A cloudburst on Tuesday destroyed crops in Himachal Pradesh while heavy rainfall temporarily stopped Amarnath yatra in Kashmir even as heavy downpours in some areas of North India threw normal life out of gear.

It is learnt that Sodhi's name was not there when the majority of members decided to vote for the Khel Ratna awardee but brought back later for consideration.

Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about shortage of teachers across schools in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the state government's response in this regard.

The civic body claims that it has brought down the number of potholes in Mumbai adding that only 21,000 pothole remained in the city.

New Delhi: Cases of women police personnel subjected to molestation and attacks have been on the rise with 14 such incidents reported this year till July 31.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday said that BJP would win the coming assembly elections in four states, including in his state, and the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Bajaj Auto, on Tuesday, said workers at its Chakan plant have called off their nearly one-and-half- month long strike 'unconditionally' and work will resume from Wednesday. Meanwhile, the management will consider the reinstatement of 22 suspended workmen...

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna are buying a house in Dubai.

The process for obtaining regulatory clearances for state-run NTPC's proposed 1,600 MW thermal power plant in Odisha is under way, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

CBI is ascertaining the authenticity of tapes with purported conversations of Gujarat Government officials allegedly discussing ways to help the accused police personnel in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.