Bird flu spreads to two more districts in Bengal

Bird flu was detected in South 24 Parganas and West Midnapore on Sunday, taking the number of affected districts to 13 in West Bengal. Authorities of the two districts confirmed the spread of avian......

UP: Dalit boy dies after being thrashed by teacher

A 15-year-old Dalit boy who was thrashed by his schoolteacher has succumbed to his injuries, following which a search operation has been launched to nab the accused, police said on Tuesday. Nikhil......

SC junks NSA case against SP leader in UP, pulls up state

The Supreme Court has quashed the proceedings under the National Security Act (NSA) against a Samajwadi Party leader in Uttar Pradesh in a revenue dues matter, and pulled up the state for......

8 Maoists, including 3 women, killed in Midnapore

In a major crackdown on Maoists, security forces killed eight Naxals, including three women, in an encounter at a forest in West Midnapore district early Wednesday morning. After getting a tip-off......