Image)

325 liquor shops identified in prohibited area, TASMAC to HC

TASMAC had in September last year submitted that there were 900 such shops.

4 March 2017 4:57 PM IST

(Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Ansal brothers should get permission to leave country: Delhi Police to...

The next hearing for the case will on March 16 in the Patiala House Court.

4 March 2017 3:02 PM IST

Roy Mathew, the jawan from Kerala who was found dead after a sting video on the abuse of buddy system in the army. (File photo)

Kerala: Fresh post-mortem on body of jawan after family raises doubts

Mathew was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in an abandoned barrack in Deolali cantonment in Maharashtra's...

4 March 2017 2:33 PM IST

Soldiers patrol in Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

Encounter in Kashmir's Shopian ends, terrorists escape

The security forces, who entered the house around 9 AM on Saturday, did not find any militants.

4 March 2017 12:28 PM IST

India and Pakistan flag

Pakistan skips SAARC animal disease meet after India no-show

SAARC summit in September last year was cancelled after five member states, including India, decided against attending...

4 March 2017 11:03 AM IST

Officials leave for election duty on the eve of voting for the Assembly polls at Porompat, Imphal East. (Photo: PTI)

EC orders FIR against Manipur BJP office bearers over ads in newspaper

EC also directed state chief electoral officer get FIRs filed against 8 newspapers for publishing the election...

4 March 2017 10:55 AM IST

Actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan seeks probe into graft in Vikrama Simhapuri University

He demanded Human Resources minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao to appoint a committee immediately and take action against the...

4 March 2017 8:04 AM IST

An unusual demand by the farmers for compensation as well as same extent of land towards their land acquired for a reservoir under Telugu Ganga Project has halted a project taken up in 2009 at Venkatramarajupeta in Kaluvoy mandal of Nellore district. (Representational image)

Nellore: Demand for more relief stalls reservoir project

Scheme designed to supply irrigation water to 2,000 acres and drinking water.

4 March 2017 7:59 AM IST

Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Jagan Mohan Reddy gets guest house as accomodation for Budget session

Roads and Buildings Guest House was allotted for the leader of the opposition Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

4 March 2017 7:54 AM IST

Polling officers collect election material before departing for their respective polling station from a distribution centre for 6th phase of UP Assembly elections in Gorakpur. (Photo: PTI)

Assembly polls: 57.03% voter turnout in UP, 84% in Manipur

In UP, the districts where polling is going on are Mau, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Azamgarh and Ballia.

4 March 2017 7:51 AM IST

Guntur MP Galla Jaydev along with Guntur West MLA M. Venugopal Reddy using the new ticketing kiosk at Guntur Railway Junction on Friday. (Photo: DC)

Guntur railway station to be modernised

MP Jayadev's call to expedite Guntur-Tenali doubling and electrification.

4 March 2017 7:50 AM IST

The people of Amudalapalli and Achutapuram block the Nizampatnam-Bapatla main road demanding closure of a marine storage and processing unit alleging contamination of drinking water at Amudalapalli in Guntur district on Friday. (Photo: DC)

Guntur: Protest against water pollution

They had taken the issue to the notice of the officials but in vain. Hence, they started the protest.

4 March 2017 7:46 AM IST