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Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Saturday said she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is under home quarantine.The 34-year-old actor, whose Twitter account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of rules earlier this week, shared her diagnosis...

New Delhi/Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were on Friday called to New Delhi by the BJP central leadership, apparently to discuss about the leadership issue of the next government, five days after...

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday accused the Modi government of having failed the people of the country in handling the pandemic and demanded that an all-party meeting be convened immediately on the COVID-19 situation.The battle against the...

New Delhi:  WhatsApp has scrapped its May 15 deadline for users to accept its controversial privacy policy update and said not accepting the terms will not lead to deletion of accounts, the PTI reported.WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over...

Dibrugarh: The Zaloni tea estate in Assam’s Dibrugarh district has been forced to shut down after 133 people tested positive for COVID-19, the ANI reported.According to Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha, the estate has been declared a containment zone.“133 cases...

Puducherry: AINRC leader N Rangasamy was on Friday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Puducherry at a brief ceremony held at Raj Nivas here on Friday.Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Rangasamy,...

Agartala: A month after their alliance won the state tribal council polls, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT), the oldest tribal party in the state, has merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) to achieve their...

Toronto: Ottawa should respect China’s judicial system, the East Asian nation’s envoy to Canada said, responding to claims that Beijing is engaging in coercive diplomacy through its ongoing detention of two Canadian nationals.Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael...

New Delhi: Advocate Mohit D Ram, who has been panel counsel for the Election Commission in the Supreme Court since 2013 -- on Thursday resigned due to incompatibility of his personal values with those of the poll panel.“It was...

Mumbai: An air ambulance made an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday after losing a wheel during take-off from Nagpur, the NDTV reported.The Beechcraft VT-JIL aircraft on the way from Nagpur to Hyderabad declared a full emergency...