Guwahati, The ongoing wave of floods in Assam, triggered by the monsoon rains, claimed six more lives on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 33, besides affecting around 15 lakh people in 21 of the state's 33 districts, officials said.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said t

Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Wednesday reported the highest single-day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases as 675 fresh infections were reported across the state, taking the tally of positive cases to 33,318, officials said.

For the fifth consecutive day, the state reported more than 600 positive cases. With an avera

Hyderabad, Telangana saw another big surge in Covid-19 cases on Wednesday with 1,018 people testing positive for the virus, pushing the state's tally to 17,357.

This is the second highest daily jump. The steepest hike was witnessed on June 27 when 1,087 people had tested positive. Seven deaths were also report

Hyderabad, An umbrella group of various Muslim organisations in Telangana has appealed to the state government to withdraw its decision to celebrate birth centenary celebrations of former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao, saying the move has hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community.

United Muslim Forum (UMF)

Bengaluru, The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is stamping passengers boarding its buses at one city bus station amid spiking Covid cases in Bengaluru, an official said on Wednesday.

"We are not stamping passengers at all the bus stations but only at Majestic in Bengaluru as there are so ma

New Delhi, The Congress on Wednesday hit back at the BJP-led Centre, terming the Union government's decision to ask Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi to vacate her Lodhi Estate bungalow as a "frustrated attempt".

Taking to Twitter, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "PM, Sh. Naren

Bengaluru, Congress troubleshooter D.K. Shivakumar would take over as the party's Karnataka President on Thursday and the event would be streamed live for party leaders and cadres across the state, a party leader said.

"Shivakumar's Pratigna Dina (Day of Oath) as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (

Jabalpur (MP), Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Kamal Nath has sent legal notices to BJP Vice President Prabhat Jha and MP state President VD Sharma for accusing him of favouring Chinese firms by reducing import duty.

Nath's counsel Varun Tankha said, "The legal notice drew the attention to the

Tehran, Iran reported 2,549 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total confirmed novel coronavirus cases to 230,211, according to official IRNA news agency.

Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said during her daily update on Wednesday that 141

New Delhi, The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked for a detailed report from the election officials of the states where assembly elections or by-elections are to be held in the coming time. The Election Commission has asked for the report to review the situation in the states, an Election Commission official told IANS