Panaji,  A day after Goa's Roman Catholic churches and mosques announced deferred reopening due to a spike in coronavirus cases, managements of popular temples in the state on Sunday postponed the reopening of their premises to devotees.

On Sunday, managements of nine well-known temples held a meeting in

Bengaluru, The tech-savvy Karnataka government has set up a dedicated portal to register for skilled jobs by migrant workers from outside the southern state, an official said on Sunday.

"The state government has set up the portal www.migrant.kar.kaushalkar.com for skilled workers, especially migrants from oth

Jammu,  The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday put nine districts in red zone, nine in orange zone and two in green zone after a detailed review of the COVID-19 situation in the union territory.

An order issued by Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, in his capacity as chairperson of state executive

Srinagar,  Pakistan army resorted to ceasefire violation on the line of control (LoC) in the Kupwara and Baramulla districts of J&K on Sunday.

Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said, "At about 11 a.m. and 12.40 p.m. on Sunday Pakistan started ceasefire violation along the LoC in th

Srinagar,  A soldier has gone missing from his unit in the Baramulla district of J&K.

According to the police, a missing report has been lodged by the Adjutant of the 8 Jat Regiment at the Boniyar police post (Uri).

"The 25-year-old missing soldier belongs to UP," the police said.

Chennai,  About 700 Indians stranded in Maldives were brought to V.O. Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin on Sunday by Indian Navy Ship 'Jalashwa'.

The repatriation is part of Operation Samudra Setu, under the Vande Bharat Mission, to bring back Indians stranded in other countries as flights were gro

Hyderabad, With the surge in coronavirus cases continuing in Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has convened a meeting on Monday to review the situation.

The meeting to be attended by Health Minister E. Rajender and other senior officials will discuss the measures taken for the containment of Covid-19

Srinagar, Dr. A.G. Ahangar, director of the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar said on Sunday that community spread of COVID-19 has already started in Kashmir.

Dr. Ahangar said, "Kashmir is facing community spread of COVID-19. This is a reality and we must ac

Chennai, With coronavirus on the rise in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Sunday said that its spread of the disease cannot be controlled without people's cooperation.

On Sunday, the number of new coronavirus infections were 1,515 and the total tally rose to 31,667. The Health Department also said

Baghdad, Iraqi authorities have decided to extend the incumbent curfew to another week after the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country jumped to more than 11,000.

The decision was made after a meeting by the Higher Committee for Health and National Safety headed by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Satu