New York, March 18  Dismissing Beijing's criticism for calling COVID-19 a "Chinese virus", US President Donald Trump has accused it of spreading false information about the US.

"I didn't appreciate the fact that China was saying that our military gave it to them," Trump said on Tue

Washington, March 18  The US has imposed sanctions on Syrian Defence Minister Ali Abdullah Ayoub for his alleged actions of ceasefire obstruction in northern Syria, US State Department said in a statement.

The statement released on Tuesday accused Ayoub of preventing a ceasefire from taking hold in northern S

Agra, March 18  Though a case has been filed (first in India) against the father of the 25-year-old woman, wife of the Bengaluru techie who tested COVID-19 positive, no action has been taken so far by the police, as the whole family is under 'home quarantine' in the railway colony, near Agra Cantonment railway stati

Over 25,782 foreigners from minority communities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh entered India between 2015 and 2019, and they are authorised to get Indian citizenship as per the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

The CAA facilitates citizenship to migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and

The scourge of coronavirus continued unabated in Maharashtra with one death and one new case detected each in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, taking the total positive cases to 41, even as the state government opted against a near-total lockdown on Tuesday.

"There are a total of 26 males and 15 women admitted to various ho

Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed the BJP members to avoid any protest on road till April 15, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said on Tuesday outside Parliament.

"The Prime Minister has instructed party and around the country and in places where we are in opposition we will avoid protests on roa

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday urged the Chairman of the House M. Venkaiah Naidu to initiate a discussion on the Law Commission's 2018 report on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

Jairam asked the government to share information on what action has been taken on the Commission's recommenda

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday termed coronavirus (Covid-19) as a major disaster which could lead to a serious slowdown in the economy.

The situation is already bad, and if it spreads further, then things will worsen, the Chief Minister said, as he warned of a severe slowdown in the post-Covid-19 environment.