New Delhi, The Union Health Ministry Saturday said that eight states, which include Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu, contributed 85.5 per cent of active Covid-19 cases and also accounted for 87 per cent deaths due to the viral infection.

"It was mentioned that presently eight states - Maharashtra, Delhi, Gu

Hyderabad, With the highest single-day jump of 1,087 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, Telangana's tally crossed 13,000, overtaking Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

With 13,436 cases, Telangana has now climbed to the eighth position in the list of states with most cases.

This is the first time since the

Bengaluru, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C. N. Ashwathnarayan on Saturday launched a drone-bound anti-microbial organic disinfectant solution spraying activity to fight COVID-19 in the city.

"Kudos to team Daksha, mentored by film star Ajith Kumar for developing a way to sanitise large areas via disinf

Satara (Maharashtra), Taking a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Saturday urged him not to politicise matters of national security, and remember that after the 1962 India-China war, 45,000 square km of Indian territory were occupied by the Chinese.

"Le

New Delhi, In a major success, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Saturday said that it has arrested three suspected sympathisers of the Khalistan Liberation Movement (KLF), who were planning to execute targeted killings in various northern states.

According to the Special Cell officers, the accused have been

Guwahati/Agartala, As the incessant monsoon rains continued, flood situation in Assam further worsened on Saturday with 1,289 villages in 21 districts being inundated, distressing 4.63 lakh people, while the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at many places in nine districts, officials said.

Meanwhile,

New Delhi, The CBI has informed the Supreme Court that investigation of all 17 shelter home cases in Bihar has been completed except two cases - Balika Grah, Muzaffarpur and short stay home, Motihari -- where further investigation is being carried out on the allegations of sexual and physical exploitation. The investigating agen

New Delhi, Looking at the spike in the fuel price in last 21 days amid Covid-19 outbreak, the Congress has planned nationwide protest on Monday to underline the Narendra Modi government's extortionist looting of common men.

In a statement, Congress General Secrrretary K.C. Venugopal said, "After the resou

Bengaluru, Karnataka has registered a record 918 Covid positive cases in the past 24 hours, with 596 alone being recorded in Bengaluru, raising the state's tally to 11,923, said an official on Saturday.

"918 new cases were reported from Friday 5 p.m. to Saturday 5 p.m.," said a health official.

New Delhi, The Congress was indulging in semantics when it put out a counter to allegations of fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi having made donations to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF).

On the Mehul Choksi donation, the Congress clarification was, "No amount has been received as donation from Shr