Tehran,  Two candidates have withdrawn from the race for the Iranian presidential election scheduled to take place on Friday, local media reported.

The contest will now take place among five candidates, Xinhua news agency reported.

The reformist hopeful and former Vice Pre

Kabul,   In the last 24 hours, Afghanistan reported 94 new fatalities from Covid-19, the highest single-day spike for the first time, taking the country's overall death toll to 3,842 in the country, the Ministry of Public Health said.

The Ministry also reported 1,722 new confirmed cases during t

New Delhi,   India on Thursday recorded 67,208 new cases of Covid and 2,330 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

This is the 10th consecutive day when India has reported less than one lakh Covid cases.

On June 15,

Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh),  A Covid widow, who had lost her job in the pandemic, and her five children, have been admitted to a hospital in Aligarh, after they lived more than a week in dire distress.

Doctors at the Malkhan Singh District Hospital said that the six family members were barely able to talk o

Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sakshi Maharaj has said that those who are making allegations of corruption in the construction of the Ram temple, are 'welcome to withdraw their donation by producing the receipts'.

He told reporters here on Wednesday that the leaders

Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh),   In an attempt to kill the groom, a bride's jilted lover opened fire at the wedding and ended up killing the bride's cousin instead.

The incident took place in Saraykher Kha village in Pratapgarh on Tuesday night.

The Pratapgarh police on Wednesday

Patna,  Lok Janshakti Party MP Pashupati Kumar Paras, who has orchestrated a coup to dethrone his nephew Chirag Paswan as party chief, on Wednesday said that gamblers, who lose the battle, generally go to court, not the winners.

His response came to a request for comment on Chirag Paswan's move to fi

New Delhi,  A massive fire broke out at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday night, following which 22 fire tenders were rushed to douse the blaze, fire officials said.

A fire official said that a call was received at 10.32 p.m. reporting a fire at the ninth floor of the hospi

Chennai,  Tamil Nadu's Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P.K. Sekar Babu on Wednesday said that the six state-run Archaka (Hindu priest) training centres will be renovated and relaunched soon.

Talking to journalists at Trichy after visiting the Rockfort Thayumanava S

New Delhi,  More than 99 per cent of the healthcare workers at Fortis who received both doses of Covid vaccine did not face severe outcomes like ICU care or mortality post vaccination.

Fortis said that after receiving both the doses, only 6 per cent staff got infected. Amon those who got infected, 92 per