GUWAHATI, Nov 1 — Protesters torched vehicles, blocked railway tracks and roads and burnt effigies as a day-long bandh called by BJP and other saffron outfits to protest against the serial blasts hit normal life in Assam today.
All markets, shops, offices as well as educational and financial institutions remained closed with public and private [...]

GUWAHATI, Oct 31 – The death toll in the serial blasts in Assam has gone up to 77 and the possibility of casualties further increasing cannot be ruled out with the condition of over 20 injured still stated to be serious. So far six persons have succumbed to their injuries at the GMCH alone, of [...]

GUWAHATI, Oct 31 – Several organisations have called for bandhs to register their protest against yesterday’s serial blasts that took over 77 lives so far. While the Sadou Assam Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) has decided to observe November 1 as a black day in protest against the blasts, the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chattra Parishad (AJYCP) today burnt [...]

GUWAHATI, Oct 30 – Serial blasts rocked Assam today killing at least 76 persons including 46 in Guwahati city, while, more than 480 others were injured. The death toll may go up as the condition of some of the injured persons is stated to be critical. The identity of the miscreants involved in the blasts [...]

JODHPUR, Sept 30 – Nearly 150 people were crushed to death and 55 others injured in a stampede early this morning caused by a rush of devotees in the Chamunda Devi temple in the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort on a hillock here on the first day of Navaratri festival, reports PTI. In a virtual repeat [...]

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 – The Indo-US nuclear deal has moved into the last lap clearing a major hurdle when the House of Representatives approved a legislation on it that will now go to the Senate which is likely to vote on it tomorrow, reports PTI. Once the Senate clears the bill, the agreement reached between [...]

Escalating security concerns in wake of the serial blasts, coupled with tubrulent markets, is set to take a toll on this year’s Navratri celebrations in New Delhi.
Navratri is one of the biggest dance festivals celebrated in the state where people throng in huge numbers and play ‘Garba’ — a traditional form of dance — for [...]

The blast in Mehrauli area of south Delhi comes exactly two weeks after a series of bombs went off in the Capital, following which Delhi was on high alert.
However, the explosive was very different from what was used in the earlier blasts.
The bomb that went off on Saturday had Ammonium Nitrate and Potassium Chlorate while [...]

The overall flood situation in Bihar showed signs of further improvement on Thursday with almost all the major rivers, including the Ganga and Kosi, maintaining a receding trend, Additional Secretary Disaster Management Pratayaya Amrit said in New Delhi.
The situation in the five worst hit northeastern districts — Saharsa, Supaul, Madhepura, Araria and Purnia –improved further [...]