New Delhi,  In the last 24 hours, India reported 6,298 fresh Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

The new fatalities increased the overall death toll to 5,28,273.

The active caseload spiked to 46,748, accounting for 0.1 per cent of the country's total

Jaipur,   In a last-minute change of plan, it was decided that the special cargo plane carrying eight cheetahs from Namibia will land in Gwalior instead of Jaipur on Saturday (September 17).

After landing at Gwalior, the animals will be taken to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur

Kolkata,  West Bengal government, in 2016, increased the retirement age for West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) president to 68 years from 65 years to accommodate Kalyanmoy Gangopadhyay in the post, as per records of the state education department.

On Thursday evening, the Central Bureau of Inv

Lucknow,  Nine persons were killed and two seriously injured when a wall of a house collapsed due to heavy rain, said officials here.

The incident took place in the early hours of Friday in Dilkusha locality in the cantonment area of the state capital.

The injured have been admitted to the

Lucknow,  The State Medical Faculty (SMF) in Uttar Pradesh has decided that all healthcare facilities attached to para-medical institutes will be geo-tagged.

Professor Alok Kumar, the secretary of SMF, a statutory body that monitors the conduct of para-medical institutes in the state, said that Remote Se

Prayagraj,  Huge amounts of cash, jewellery and property related documents have been recovered from the sealed room of Mahant Narendra Giri, who committed suicide a year ago.

A three-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Thursday opened the Mahant's room a year after his death at Bagha

Prayagraj,  The 400 per cent hike in fees by the Allahabad University (AU) is now earning massive political support for students agitating on the issue and demanding a rollback.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has back the agitating students and said that this was yet another example of the anti-you

Chennai,  Estranged leader of the AIADMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam, said on Thursday that the party would launch an agitation against the state government if people's consent is not taken for the construction of a new airport at Parandur.

OPS, as Panneerselvam is popul

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Thursday said the right to establish educational institutions is a fundamental right but reasonable restrictions can be imposed by the state only by a law, and not an executive instruction.

A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and P.S. Narasimha said: "Since we have held t

New Delhi/Guwahati,   In a significant development, a tripartite peace accord was signed between the Centre, Assam government and five tribal militant outfits and three splinter groups of the state in New Delhi on Thursday, and a special development package of Rs 1,000 crore was announced to implement the accord.<