The Indian government approved to set up 75 new medical colleges in the next two to three years to have qualified health professionals and improve the...
The Indian government on Monday said it was committed to eradicating manual scavenging as it has laid increasing emphasis on mechanical cleaning and preventing human entry...
Sushma Swaraj, India’s former foreign minister and a prominent leader of the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at 67, local media reported. The Press...
At least 39 people were killed by lightning across India’s eastern state of Bihar during monsoon storms, officials said on Wednesday. The deaths were reported on...
Officials on Monday said that monsoon floods in India’s northern and eastern states have worsened, affecting about 4.5 million residents and leaving thousands homeless. According to...
India’s government plans structural reforms to kick-start foreign and domestic investment. The structural reforms also include job creation to address challenges faced by its economy, ranging...
Two people have been arrested in India’s Bihar state after a group of men shaved the heads of two women as “punishment” for resisting rape. The...
The Head of Chancery of the High Commission of India in Lagos, Mr Rachit Rawat, on Thursday said that direct flights from Lagos to Mumbai would...
The state-run broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR) on Tuesady said no fewer than 17 people were killed and 19 others injured in a rain-related incidents in...
At least 100 children have died of encephalitis in India’s eastern state of Bihar, where health authorities are grappling with a surge of cases in the...
India’s space agency ISRO has successfully launched the electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT from its Sriharikota space launch station in the southern part of the country. The...
The death toll in a building collapse in a southern Indian town has risen to four, with more people still feared trapped, police said on Wednesday....
The clash occurred in Pulwama district, where more than 40 Indian paramilitary police were killed in a suicide attack on Thursday. A civilian was also killed...
More than 100 people died in two Indian states after drinking bootleg alcohol, police and media said on Monday, in the worst such case in years....
Supreme Court has reinstated the removed director of the country’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a setback to the government that has been accused of...
In this report, BEATRICE GONDYI chronicles the beginning of the end of the long awaited judgement of Bauchi State Governorship...
Dr Tom Ohikere, a two-time commissioner, is secretary of media and publicity committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign...
Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, the director-general of Bello/Onoja campaign council, Senator Smart Adeyemi, in...
Despite the efforts of donor agencies towards child malnutrition response in the north east, a huge funding gap still exists....
Tackling malnutrition among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Boko Haram ravaged states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa has...