Washington, The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 9.2 million, while the toll surged across 476,900, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Wednesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 9,239,794, while the fatalities increased to 476,945, the University's Center for

Bengaluru, Senior IAS officer B.M. Vijayshankar of the Karnataka cadre 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 suburb by his wife late in the evening,&

New Delhi,A Delhi court on Tuesday junked the interim bail application moved by the wife of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari's son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, who was allegedly murdered by her last year.

Apoorva Shukla Tiwari knocked on the doors of the court seeking bail for two months on the ground th

Chandigarh, To strengthen the Special Operations Group with improved training and equipping skills, the Punjab government has appointed Brig (retired) Gautam Ganguly as Security Advisor (Training and Operations) in the rank of a Deputy Inspector General for three years.

Ganguly had served over 33 years in the

New Delhi, In the backdrop of the India-China dispute, 68.2 per cent people said that as a mark of protest, they will stop buying Chinese products, including mobile phones, TVs and electronic goods, according to the latest IANS CVoter Snap Poll.

According to the survey, 68.2 per cent people said they will boycott

Leh, As the situation is unfolding along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, a groundswell of support for India has come from a small group of Tibetan refugees in Leh.

The Tibetan refugee market in Leh is run by the displaced people from Tibet whose ancestors had migrated from there in the sixties.

New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against 12 accused in connection with its probe into the Islamic State Chennai case related to fraudulent procurement and activation of SIM cards, which were used by terrorists for their activities in the country.

An NIA spokesp

Imphal,  As the week-long hectic political tussle continued in Manipur, in a new twist, all four MLAs of ruling BJP ally NPP, who withdrew their support to the saffron party-led government last week, were rushed to Delhi ostensibly to crack the differences between the coalition partners, party sources said.

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Hyderabad, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday said Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, should be conferred on former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.

Stating that Narasimha Rao changed the country's destiny for better and deserves the award, he said the state cabin

Shimla, The Himachal Pradesh government said on Tuesday that entry of people into Himachal will be allowed only as per the standard operating procedures (SOPs).

The government has already allowed the entry of labourers, businessmen, traders and factory workers into the state as per the SOPs issued by the state to