Guwahati, July 13 - The overall flood situation in Assam further improved on Friday but seven more deaths were reported while 12.33 lakh people remain affected in 24 of the state's 35 districts, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said.

Bhubaneswar, July 12 - Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday congratulated noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik for winning the gold medal at the International Sand Sculpture Championship held in St. Petersburg of Russia between July 4 to 12.

Guwahati, July 12 - Assam Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika on Friday requested state’s Environment and Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary to take measures to prevent elephant deaths hit by trains.

Mumbai, July 12 - The Enforcement Directorate has slapped provisional attachment orders on the assets of various entities allegedly involved in a massive Income Tax refund scam of Rs. 263.95 crore, officials said here on Friday.

Shimla, July 12 - The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on Friday at a Cabinet meeting decided to withdraw the free electricity scheme benefitting all income-tax payers.

Amaravati, July 12 - Former Additional Advocate General (AAG) Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy said registering of a murder case against former Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is a political vendetta.

Srinagar, July 12 - The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday amended the J&K transaction of business rules bringing further subjects under the executive powers of the L-G.

Bengaluru, July 12 - Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prahlad Joshi on Friday said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is “authoritarian” and demanded his resignation following the MUDA land case controversy.

Mumbai, July 12 - A visibly angry Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Nana Patole following the split in the party votes in the biennial election to state council claimed that the party had set a trap and found the legislators, who indulged in

Chandigarh, July 12 - Harpreet Singh, brother of jailed radical Sikh preacher and Punjab's Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh who once ran an anti-drug campaign, along with his associate Lovepreet Singh was arrested by the Punjab Police in a drug case and their

Mumbai, July 12 - Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on the concluding day of the monsoon session on Friday slammed the opposition for blaming the state government for a flight of investments and the slow pace of development.

Mumbai, July 12 - The Centre has set up a one-man committee of senior IAS officer and Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, Manoj Dwivedi to probe the series of allegations against a Maharashtra cadre probationary IAS officer Dr Puja D. Khedkar,

Panaji, July 12 - Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday suggested Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to conduct a survey to assess the opinion of voters before the 2027 assembly election.

New Delhi, July 12 - Congress leader Vivek Krishna Tankha on Friday expressed dismay over the Modi government’s decision to observe June 25 as the ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Divas’ every year, saying that this won’t inspire any confidence among the people, rather their support

Bengaluru, July 12 - Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he is being targeted regarding the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land case as he hails from a backward class.

Hyderabad, July 12 - Another MLA of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Friday joined the Congress, taking to eight the number of BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling party since the Assembly elections the previous year.

Mumbai, July 12 - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her concerns over the “stability” of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA 3.0 government at the Centre and hinted that it may not last long in power, here on Friday.

Amaravati, July 12 - Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) has won one-million-pound shared prize for natural farming by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Bhubaneswar, July 12 - Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi held discussions with the experts from various sectors during a pre-budget preparatory meeting here on Friday.

New Delhi, July 12 - In a significant clampdown on cybercrime and fraudulent acts in the digital world, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Friday suspended as many as 24,228 mobile connections, with immediate effect.