Many others are feared to have been trapped under the debris. Rescue work is on, as per last reports.
In an online chat, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shared career advice with readers.
The marginal improvement in the index of industrial production was mainly on account of higher power generation and mining sector output, while manufacturing declined.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers and the enemy from the past and built a scary jingoism. It's a great diversionary tactic but history shows it never ends well, points out Shekhar Gupta.
The best-ever medal haul at the 2018 Asian Games is a leap forward for India sport after the Commonwealth Games medal spurt.
India serves as the company's R&D hub as it morphs into a health tech major.
'A 180-days period -- for insolvency resolution -- is aggressive, but by no means inadequate.'
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
The RBI is not statutorily independent from the government but has long enjoyed wide latitude
Bankers and government officials told Reuters Rajan's successor may be less aggressive in fighting bad loans, but the general direction will remain the same
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The currency fell 3.4 per cent this week, and is below the levels at which it was trading on July 15 when the Reserve Bank of India unveiled its cash tightening steps to defend the currency.
India's foreign exchange reserves surged $5.04 billion in the week ending March 28, its biggest weekly rise in four months, as the central bank started to buy dollars regularly in an effort to build up its defences against any potential global turmoil.
'My biggest contribution is the creation of the first 'modern Indian law firm',' Cyril Shroff tells Sudipto Dey.
World Bank's Doing Business Indicators ranks India (out of 189) at 132 for trading across borders.
After the wedding, Sheena and Mekhail did not meet again. Four or five months later she met her death. Mekhail referred to their last meeting without overt emotion, clear-eyed.
'Given the growing animus against the Mughals in the Sangh Parivar, only a brave person will be ready to bet that no harm will ever be done by Hindutva storm-troopers to the Taj,' says Amulya Ganguli.
It appears that the BJP government has succeeded in managing the communication of the PNB scam in a manner that its adverse impact on its electoral fortunes is largely contained
Singing the national anthem and watching patriotic movies on Doordarshan.
Government has forecast annual economic growth to rise to 7.4%.
The Stayzilla episode raises questions over the regulations around the closure of a business, says Sudipto Dey.
A murder case has been filed by the Kolkata police against the two main accused in the gang rape of the 16-year-old girl, who died because of burn injuries, even as doctors treating the teenager said she was pregnant at the time of her death.
The report by WaterAid states that 663 million people globally are without clean water and the vast majority of them -- 522 million -- live in rural areas.
He said that energy will be the first chapter to be addressed.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Of the 142 candidates contesting in the 2013 Mizoram assembly elections, only three candidates have registered criminal cases against them. Two of them are facing serious criminal charges.
In the European countries, one of the pivotal issues is quality control. Once a product is granted GI there is little possibility of fakes, which is not the case in India
The tax imposed on buyback of shares and employee stock options is different in case of listed and unlisted companies, says Sudipto Dey
A combination of farm loan debt waivers by state governments and the implementation of the pay commission award could entail some fiscal slippages and pose a risk to inflation
Catch up on all the stunning images that made the headlines last week
New Delhi was reluctant to spook investors by clipping the bank's wings
The long-serving team manager Biswal was appointed chairman of the IPL in the Cricket Board's AGM in Chennai on Sunday.
For Rahman, who had never attended college, the event hosted by the Berklee College of Music must have seemed humbling.
These photographs show India in various colours and moods in 2015.
From a bloodied face of Spanish club Atletico's Madrid's Mario Mandzukic, to Australia's ICC World Cup triumph, Sania Mirza's fabulous run and more scintillating moments are frozen in time in this beautiful photo-feature.
Bandyopadhyay said senior Gujarat cadre officers had been deputed in the CBI and one of them 'shared' his name with Modi.
The Rajasthan High Court cleared the decks for its state cricketers to participate in all the domestic tournaments by naming selection committees for senior, junior and women's cricket, which both Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and BCCI accepted.