Chennai,  A total of 5,890 more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu, while there were 117 new deaths, the state Health Department said on Friday.

In a statement, the department said that the new cases took the state's tally to 326,245, while 5,556 patients were discharged from various ho

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday announced that he and seven of his cabinet colleagues have decided to go into self-isolation after Malappuram Collector K. Gopalakrishnan tested Covid positive.

However, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who had accompanied Vijayan to Kozhikode to vis

Kolkata,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that nearly 67 lakh girls have been empowered by the state government's Kanyashree scheme till date.

Taking to Twitter, Banerjee said: "Today is Kanyashree Dibas (Day). The Kanyashree scheme, started in 2013, has won the UN (first pr

Jaipur,  The Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan won the motion of confidence by voice vote during the special Assembly session convened on Friday.

The special session was adjourned for two hours when it got underway on Friday. As soon as it started at 1 p.m., Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti

Jaipur, Torrential rain lashed the Rajasthan capital for over 12 hours paralysing normal life on Friday. The MeT confirmed 102.6 mm rainfall was recorded between 8.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. alone by the Airport IMD observatory, the highest recorded in last 10 years.

The MeT confirmed that 80.6 mm rainfall was register

Lucknow, With a cure for coronavirus still not known, more and more people are turning to Ayurvedic 'Kadha' prescriptions to keep the virus at bay.

In a new start-up, kiosks selling Kadhas have sprung in at several places, especially those frequented by morning walkers.

"We used to sell

Panaji,  The upcoming festival of Ganesh Chaturthi should be celebrated in a personalised manner on a smaller scale in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases in Goa, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Friday.

Rane also said that not having a grand celebration on the festival does not make anyone less r

Thiruvananthapuram,  In a first of its kind, the Kerala Legislative Assembly is all set to enter the record books, when it launches the first phase of 'Sabha TV' on August 17, which will also would include an OTT platform, Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan said on Friday.

"AIn the first phase, we will

New Delhi,  The BJP has constructed 500 party offices across the country whereas the construction work on 300 others was in progress, party's national President JP Nadda said on Friday.

He was speaking after laying the foundation stones of nine party offices in Karnataka through videoconference from Delhi

Lucknow,  Vijay Mishra, the MLA from Gyanpur in Bhadohi district who was booked on charges of grabbing property and intimidation, was arrested on Friday from Agar in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, an official said.

Bhadohi Superintendent of Police Ram Badan Singh told reporters that Mishra was arrested on a tip-off provided by Bha