Jammu,   The J&K Administrative Council, which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of the Housing and Urban Development Department to provide interest-free loan up to Rs 2 lakh to the urban houseless economically weaker section beneficiaries under Beneficia

New Delhi,  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda will be on a one-day visit to poll-bound Assam on Monday where he will address three public rallies.

In a statement, the BJP said that Nadda will reach Lilabari Airport in Assam on Monday afternoon and address a public rally at MV Field, Dhakua

New Delhi, Delhi Police's Economic Offenses Wing has arrested two cheats who posed as Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) officials to dupe applicants for industrial plots, police said on Sunday.

The arrested have been identified as Vikram Saxena and Mithun Bhatnagar

New Delhi,  A Mumbai-based bio-pharmaceutical firm has received approval from India's drug regulatory authority to use an anti-fungal drug for the treatment of black fungus or Mucormycosis, which recently saw an uprise among the patients recovering from the Covid-19.

The firm, Bharat Serums and Vacci

Bengaluru,   Alarmed over rising Covid cases of late, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday urged the people across the state to follow the Covid-induced guidelines strictly to control the pandemic.

"People should follow Covid-19 guidelines strictly. They should wear mask, maintain

New Delhi,   Considering the recent accident leading to injuries to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Election Commission on Sunday directed all political parties, candidates and star campaigners to follow all security protocols.

The poll panel has asked all parties to

New Delhi, Amid rising Corona cases in the country, the Congress has demanded that the vaccination program should be decentralized and states should be given autonomy so that every citizen gets vaccinated.

Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil sa

Guwahati, Weeks before the Assam assembly polls kick off on March 27, the Congress got a shot in the arm as two more local parties joined the party-led 'Mahajot' (grand alliance), taking the number of its constituents to 10.

Congress state General Secretary Diganta Chaudhury on Sunday said that two co

Bengaluru,  For the second consecutive day, Karnataka saw above 900 new Covid cases, with the bulk (628) from Bengaluru, the state health bulletin said on Sunday.

"With 934 new cases registered on Saturday, the state's Covid tally rose to 9,60,272, including 8,364 active cases, while recoveries

Wellington,  New Zealand reported one new Covid-19 case in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday.

The infected person had recently returned to the country and was in managed isolation, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying.

Meanwhile, there was