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Kerala: Army jawan's body laid to rest at ancestral village

The funeral was held this morning as hundreds of local residents and grieving relatives bid a tearful adieu to the...

25 Feb 2017 2:00 PM IST

Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari. (Photo: File)

Cong wants to destabilise govt; BJP, Shiv Sena must remain alert:...

'The numbers we have now show that the BJP and the Shiv Sena have been given a clear mandate by the people,' he also...

25 Feb 2017 1:47 PM IST

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Collision averted between SpiceJet, Indigo planes at Ahmedabad airport

The incident, which took place last evening, has been reported to aviation regulator DGCA that has initiated a probe...

25 Feb 2017 1:32 PM IST

Srinivas Kuchibhotla, left, poses for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala in Las Vegas. (Photo: AP)

Kansas shooting shatters Indian engineer's American dream

Srinivas Kuchibhotla was one of many ambitious young Indians who go abroad each year in search of a better education and...

25 Feb 2017 9:48 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Sonia Gandhi sends offerings to ancient Shiva temple in Pakistan

The ancient temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and has been in existence since the days of Mahabharata.

25 Feb 2017 7:13 AM IST

Devotees take a holy dip on the occasion of Mahasivaratri at Pushkar Ghat on the banks of river Godavari in Rajahmundry on Friday. (Photo: DC)

Lakhs of devotees throng Shiva temples across Andhra Pradesh

Kalyanotsavam highlight of Mahasivaratri festivities.

25 Feb 2017 7:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in Gonda district. (Photo: PTI)

India, Israel to build missile

The deal for 40 firing units and about 200 missiles is valued at around Rs 17,000 crore.

25 Feb 2017 6:59 AM IST

Chennai corporation

Trial run of pedestrian plaza in T Nagar today

A press release from the Ripon Buildings said that that as a part of the road will be converted into a pedestrian zone...

25 Feb 2017 6:23 AM IST

Edappadi K. Palanisami

Oil spill: Tamil Nadu CM announces relief for fishermen

He also said more that 5,700 people including Coast Guard personnel and volunteers struggled for 25 days to remove the...

25 Feb 2017 6:17 AM IST

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

No freebies, populist schemes in civic budget

The annual civic budgets of all 12 municipal corporations in the state will miss their usual fervour, a highly placed...

25 Feb 2017 6:14 AM IST

Chief Minister Edapaddi K. Palanisami on Friday inaugurates the tree plantation drive at Omandurar multispeciality hospital to mark J. Jayalalithaas 69th birth anniversary. In all, 69 lakh saplings will be planted. (Photo: DC)

Drive to plant 69 lakh saplings launched

The massive plantation drives, which began on Friday, would be completed by the end of December 2017.

25 Feb 2017 6:09 AM IST

TB cases reported in the state last year elicited a shocking revelation of about 45,000 cases in the state of Telangana. (Representational Image)

Hyderabad: Private hospitals wreck TB records

Government guidelines being ignored.

25 Feb 2017 5:09 AM IST