A day after many areas here were inundated due to heavy rain and breached lake bunds, the Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to "mercilessly" remove properties blocking rainwater flow.

The students of Murugha Math were shifted to the government hostel here after a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the chief pontiff Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru for the alleged sexual abuse of high school girls.

While Ganga was receding at a rate of around 5 cm on an hourly basis, water in the Yamuna was receding at around 6cm per hour, official said.

CM presses into service boats, divers, Apada Mitras, companies of the SDRF and PAC to help displaced people in Ghazipur

Tiger reserve to provide employment to locals, boost economy of area; proximity to Delhi viewed as opportunity to welcome visitors in large numbers

In the third such incident to strike Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Hospital (LLRMH) in five years, a new born baby went missing on Tuesday

Urban voters of Prayagraj, who are always trailing their rural counterparts in exercising their right to franchise, are also lagging in the task of getting their Aadhaar numbers linked to their Voter Id cards

BKU’s Saharanpur division Yuva Mandal president Vikash Sharma alleged that the self-help groups were compelled to make contribution for the tricolour and ₹500 was taken from each group. He said that district has 5,100 SHGs and therefore it seems to be a scam of ₹25 lakh and demanded the officials to return the money.

Minister of housing and urban development Aman Arora said there are 14,000 illegal colonies in the state currently, most of which are in Ludhiana district