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Govt expects US to give visa to Indian students on merit

New Delhi, May 29 -- India on Thursday said it expects the US to consider visa applications of Indian students on merit amid growing concerns over the Trump administration halting new student visa int... Read More


UP: 61 women illegally drew widow pensions

Bareilly, May 29 -- As many as 61 married women in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district were fraudulently receiving widow pensions for the past six years. The Women Welfare Department has begun issuing ... Read More


Kerala: 'Rains cause widespread damage'

Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 -- As monsoon rains caused widespread damage in Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a red alert for eight districts of the state. The IMD i... Read More


Maha reports 16 rain-related deaths since May 24

Mumbai, May 29 -- Sixteen persons have died in Maharashtra over the last five days due to rain-related incidents such as landslides, lightning, tree or structure collapse, according to a state governm... Read More


Maha: Govt doctor heard in audio clip telling colleague to 'kill' COVID patient; FIR lodged

Latur, May 29 -- Police have registered an FIR against a senior doctor of a government hospital in Maharashtra's Latur district for allegedly instructing a colleague to "kill" a COVID-19 patient durin... Read More


CBI arrests 6 for scamming Japanese citizens

NEW DELHI, May 29 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), under Operation Chakra V on Wednesday, arrested six "operatives" of a transnational cybercrime syndicate involved in targeting Japanese ... Read More


UP: Lawrence Bishnoi gang's sharpshooter killed in encounter

Hapur, May 29 -- A most-wanted shooter associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was killed in a late-night encounter with the police in Hapur on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Naveen Kumar, ... Read More


'Not acquiring land forcibly': Punjab CM on land pooling policy

Chandigarh, May 29 -- Seeking to address concerns regarding Punjab's land pooling policy, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday asserted that the government is not acquiring land forcibly but is i... Read More


Speeding car plows into shanty, 2 dead

NEW DELHI, May 29 -- A high-speed crash on West Delhi's Pankha Road in the early hours of Wednesday claimed the lives of two people and left three others injured after a car plowed into a bicycle and ... Read More


Man, 25, arrested for biometric bank scam

New Delhi, May 29 -- Delhi Police have arrested a man for orchestrating a biometric scam in which he allegedly used victims' fingerprints to fraudulently withdraw funds from their bank accounts. The ... Read More