Havana, Tropical storm Laura has hit Cuba, bringing with it heavy rains and gusty winds, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the island-nation.

In Baracoa, the storm has flooded streets, causing damage to houses and buildings near the eastern city's seafront, reports Xinhua news agency.

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Washington, A group of Republicans opposing US President Donald Trump will hold an alternative event starting on Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, the same day when the 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) is also scheduled to begin.

Organized by former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, a

New Delhi,  In a major setback to dissenters seeking a leadership change in the Congress, all four party Chief Ministers and various state units have sided with the Gandhis and lashed out against those who had written the letter for change and leaked it to the media.

After the letter surfaced, it is now

New Delhi, Indian Railways has generated more than 6,40,000 'mandays' of work under the Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Till Friday (August 21), 12,276 workers have been engaged in this scheme and the payment of Rs 1,410.35 crore h

Guwahati, Three more senior Assam police officials, including two district police chiefs, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, health officials said.

A health official here confirmed that Superintendents of Police of Tinsukia and Kokrajhar and Additional Superintendent of Police of Tinsukia have tested posit

Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday met family members of sarpanch, Ajay Pandita Bharti, who was killed by the terrorists in Anantnag district on June 8 and expressed his heartfelt condolences.

His wife Sohini Pandita and father Dwarika Nath Pandita conveyed their grievances to the Lt. Go

New Delhi, The new National Education Policy (NEP) is among the most important measures the BJP government has implemented during its tenure, and found mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on India's 74th Independence Day as an important step to strengthen research and innovation in the country

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has observed that once the withdrawal of resignation is accepted, the decision cannot be recalled.

The observation by a bench of Justice Jyoti Singh came while hearing the petition of Air India pilot, Nipurn Ahuja.

According to the petition, Ahuja joined Air Indi

Lucknow, The Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit has ordered a probe after two videos, including one of a purported extortion bid, involving party leaders in Agra, went viral on the social media.

Congress state chief, Ajay Kumar Lallu ordered a probe after the videos went viral.

Agra district President

Mumbai, Top leaders of the Congress's Maharashtra unit have passed a unanimous resolution urging that Rahul Gandhi should be immediately appointed as the new party President, party sources said here on Sunday.

The resolution was proposed by state unit President and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat and seconde