India

An industrial town, Kotdwar is one of the urban centres in Uttarakhand facing acute water shortage.

Meanwhile, the industry has urged the government to give exemptions to households for minimum 500 grams of gold deposited under Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), GJC Chairman Anantha Padmanaban said.

The incident took place at Ambapara Primary School in Niali block just minutes before the midday recess. The accused, identified as 20-year-old Bibhuti Mohanty, entered the classroom when the 25-year-old teacher was taking a class.

The persons arrested in simultaneous raids on spa centres in Noida's sector 18 under "Operation Clean" included 10 men and 25 women, police said Monday.

The Supreme Court had earlier refused to stay the Centre's decision to grant 10 per cent quota in jobs and admissions to poor candidates in the general category.

A senior department official said of the 33 depots in the city, 29 were working in full strength and some issues persisted in the rest due to 'communication issues'.

The top court, which will function with its full judicial strength of 31 judges under the stewardship of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, reopens after a six-week summer vacation.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who is also the Delhi education minister, clarified that the order will be applicable for both government and private schools.

In a city-wide exercise on Friday midnight, Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and senior officers interacted with the field functionaries to check their alertness and devise further strategies for curbing incidents of crime.

The officers directed the concerned officials to work in close coordination with each other and take all necessary steps so that common commuters do not suffer during the yatra.

The body in a highly decomposed state was found from an unused well at Nedumangad on Saturday.

The first batch of the pilgrims to the cave shrine situated at an altitude of 3,880 metre will leave from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Sunday. The batch of pilgrims will reach to the two base camps in Anantnag and Ganderbal districts by evening an...

The registration process for AP EAMCET 2019 counselling has started at the official website of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education apeamcet.nic.in today.

ASI Vikram Singh was on his way to work when he lost control of his car at Galgandhar on the Pul Doda-Bhadarwah National Highway.

The accused bragged about his power and threatened the hotel staff with adverse consequences if they did not do as asked, police said.

During the visit of Tarkash, professional interactions are planned with the Egyptian Navy towards further enhancing cooperation between the two forces.