Guwahati, With one more death in Assam's Barpeta district on Wednesday, the death toll in the ongoing current wave of floods has increased to 40, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said.

The situation, however, has largely improved in 11 districts even as around two lakh people in 12 o

Bengaluru, Karnataka registered a record 2,062 Covid positive cases, more than half of which emerged from Bengaluru, raising the state's tally to 28,877, even as a record 54 people succumbed to the virus, health officials said on Wednesday.

"New cases reported from Tuesday 5 p.m. to Wednesday 5 p.m., 2,06

Srinagar, A BJP leader and an ex-district president of the party for North Kashmir's Bandipore was killed by suspected terrorists on Wednesday evening.

According to sources, the former BJP president of Bandipora district Wasim Bari was at his shop with his father and brother when some unidentified terrorists s

Bengaluru, The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has designated one of its hospitals as a dedicated maternity hospital, following many pregnant women testing Covid positive at some point of time when they visited government hospitals for healthcare, an official said on Wednesday.

"It has come to our n

New Delhi, With 2,033 new coronavirus cases and 48 deaths in the last 24 hours, the national capital on Wednesday recorded a total tally of 1,04,864 and 3,213 deaths.

Till now, 78,199 people have recovered, more than three times the number of active cases which stand at 23,452. Over 3,213 deaths mean that the city

Amaravati, The 71st birth anniversary of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was celebrated as farmers' day on Wednesday with Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy laying the foundation stone for various projects and announcing slew of welfare measures.

After paying tributes to his f

New Delhi, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will unveil six critical bridges constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday, sources said.

The Defence Minister will unveil four bridges in Akhnoor sector and two in Jammu-Rajpura area constructed at a cost of Rs 45 crore. &

Srinagar,  Three hundred thirty persons tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir, recording the highest one day surge in COVID-19 cases as the total number crossed 9,000 in the union territory.

A statement issued by the information and public relations department said, 330 tested

Jaipur, Rajasthan Police are on alert mode with the possibility of gangster Vikas Dubey entering the state, officials said.

"As Rajasthan is connected to Delhi, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh with borders, there are possibilities of the dreadful criminal making an inter-state movement, we have put our teams on al

London, UK's 30 billion pound Covid-19 response plan, announced on Wednesday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, includes an additional three billion pound investments in energy efficiency schemes in 2020-21, taking the overall low carbon investments to about 20 billion pounds.

The new funding means the UK is now