New Delhi, The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday was apprised of an MoU signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of the US' National Institutes of Health in September 2021.

Under the Mo

New Delhi, Under attack from chief minister Arvind Kejriwal after the State Election Commission on Wednesday deferred the announcement of dates for the municipal polls, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said that the party never fears elections and is always prepared for them. Sources said that the announcement of poll dates has been

Guwahati, The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has swept the civic bodies polls in Assam securing a majority in 75 municipal boards while its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) wrested two, election officials said on Wednesday.

The main opposition Congress managed to secure only Narayanpur Municipal board in Lakhimpur dis

New Delhi, The upper age limit for all candidates appearing in undergraduate medical entrance exam NEET-UG has been removed, it was announced on Wednesday.

"It has been decided in the 4th meeting of the NMC held on October 21, 2021 that there should not be any fixed upper age limit for appearing in the N

Srinagar, Srinagar Deputy Commissioner, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Balwal, on Wednesday visited the family of Rafiya Nazir who was killed in a grenade explosion at Amira Kadal on Sunday to provide ex-gratia relief and express solidarity with the bereaved family members, officials

Hyderabad, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday slammed Andhra Pradesh for what he called for creating unnecessary post-bifurcation problems and also hit out at the Centre for failing in its duty to do arbitration to resolve the issues.

Speaking in the Assembly, he noted that due to the stand

Thiruvananthapuram, With the BJP's Kerala unit deciding to launch its agitation against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's proposed dream project, K-Rail (Silverline), 'metroman' E. Sreedharan has been nominated to head the series of protests that have been planned.

Expressing his thoughts, the vete

Imphal,  As counting of votes for Manipur's Assembly polls in underway, the state's ruling BJP is leading on nine seats, while the Congress is ahead in four and Janata Dal (United) in three, according to election officials.

According to the Election Commission's initial trends, the Republican Part

Kolar,  Hundreds of train passengers who were standing on the tracks had a fortuitous escape when they missed being run over by a Shatabdi Express in Kolar district of Karnataka on Wednesday. However, one person died after being run over by the train while two others were seriously injured.

The incident

Imphal, A day before the counting of votes to the two-phase Manipur assembly elections, held on February 28 and March 5, hectic political activities were seen on Wednesday in the BJP-ruled northeastern state.

A five-member high-level Congress delegation led by party General Secretary Mukul Wasnik, BJP's nation