Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Health Minister K.K.Shailaja on Monday said that the death toll in the state on account of Covid-19 had risen to 20 with one more death, while 82 more cases were recorded.

The latest death reported was a capital city resident, who was under treatment for cardiac and breathing issues

Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's father-in-law Madhavrao Govind Patankar passed away in a private hospital here on Monday following a brief illness. He was 78.

Father of Saamana Group Editor Rashmi U. Thackeray, he was an honorary director of the same company.

A reputed busi

New Delhi, The Centre has launched feedback call centres which will seek feedback from individual citizens related to 1.28 lakh COVID-19 public grievances sought during the lockdown. The feedback call centres will touch those public grievances that were filed on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System

Bengaluru, The unprecedented and extended lockdown to contain the coronavirus spread has virtually stalled Karnataka's growth story, as development plans envisaged in the state budget for fiscal 2020-21 remain a non-starter, said experts.

"As the virus disrupted normal life, paralysed every sector and cri

Bhubaneswar, A 30-year-old man was arrested for beheading a woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Odishas Mayurbhanj district, said police on Monday.

Carrying the severed head of the woman, the accused surrendered before the police on Monday.

The incident occurred at Nuasahi village under K

Bhubaneswar, With the rise in Covid-19 cases, the Odisha government has decided to conduct door-to-door surveillance from June 16 to identify persons with coronavirus symptoms, according to an official, here on Monday.

Survey of households in rural areas and slums in urban areas will be conducted by ASHA and ANM w

New Delhi,  A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court by an NGO seeking direction to stay the holding of the Rath Yatra festival, which is scheduled to commence on June 23 in Puri, Odisha.

Rath Yatra is a festival associated with Lord Jagannath which is held in Puri every year spanning for 10-12 days, w

Srinagar,  Pakistani wives of former Kashmiri militants, who returned to the Valley through Nepal under a government rehabilitation scheme, staged a protest, here on Monday, demanding citizenship and alleging non-fulfilment of promises.

"We appeal the government to provide us facilities and travel d

New Delhi, In a rather bizarre move, the Delhi unit of the BJP has decided to start distributing 'Kadha' (a liquid made of herbal extracts) among residents of Delhi to fight COVID-19.

"Delhi BJP has started a campaign to distribute the decoction to the needy, so that people can be protected from coron

New Delhi,  Donear Group has recently partnered to create products that are high quality, utilitarian and have a shield against bacteria and viruses alike using NEO TECH® technology given the current scenario of the fashion and lifestyle category, adapting to the ‘new normal.


Rajendra Agarwa