Police on Friday patrolled the Yamuna river bank here and mounted extra vigil after a website threatened to target the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument of love. ....

Nearly 5,000 nurses at the AIIMS went on mass casual leave on Friday, alleging the hospital administration of discrimination in the roll out of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. ....

The Hyderabad police have arrested a man who purchased a car by fraudulently obtaining international credit card of a US-based NRI, police said on Thursday. ....

Following a brawl over parking, a 39-year-old businessman was crushed under the wheels of a car by two unidentified persons in west Delhi, police said on Thursday. ....

Hectic preparations are underway in Dehradun for the swearing-in of the new government on Saturday, officials said. ....

Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a ring of mobile phone snatchers and motorcycle lifters after it detained three persons, including two juveniles. ....

In a small town called Pathsala, about 60 km from this principal town of Assam, a mission has been underway for more than half a century. The task at hand is not easy -- revival of the Nati dance of India's outlawed Devadasi tradition. ....

In a bid to develop New Town, a satellite township on the north-eastern fringes of the city, as India's happiest space, IIT-Kharagpur will study the happiness index of the locality as part of a two-year project, a statement said on Thursday. ....

The newly-elected legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party will meet in the state capital on Saturday to elect the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, a party leader said on Thursday. ....

The Tata Trust has agreed to open a cancer research centre-cum-hospital in Jharkhand capital Ranchi, official sources said on Thursday. ....