Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) As the number of Covid-19 cases in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region crossed the 1 lakh mark on Tuesday, the state government effected a major bureaucratic shake-up by transferring four civic bodies chiefs in theregion's worst-hit Thane district, an official said here.

They include Tha

Mumbai, At least 12 more trainee sailors at the INS Shivaji in Lonavala hill station in Pune have tested Covid-19 positive post Unlockdown 1.0, an official said here on Tuesday.

After the lockdown was eased from June, these 157 sailors reported back for training at the INS Shivaji, were screened and sent to 14 day

Hyderabad, Former Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar's alleged secret meeting with two BJP leaders at a star hotel in Hyderabad has sparked a row with the ruling YSRCP alleging that this exposed his political and caste connections.

The CCTV footage of June 13 showing Kumar,

Bengaluru, Contacts of earlier Covid cases have outnumbered domestic returnees yet again in Karnataka, even as 322 new cases raised the state's tally to 9,721, an official said on Tuesday.

"New cases reported from Monday 5 p.m. to Tuesday 5 p.m. 322," said a health official. As many as 154 conta

New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his second tweet of the day has again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that India is negotiating to get its own land back while accusing the Prime Minister of publicly supporting China's claims.

Rahul Gandhi tweeted "China took our land. India is

Guwahati/Agartala,  After a huge surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, lockdown was been re-imposed for 14-days in 11 wards in Guwahati on Tuesday night, officials said.

Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said in an order that there has been large scale spread of Covid-19 cases among the people of ce

Mumbai, Maharashtra on Tuesday reported a new high of 248 Covid-19 deaths - up from the previous high of 178 recorded on June 15, while the number of cases crossed 1 lakh in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), health officials said.

The state death shot up from the June's lowest of 62. However, the deaths on Tue

Moscow/New Delhi, Even as the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China remains tense, India on Tuesday posed great faith in its strategic partnership with Beijing's close ally, Russia.

During his special three-day visit to Moscow, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the India-Russia bil