Shimla,  The southwest monsoon reached Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday with many areas receiving light to moderate rain, the weather bureau, here, said.

"The southwest monsoon has reached all parts of Himachal Pradesh. Last year, it had reached some parts of the state on July 2, and the remaining parts on

New Delhi, The Congress has hit back at BJP national president J.P. Nadda asking him to look at their "conduct" as opposition party during the UPA rule. Nadda had called Rahul Gandhi a "dynast" and said opposition is not only about one dynasty.

Hitting back at the BJP, the Congress said, &

New Delhi,  A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will look after the Delhi's largest COVID-19 care centre, the paramilitary force on Wednesday took over the 10,000 bed capacity centre in Delhi, officials said.

A team of the ITBP troopers visited the Rad

Bengaluru, The Karnataka government has identified 66 private hospitals to function as fever clinics and swab collection centres to cope with the rising COVID-19 cases, an official said on Wednesday.

"The private medical colleges and private hospitals attached with this notification are instructed to work as

Ahmedabad, A massive fire raged on Wednesday in Ahmedabad's Sanand estate of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), engulfing an entire diaper making factory. No casualty has been reported yet.

Even after five hours the firefighters are yet to completely douze the flames, which razed the entire

Bhubaneswar, The Odisha Police on Wednesday appealed to people not to visit the pilgrimage town of Puri as 'darshan' of the deities was still not allowed.

DGP Abhay said that even though the Puri district administration is witdrawing the curfew-like shutdown from Wednesday afternoon, it has put some r

New Delhi, A wreath was laid at the National War Memorial here by the coursemates and friends of Galwan Valley hero Colonel Santosh Babu to honour his exemplary courage, valour and supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.

"It was an emotional moment for everyone as no one had ever thought to remember the ever s

Chennai,  Eight sitting Lok Sabha members and two Rajya Sabha members will be presented the Sansad Ratna Awards 2020 under various categories, based on their performance during the first year of the 17th Lok Sabha, said Prime Point Foundation on Wednesday.

Apart from individual parliamentarians, the departmen

New Delhi, India witnessed a spike of almost 16,000 fresh cases of the novel Coronavirus in the past 24 hours taking the total in the country to 4.5 lakh with 465 new deaths, data from the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry revealed on Wednesday.

India recorded the highest single-day spike of 15,968 new case

Bengaluru, Senior IAS officer B.M. Vijayshankar, who was reportedly involved in the multi-crore IMA Ponzi scam, allegedly committed suicide in his house, an official said on Tuesday. He was 59.

"Vijayshakar was found hanging in a room on the first floor of his residence at Jayanagar in the city's southern