The Andhra Pradesh government here on Thursday decided to shut all places of mass gathering, like major places of worship, cinema halls, shopping malls, gyms, amusement parks and museums, to contain the spread of coronavirus.

On Wednesday, it had announced closure of all educational institutions.

Chief Minister Y.S.

The Congress on Thursday cried quid pro quo on a day former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as Rajya Sabha member, adding that it had its reservations on his nomination to the Upper House of Parliament by the President.

Congress leader Anand Sharma said that "Gogoi has given many controversial judgments and h

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday appealed to defeat coronavirus through 'determination' instead of 'panicking', and suggested that Parliament was being used to do the later.

Hitting out at certain opposition leaders, Naqvi said, "Unfortunately, some leaders are asking the Parliam

Former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took oath as Rajya Sabha member on Thursday amid protest by Congress members and few other political parties.

After taking oath, Justice (Retired) Gogoi accepted greetings of all the members present in the House saying "namaste" with folded hands.

As soon as Chairman of th

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged all Delhiites to work from home as far as possible to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the city.

The Delhi government on Thursday directed to shut all the schools for the teaching and non-teaching staff as well.

"I have directed all schools, colleges and

The Congress has alleged that the government action to seek the Call Data Record (CDR) from the cellular operators was illegal and in violation with the Supreme court guidelines.

The matter was raised in both Houses of Parliament by the Congress MPs on Thursday, who expressed dissatisfaction over the Centre's response over its

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday sought peoples' cooperation for the ongoing 'war against virus' that has created a global medical havoc since the past couple of months.

Addressing the people of the state, Thackeray assured that the state and Centre are "fully geared" for what he termed

The government may use the current low oil prices to further increase excise duty on petrol and diesel to raise additional resources required for keep rising deficit under check and meet additional expenditure needs arising from COVID-19 outbreak, a State Bank of India report said on Thursday.

It said that crude at $30/barrel coul

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is not inclined to create a situation by giving two weeks time to Speaker N.P. Prajapati to decide on the resignations of 16 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, as this gap period could become a 'gold mine' for horse-trading.

A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprisi

New Delhi, March 19  Amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic crisis, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that it has cancelled 84 pairs of trains, taking the total number of train cancelled to 155 pairs to contain the spread of the pandemic.

A senior railway ministry official said here that the decisi