New Delhi,  The rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country and the status of vaccination is expected to figure in the meeting scheduled between Prime Minister Narendra Modi with all Chief Ministers on Wednesday, officials said.

The meeting, to be held in a virtual mode, is slated to begin at 12.30 p.

Amaravati, YSRCP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday selected M. Gurumurthy as the party's candidate for the forthcoming high-stake Tirupati Parliamentary by-election.

"M. Gurumurthy's name has been confirmed as the YSRCP candidate for the Tirupati Lok Sabha

Srinagar,  The Jammu and Kashmir Police have saved four youth from joining terrorist ranks in Ganderbal and Budgam districts, officials said on Tuesday.

The police said that prompt action in Budgam and Ganderbal prevented four youth from joining terrorist ranks. After proper counselling, the four youth w

Islamabad,   Pakistani President Arif Alvi and his wife Samina Alvi on Monday received their Covid-19 jabs with the Sinopharm vaccine in Islamabad, according to a statement from the President's office.

The couple received the jabs at a vaccination centre after they registered themselves for the

Kathmandu,   A mountaineering expedition team consisting of Bahrain's Prince Sheikh Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa arrived in Nepal to summit Mt Everest this spring season.

Five months after climbing the 8,163m high Mt Manaslu in October 2020, a 16-member team consisting of Al Khalifa and othe

Tokyo,  Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday received the first dose of a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital in Tokyo, in a bid to reassure about the safety of the jab.

Suga will head to the US in April for a meeting with President Joe Biden and in doing so making the Pri

Seoul,  Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, on Tuesday threatened to scrap a peace agreement with South Korea as she slammed Seoul for conducting military exercises with the US.

"South Korea has again chosen 'March of war' and 'March of crisis' instead of '

Sanaa, Yemen's Houthi militia said they launched a new attack on Tuesday at the King Khalid Airbase in Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait city.

"The attack hit the target accurately," Xinhua news agency quoted Houthi military spokesman Yehya Sarea as saying in a statement.

However,

Tokyo,  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday met Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi here during which they discussed the "importance of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region".

Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Tokyo on Monday evening, kicking-

Islamabad/New Delhi,   Pakistan's Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure with the Imran Khan government, saying it was incapable of running the country or taking decisions.

Hearing the local bodies case, a two-judge bench, headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq,