Washington,  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been pictured without a face mask at a hair salon in San Francisco, breaking the city's Covid-19 prevention rules, the media reported on Wednesday.

Footage obtained by Fox News showed the veteran Democrat, who has often slammed President Donald Trump for no

Seoul, The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the US held phone talks on Wednesday over issues on the Korean Peninsula, according to Seoul's Foreign Ministry.

Lee Do-hoon, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula's peace and security affairs, spoke with Deputy US Secretary of State

Beijing,  China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday lifted the level IV flood control emergency response in the Yangtze river basin as water levels retreated below the warning lines, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

The move marked the end of 63 days o

Seoul, with typhoon Maysak scheduled to hit the Korean Peninsula later this week, North Korea has taken urgent measures to minimize damages caused by strong winds and heavy rain, Pyongyang's state-media reported on Wednesday.

"Officials of the (ruling Workers') Party and power organs at all levels are

Chandigarh,  While condemning the toll rate hike in Haryana, senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Wednesday urged the state government to immediately roll back the toll hike.

Surjewala said the toll rates have been increased by the government for the second time during the Covid-19 pandemic, which

Amaravati,  Setting an example for others, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday asked his convoy of vehicles to make way for an ambulance.

The Chief Minister, who was returning from the Vijayawada Airport to his residence in Tadepalli here, noticed an ambulance tailing the co

Chennai, Tamil Nadu registered a net increase of one Covid-19 patient over the past 24 hours after factoring the new infections, cured patients discharged from hospitals and the dead, as per the State Health Department.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the Health Department said the total number of active

New Delhi,  The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) has demanded that the university administration make permanent appointments of nearly 5,000 ad hoc teachers in various colleges.

The plan and process for promotion of teachers in Delhi University was also placed before the university administration

New Delhi,  The Resistance Front (TRF), the newly-floated militant outfit in Kashmir, has put out a list of 62 political workers and "informers" on social media, warning them of grave consequences.

The list also carries a chilling message.

"More to come and if these stooge w

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant bail to a boy accused of killing a 7-year-old boy on the premises of a private school in Gurugram, allegedly to force a postponement of examinations.

The accused had allegedly slit the throat of the victim, whose body was found in the washroom of the scho