Jaipur schools, Bengaluru hospitals get bomb threat

Some schools of Jaipur received bomb threats via email on Monday morning, triggering panic among students and their parents, police said. IMAGE: Bomb detection squad outside a school in Jaipur.......

Heavy rains flood Delhi roads, disrupt citywide traffic

Traffic crawled in Delhi as heavy rain caused waterlogging in several parts of the city on Tuesday, officials said. IMAGE: Vehicles and people wade through a waterlogged road in New Delhi,......

Death toll in Nagpur factory blast rises to 7; owner gets bail

The death toll of the blast at an explosives factory near Nagpur city rose to seven on Friday evening with another worker succumbing during treatment even as the owner and manager of the factory......

Voting underway in 6th phase, Bengal leads in turnout

A voter turnout of 10.82 per cent was recorded till 9 am on Saturday in 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories where polling is underway in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha......

Waste pickers in Pune teach municipality cleanliness lesson

Waste pickers in Pune force corporates and the municipality to address safe disposal of sanitary napkins, notes Soma BasuFor two years, a waste pickers’ cooperative in Pune had been trying to......

PIX: Sania Mirza, Rathore cast their vote

Sports stars in Rajasthan and Telangana stepped out to cast their vote on Friday. They went back and made sure to share pictures on social media and request people to vote too. Telangana polls:......

How Pragg, 12, became India's youngest Grandmaster

'It was a big relief to get it out of the way. Now he can concentrate on future progress.'Devangshu Datta reports from Chennai. IMAGE: Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali. Photograph: A Ganesh......