Dubai, Indian expats, whose children are stranded in India, are urging the authorities here to issue them visit visas to return to the UAE during a special arrangement for flights between the two countries, which lasts until July 26.

India is currently not on the list of countries from which passengers are eligibl

Lucknow, Senior Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui has lost his membership of the state Legislative Council following his disqualification by the Chairman of the Council.

His removal will be effective from the day he joined the Congress party almost two and a half years ago.

The decision comes day

New Delhi,  The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Kejriwal government on a plea for court directions on judicial member's post in Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DSCDRC) that is slated to fall vacant on July 24.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice DN Patel

New Delhi/Washington,  In an unprecedented move, the US on Wednesday abruptly asked China to shut its consulate in Houston within 72 hours.

Confirming this on social media, Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing said, "The US ask

Thiruvananthapuram,  A Congress leader in Kerala on Wednesday wondered why Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was blaming the party for his own political problems regarding coronavirus and gold smuggling case and accused him of trying to destroy evidence in the gold racket.

"Do not know what has happened to

Srinagar,  The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a strict lockdown in Kashmir in all the red districts, except Bandipore in North Kashmir from Wednesday evening till Monday, officials said.

The move has come in the wake of a surge in the COVID-19 cases in the valley.

"Complete lockd

Kolkata,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the killing of Uttar Pradesh journalist Vikram Joshi who was shot by assailants in Ghaziabad near Delhi on Monday night in front of his two daughters. Joshi died this morning at a hospital.

"My heartfelt condolences to the f

Jaipur, The Congress on Wednesday termed the raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the residence of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's brother Agrasain Gehlot and other places as 'a weapon for intimidation'.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the ED raids

Bengaluru,  With reopening of schools across Karnataka delayed further due to rising coronavirus cases, the state government has decided not to permit opening of new schools in this academic year, an official said on Wednesday.

"Though we have received about 1,800 applications for permission to open new

Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil's elite athletes have resumed normal training after more than four months of confinement because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) said its training centers across the country were reopened on Tuesday with strict sanitary protocols, reports Xinhua news