Bhubaneswar, The Odisha government has imposed a complete shutdown in Puri district from 9 p.m. on Monday till 2 p.m. on Wednesday to hold the Rath Yatra without devotees by adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines.

Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena, in an order, said that no passenger train and private or

Chandigarh, To provide further relief to entrepreneurs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Cabinet on Monday decided to extend the one-time settlement of their dues with the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC) and Punjab Financial Corporation till December 31, 2020.

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Chennai,  Not responding to treatment for injuries in its mouth, a male elephant died on Monday at Anaikatti near Coimbatore district, said police and forest officials.

According to officials of Forest Department, they got information about a weak male elephant standing on a farm not able to eat on Saturday.<

Bengaluru, Karnataka Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar's father and a domestic help have tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) on Monday.

"My father's Covid test has come out positive. Anxiously waiting for reports of other family members. Praying for the speedy recovery of my fath

New Delhi, The Congress has hit back at BJP president J.P. Nadda who accused former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of surrendering Indian territory to China. The Congress challenged Nadda to raise questions about Chinese transgressions during the BJP rule.

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP president, Randeep S

Palamu (Jharkhand),  Presence of mind on part of villagers helped save the lives of a newly-wed couple and four others after the car they were travelling in to the grooms village fell off a bridge into the swollen Malay river in Palamu district, police said on Monday.

Police said the incident occurred near Kh

Kolkata, The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has called for an all-party meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna on Wednesday to review the Covid-19 pandemic across the state.

State Home Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said on Monday that the state government would make a presentation in the all-party me

Chennai, The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced complete lockdown in Madurai Corporation limit from the midnight of June 23 to June 30 midnight owing to increasing coronavirus infection.

According to the government order, the complete lockdown will also be applicable for Paravai Town Panchayat and rural blo

New Delhi, BJP President JP Nadda has hailed the Supreme Court ruling that has allowed the Rath Yatra celebration at Puri. Calling it a "symbol of our faith", Nadda said it's a century long tradition. However, Nadda urged everyone to take health precautions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on Monday recorded the highest ever Covid positive cases as 138 new cases were detected on a single day, wrote Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on his Facebook post.

In the past four days, new cases have gone past the 100-mark taking the total to 516 positive cases.