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New Delhi: The national capital on Wednesday witnessed a massive spike of 17,282 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, while 104 people lost their lives in the same period.The city's positivity rate has now risen to...

Washington: China-India border tensions "remain high" despite some force pullbacks this year, the US intelligence community has told Congress, asserting that Beijing seeks to use coordinated, whole-of-government tools to demonstrate its growing strength and compel regional neighbours to acquiesce...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Yogi Adityanath and former chief minister and Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday."On getting the initial symptoms, I got Covid checked and my report came back...

New Delhi: The CBSE Class 12 board exams have been postponed and the Class 10 exams have been cancelled, the government said Wednesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with top officials to discuss demands to cancel them because...

Chennai: Heightened security measures have been put in place, especially in coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, to prevent possible intrusion of religious fundamentalists after 11 terrorist groups were banned in Sri Lanka.In a circular to all Commissioners and Superintendents...

Port Blair: In a shocking development, as many as 10 Fishermen of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been arrested by Myanmar Navy on 10th April 2021 at around 01.00 AM, officials in Andaman confirmed Tuesday.As per information, these fishermen...

Pune: With the second wave of Covid-19 putting a lot of pressure on state's healthcare and breaking the chain of the virus, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday imposed stricter curbs under Section 144 of the Code of...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Minister for Higher Education, Minority Welfare, Hajj and Wakf, KT Jaleel resigned from the post on Tuesday.The Minister resigned after the Lokayukta finding that he had violated the oath of office and engaged in nepotism.The Lokayukta, in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday decided that all judges will hold sittings via video conferencing from home after over 44 staffers in the top court of the country tested positive for the COVID-19.While some media reports suggested...

New Delhi: The Government of India has extended the ceasefire agreements with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK (NSCN/NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland/ Reformation (NSCN/R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango (NSCN/K-Khango) for another year, a Ministry of...