After the Delhi government and World Health Organization declared coronavirus as pandemic, another petition was filed before the Delhi High Court on Friday praying urgent steps to contain COVID-19.

An urgent mentioning was made before a division bench presided by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C. Harishankar which has agreed

The parliament on Friday passed Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020 with an aim to settle pending direct tax disputes in the country.

The Bill, which will provide taxpayers a lucrative opportunity to settle direct tax disputes within the current financial year by waiving interest and penalty on their pending taxes, was passed b

The government on Friday approved rehabilitation and upgradation of 780 kms of roads under Green National Highways Corridor Project (GNHCP) in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

The approval, given by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), involves investment of Rs 7,662.47 cror

A special Iran Air flight IR-810 carrying 44 Indians evacuated from the coronavirus-affected country arrived here from Tehran on Friday afternoon, officials said.

Besides the passengers, there are 17 crew members and the aircraft was parked for a few hours at an isolated area at Mumbai airport to avoid any contact with other passe

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Friday said the opposition DMK was creating a fear psychosis in the minority community.

Speaking in the Assembly about the National Population Register (NPR) and the census, Palaniswami charged the DMK with misinformation.

Referring to the census, Palaniswami said the DMK

Even as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people not panic following coronavirus scare, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on Friday asked its students to leave the hostel rooms till March 31 with the exception of foreign students and PhD scholars.

The rooms have to be vacated by Sunday night.

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Hours after he was released from seven-month detention, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah told reporters on Friday at his residence at Gupkar Raod in Srinagar that he is thankful to the people who prayed for his freedom, "but my freedom is incomplete until all those detained in Kashmir are released".

Farooq was accom

Amid the coronavirus scare in the country, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday slammed the government over the rising number of COVID cases in the country and "inadequate measures" taken by the government to contain the damage.

Speaking to the media in Parliament, Tharoor said: "The situation is already

In the backdrop of the pandemic COVID-19, the Supreme Court on Friday in a notification said it will have limited functioning restricted to urgent matters.

"The competent authority has been pleased to direct that the functioning of the courts from Monday, March 16, shall be restricted to urgent matters with such number of ben

"Namaste", the Indian way of greeting people is gaining wide acceptability in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Be it US President Donald Trump or the French President Emmanuel Macron or British Royalty Prince Charles.

The Indian ways of greetings -- be it Namaste is now becoming the preferred way to greet. Even Boll