Lucknow, The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has issued its Muharram advisory, asking people to follow all norms of social distancing, wear masks and wherever possible, take part in Muharram rituals online or via TV channels broadcasting them.

The first month of the Islamic calendar, Muharram is a mourn

Hyderabad, In one of the highest daily jumps in coronavirus infections, Telangana reported 1,897 new cases that increased its total tally to 84,544 while nine more fatalities during the last 24 hours took its death toll to 654, officials said on Wednesday.

A spike in the number of new cases in Greater Hyderabad an

New Delhi, The prestigious 'Union Home Minister's Medal for Excellence in Investigation' for 2020 has been awarded to 121 police personnel across the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday.

Those awarded include 15 officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation, 10 each from M

Srinagar, A Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist was arrested in a joint operation by security forces in north Kashmir's Bandipore district on Wednesday, officials said.

Police said that based on reliable information about a plan regarding a terror attack and ground investigation, a joint team of police, Army and the CRP

Beirut,  People in Beirut attended a vigil for the more than 200 victims of the huge explosion that devastated the Lebanese capital a week ago.

A crowd stood in silence near the ruins of the city's port as a Muslim call to prayer was broadcast and church bells tolled at 18.09 (15.09 GMT), the BBC reported

Cairo, For the first time in five months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Egypt on Tuesday reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinian to return to their homeland.

Egypt had completely closed the border crossing point in mid-March as part of the tight

London, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a 300-million-pound (US $392-million) fund for hospitals across England to help them prepare for winter and the risk from further outbreaks of coronavirus.

Around 117 National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the area will share the cash, Xinhua news agency repo

Colombo, 26 new ministers were sworn into Sri Lanka's new Cabinet on Wednesday after the country recently held a Parliamentary election which saw the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa winning a landslide victory, securing a two-thirds majority in Parliament.

The ministe

Lucknow, The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has suspended the station officer of Gonda police station, Anuj Kumar Saini, who was involved in an alleged brawl with BJP MLA Rajkumar Sahyogi.

Superintendent of Police rural Atul Sharma has also been transferred after the incident which took place earlier

Chennai, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Wednesday termed the nomination of US Senator Kamala Harris as the Democrats' Vice Presidential candidate for the upcoming US poll as a moment of pride for Indians.

Panneerselvam tweeted: "It is a moment of pride for Indians and Tamil Nadu espe