New Delhi, March 13  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday reiterated that novel coronavirus was a huge problem and warned that the Indian economy would be destroyed if the government remained in a stupor.

"I will keep repeating this -- coronavirus is a huge problem. Ignoring the problem is not a soluti

Mumbai, March 13  The Unacademy Road Safety World Series, featuring cricket legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and others, has been postponed due to the ongoing concerns over coronavirus.

With the government issuing a notification that public gatherings should be avoided, the organisers had initially t

Chandigarh, March 13  The movement of people and commodities from Pakistan at the joint check post (JCP) at Attari near Amritsar in Punjab was suspended indefinitely on Friday as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, officials said.

Also, commodities arriving from Afghanistan via Pakistan would also no

New Delhi, March 13  Delhi's Tis Hazari Court on Friday sentenced expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and six others to 10 years imprisonment for the death of Unnao rape survivor's father. Sengar is already serving life imprisonment for raping the minor.

While sentencing the

Chandigarh, March 13 Haryana is gearing up for Rajya Sabha polls for three vacant seats scheduled on March 26.

Of the three seats, two Rajya Sabha seats are vacant due to the resignation of BJP's Ram Kumar Kashyap and Congress leader Kumari Selja's term expiry on April 9. The six-year term for the two seat

Lucknow, March 13  Taking a cue from the Uttar Pradesh government's move to name and shame CAA protesters, billboards with pictures of two rape-accused Kuldip Singh Sengar and Chinmayanad were put up in the state capital.

Over 100 billboards were put by Samajwadi Party leader IP Singh at street crossing i

New Delhi, March 13 The Aam Aadmi Party government has called a special Delhi Assembly session on Friday, with Cabinet Minister Gopal Rai moving a resolution against the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

The Assembly will also see a discussion on the current status of Coronavirus in the city.

Kathmandu, March 13 Nepal has temporarily suspended its visa-on arrival system till the end of April and has also cancelled all the spring mountaineering expeditions, including that to Mount Everest, as precautionary steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus, a government official said here on Friday.

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Washington, March 13  Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been projected to win the Democratic primary in California, the "Super Tuesday" state with the largest number of delegates to July's Democratic National Convention (DNC), according to American media reports.

With 88 per cent of the vote in

Cairo, March 13 The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the Middle East has exceeded 10,000, an alarming situation posed by the raging pandemic.

In the worst-hit Iran alone, the confirmed cases totalled to 10,075 on Thursday, roughly three weeks after the first cases were reported on February 19, with 429