Puducherry,  Five new ministers, including the first-ever woman, were sworn in Puducherry on Sunday as the N. Rangaswamy cabinet was finally expanded.

Lt Governor Tamilisai Sounderarajan administered the oath of office and secrecy to A. Namassivayam and Sai J. Saravana Kumar (both BJP), and K. Lakshminar

Srinagar, Recoveries continued to outnumber new Covid cases in J&K on Sunday as 745 patients recovered while 415 new cases and eight deaths were reported during the last 24 hours.

Officials said 171 cases and four deaths were reported from the Jammu division and 244 cases and four deaths from the Kashmir

New Delhi,  The national capital on Sunday reported 89 new Covid-19 cases, staying below 100 cases for the straight second day, while the daily Covid positivity rate remained at 0.12 per cent, according to the health bulletin.

With four more deaths reported on Sunday, Delhi's Covid toll rose to 24,96

Patna,  The water levels of important rivers in Bihar's Seemanchal region are on the rise due to continuous rain for last one week.

The water level of Mahananda, Kankani, and Parman rivers are flowing above the danger level at various places like Purnea and Araria districts, and villages located on t

New Delhi,  The BJP on Sunday slammed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra Sports Minister Sunil Chattrapal for parking their vehicles on the sports track of Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.

Union Minister Smriti Irani tweeted, "Due to a meeting held at the Sports Comp

New Delhi,  Ahead of next year's Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is working on to balance the social equation in its favour by reaching out to all the castes and communities in the state.

The saffron camp believes that it will clear the air about the false narrative that the BJP is ignoring

Thiruvananthapuram,  The car believed to be used by airport gold smuggling suspect Arjun Ayanki was found hidden behind bushes on a hillock opposite the Pariyaram Medical College hospital in Kerala's Kannur district, police said on Sunday.

Police had been on the lookout for the car which was suspecte

New Delhi, UK's Cairn Energy is targeting assets abroad of more state-run companies in a bid to recover dues from the government on the backdrop of the arbitration victory of the company over the Indian government.

According to people in the know, the British energy major may file lawsuits across several

New Delhi,   Pakistan's security establishment, fearful of strategic encirclement by India, apparently continues to view the Afghan Taliban as a relatively friendly and reliably anti-India element in Afghanistan, as per a brief prepared by the US Congressional Research Service.

The document on U

New Delhi,  Days after his appointment as per the new IT guidelines, Twitter's interim resident grievance officer for India, Dharmendra Chatur has stepped down, sources said.

The US-headquartered micro-blogging platform's website does not show his name, as mandated under Information Technology (I