New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by a rape accused, who is a German national of Indian origin and had sought permission to go back to Germany claiming that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, his family needed him, noting that "there is a possibility that he will not come back to India to joi

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court, while hearing a petition seeking swift testing for coronavirus and declaration of results within two days, on Thursday noted that the Delhi government isn't using the private labs for Covid-19 testing to their "optimum capacity" even when they have "no hesitation".

New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will not be celebrating his birthday on Friday on account of martyrdom of soldiers in Ladakh and suffering due to Covid, the party said.

Congress General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal has asked party members to refrain from celebrations and instead help the poor an

New Delhi, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan said that around 10 states have written to the ministry to extend the distribution of free foodgrains under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for three more months.

Paswan on Thursday reviewed the progress of

New Delhi, The Centre and West Bengal government seem to be engaged in a fresh tussle and this time the issue relates to the Modi government's Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which aims to provide tap water to every household by 2024.

For providing potable water to arsenic or fluoride-affected habitations, the Centre

New Delhi, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written a letter to the Minister of Art and Culture, B.D. Kalla, urging him to protect elephants, their caretakers, tourists, government staff and the general public from tuberculosis by permanently ending their use for rides at the Amer Fort in Rajasthan.

New Delhi, The mood in India has turned completely against China following the incidents in Ladakh with an overwhelming number of people, more than 93 per cent, in favour of severing all trade ties with China, according to an IANS CVoter Snap Poll.

The public mood is anti-China and even the BJP/NDA supporters are

New Delhi, The mercury in some parts of the national capital touched 46 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday.

Ayanagar area recorded the temperature of 46.4 degrees Celsius, followed by 45.1 in Pusa, 44.2 in Palam and 42.2 in Lodhi Road.

On May 26, Delhi had recorded

Mumbai,  In a relief for industries in Maharashtra, thousands of migrants who had left the state in the past three months, have started returning to their workplaces, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here on Thursday.

The 'wapasi' of migrants to their 'karma-bhoomi' has started soon after the

New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The government on Thursday started auction of coal mines for commercial extraction by the private sector, but former Environment Minister and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised the move and termed it "doubly disastrous" from an ecological standpoint as several mines fall in dense forests. Ramesh in a twe