Chandigarh,  Believing that he commands respect in the opposition too, Congress' 'defiant' leader and former Cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu on Tuesday said Punjab's opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has always recognised his "vision and work" for Punjab, raising speculation that he may join Arvi

Chennai,  AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, E.K. Palaniswami, on Tuesday urged the state government to revive the scheme of providing free 2GB data to students of government colleges, polytechnics and government-aided colleges.

In a statement, the senior leader said that the pre

Thiruvananthapuram,  The Congress on Tuesday asked Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to immediately intervene in the issue of garments major Kitex Group, which has already entered into a deal with the Telangana government to set up its unit there, after expressing displeasure over the way it was treated in Kerala.

Mumbai, Congress on Tuesday said that its Maharashtra unit President Nana Patole's recent controversial remarks were "misconstrued" and "taken out of context".

"Nana Patole's statements were distorted, taken out of context... It was all a creation of the media which created a

Chennai,  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, requesting her to exempt Customs duty, Integrated GST (IGST) or any other taxes on the import of life-saving drugs for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.

In the letter, a copy of whic

New Delhi,  The Union government on Tuesday reconstituted the cabinet committees and included newly inducted ministers Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal in the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs along with Manshuk Mandaviya and Giriraj Singh. No changes, however, have been made in the Cabinet Committee on Secu

New Delhi,  Delhi has received a fresh supply of 1.5 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday, adding that the new stock will be administered in the next two days.

Jain said that many vaccination centres will have to be shut from Wednesday. "There is a sh

Amaravati,  Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday logged 2,567 new Covid cases, raising the state's overall tally over 19.2 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 26,710.

As many as 3,034 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the state's total number of recoveries over 18.8 l

Shimla,  Rescuers on Tuesday said five villagers were rescued from Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district where a massive mudslide triggered by flash floods hit a remote village, damaging several houses and shops and left one person dead. Nine people are still missing.

The five people were rescued by the

New Delhi,  The Centre on Tuesday approved Rs 5,008.79 crore as central grant under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to Karnataka to provide tap water connections to households. Union Minister, Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa jointly reviewed the implementation of the JJM