Guwahati, June 12 - The Assam government will provide monthly financial assistance to female students to promote girl education in the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Wednesday.

Patna, June 12 - The water level of the Ganga River has considerably decreased in Bihar in the last few years amid a major heatwave.

Shillong, June 12 - The new regional outfit in Meghalaya, Voice of the People Party (VPP), which won the Shillong Lok Sabha seat, will sit in the opposition in the Lower House, but will not join the INDIA bloc.

New Delhi, June 12 - Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the ruling party and opposition have different roles but their aim is the same, and that is to serve the country.

Kozhikode, June 12 - Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday arrived at the Calicut Airport in Kerala and will travel to his constituency in Wayanad, where he will address a public meeting to thank the people for his Lok Sabha win.

Mumbai, June 12 - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) National President Ajit Pawar has convened a meeting of party ministers and legislators on Wednesday evening to discuss, among other things, the nomination of Sunetra Pawar for the Rajya Sabha bypoll slated for June 25.

Kolkata, June 12 - As West Bengal will be heading for the crucial bypolls to four Assembly constituencies on July 10, detailed statistics of the seat-wise results in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls show that BJP is comfortably ahead in three constituencies,

Varanasi (UP), June 12 -An Associate Professor, Ankit Gupta, in the Transportation Engineering Section of the Civil Engineering department of IIT Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and a Ph. D student, Sumit Mishra, at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea have

Vijayawada, June 12 - Lakhs of people from various parts of Andhra Pradesh have descended here to attend the swearing-in of Nara Chandrababu Naidu and his Council of Ministers.

New Delhi, June 12 - Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assumed charge as the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs at South Block in Delhi.

Jammu, June 12 - One terrorist and a CRPF trooper were killed while five soldiers and an SPO were injured on Wednesday in two encounters in J&K’s Jammu division.

Jammu, June 12 - An army soldier was injured on Wednesday in terrorist firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district where an encounter is currently underway, a top police officer said.

Jammu, June 12 - An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at Chattargala area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, officials said on Wednesday.

Lucknow, June 12 - The Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department has signed two MoUs to bring rural tourism into the spotlight and connect people with the hinterland through homestays, a Minister said.

Jaipur, June 12 - The Rajasthan government on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh each for the two families in the state which lost four members in the terror attack on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi on Sunday.

Hyderabad, June 12 - The Justice L. Narasimha Reddy Commission, probing alleged irregularities in the power sector during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in Telangana, has served notice to former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and others.

Itanagar, June 11 - The newly-elected BJP-led Arunachal Pradesh government is likely to assume office on June 13, sources said on Tuesday, adding that Chief Minister Pema Khandu is likely to continue for the third straight term.

Kolkata, June 11 - A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was grievously injured in a violent attack by Bangladeshi miscreants close to the Sunder Border Outpost in West Bengal's Nadia district.

Aizawl, June 11 - The North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFi) on Tuesday announced Rs 25 lakh to provide necessary relief and rehabilitation support to communities affected by cyclone Remal, which recently devastated various northeastern states affecting thousands of people and destroying properties,