Hyderabad: The state government on Thursday issued orders merging 15 more gram panchayats with Greater Hyderabad, adding strength to the talk that the Centre is considering granting Union Territory s

 
Anantapur: Security has been beefed up at all sensitive parts of Dharmavaram division in the Anantapur district following the second phase of gram panchayat elections on Saturday.
 
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Bengaluru: That the city's pace of growth has quickened in recent years is a given. But it is most obvious in areas like Whitefield. Once a sleepy Eurasian settlement on the outskirts of Bengaluru, i

The average household in rural India spends just 43 rupees (77 US cents) per head a day, with their urban equivalents consuming almost double, according to new government data.

The latest study from

Spotlessly clean and decorated with plastic flowers and balloons for its opening ceremony, Priyanka Bharti's toilet is seen as a gleaming symbol of the empowerment of Indian women.

It has been built

She was born into a community once considered untouchable in the Indian caste hierarchy and was married off at the age of nine. But 55-year-old Babai Sathe, now a village head, has touched the lives o

About 12 villages and vast agricultural lands have been inundated due to rising water level in the river Ganga even as a fresh flood alert has been issued by the district administration. About 2.62 la

Torrential rains on Thursday continued unabated in Punjab and Haryana, leaving 60 villages in Yamunanagar district flooded even as situation in other parts of the region worsened with rivers flowing a