An official statement issued here said, "August 19 shall be observed as gazetted holiday in the government offices, Boards and Corporations, educational and other institutions under the Haryana Government on account of the festival of 'Janmashtami' instead of August 18

According to ED officers, searches were conducted at three premises of a real estate development firm

Thane Crime Branch unit 1, on Wednesday, arrested two persons for smuggling elephant tusks worth ₹2.50Cr. The pieces of ivory seized were 34.50cm long and weighed 1.40kg

The HC bench of justice AG Masih and justice Alok Jain referred the matter to the chief justice for listing it before some other bench in which Justice Jain is not a member. Justice Jain was appointed as additional judge on Tuesday. The order does not give out reasons for the recusal from the Punjab drug menace case

Continuous rains in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand regions have led to an increase in the water levels of Yamuna and Ganga rivers in Prayagraj

The ADR report was based on an analysis of the election affidavits filed by the 32 ministers excluding minister Ashok Chaudhary, who is a nominated member of the Bihar legislative council.

The girl had attempted suicide in the Muslim Yateemkhana in Parade on August 14 night and was admitted to UHM hospital, where she shared her ordeal

BJP leaders, including party's Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, have slammed Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for inducting Kartikeya Singh as the new law minister and have also called for his removal from the state cabinet.

Police have arrested the school headmaster Vijay Kushwaha after a class 6 student of a primary school in Pipauli Shiv village of Auraiya district was left locked in the school toilet for 19 hours on August 5