The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will organise a mega event - 'Deepotsav'- on Wednesday during which at least one lakh and seventy one thousand earthen lamps will be lit on the banks of river Saryu to project the heritage of this ancient temple town.
The air quality level in the national capital breached the hazardous red zone level on Tuesday following which the authorities imposed a ban on diesel generators in the state.
Currently, GST is levied at 12 percent on non-AC restaurants while it is 18 percent for air-conditioned ones.
In a big boost to the BJP, Maharashtra's ruling party on Tuesday secured a massive win in Gram Panchayats with 1311 seats.
Amazon Studios chief Roy Price has resigned, following allegations that he harassed a producer and took no action when an actress told him she was sexually assaulted by producer Harvey Weinstein.
In a crackdown on the sale of crackers in Delhi-NCR following the Supreme Court's ban, the Delhi Police seized at least 1182 kg of crackers.
EU anti-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove on Tuesday called for a boosted exchange of information with Tunisia, which has seen its nationals involved in deadly attacks abroad and on its soil.
The White House on Tuesday termed as "dangerously flawed" a federal court decision to block President Donald Trump`s latest travel ban.
North Korea sent a congratulatory message to China’s 19th Congress of its Communist Party on Wednesday, amid increasingly frayed relationships between the traditional allies, as China tightens sanctions over Pyongyang`s nuclear weapons programme.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the outcome of last weekend`s regional elections had sent a brutal message to his US counterpart Donald Trump.
