The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR), which operates trains and executes projects partially in Bihar and West Bengal besides the northeastern states, will link India with Bangladesh and Nepal via rail in the next nine months. ...

Former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin had a close shave on Wednesday as his car turned turtle when he was on his way to Ranthambore to celebrate New Year's eve....

The Indian Medical Association appointed a new national President and General Secretary for 2020-21 in its 95th Annual National Conference on Wednesday. Dr J.A. Jayalal will succeed Dr Rajan Sharma as President, while Dr. Jeyesh Lele will replace Dr R.V. Ashokan as General Secretary....

The sixth round of meetings between protesting farmers and the government ended after over five hours with the Centre saying that the two sides had reached consensus on two out of four key issues. The next meeting will take place on January 4....

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech will make a presentation before the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Wednesday evening for approval of its vaccine - Covaxin, government sources told IANS....

The world's attention has been fixed on this vaccine for several months now because of a number of factors including its low cost, ease of storage, transportation and administration....

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday claimed that 17 MLAs of the ruling JD-U were in touch with them to topple the Nitish Kumar government and to join the opposition party in Bihar. The Janata Dal-United, however, strongly denied the RJD claim. ...

In a joint operation, the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army have recovered two pistols, 70 pistol-rounds and two grenades kept hidden in the bushes near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Dabbi village of Jammu's Poonch, officials said on Wednesday....

Ahead of the crucial farmers meet with the government over the three farm laws, the Kisan Congress on Wednesday performed "Sarva Dharma Puja" at the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border. The Sarva Dharma Puja (all-religion prayer) was organised by Kisan Congress vice ...

A day after a directive from the Akal Takht, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday tendered a public apology for wearing a shawl with Sikh religious symbols, which had created a controversy. "Sri Akal Takht Sahib is supreme. If I have unknowingly hurt the sentiments of ...