Gandhinagar,  Congress' Gujarat Working President Hardik Patel on Monday accused the BJP of circulating false reports of his joining the AAP in an attempt to malign his image and hide its state government's failure in dealing with the second wave of Covid.

"The reports from various media qua

Patna,   An arrest warrant has been issued against Bihar Police DSP Kamal Kant Prasad in connection with a four-year-old rape of a minor Dalit girl, an official said.

Prasad allegedly raped the minor girl, who was a domestic help, in his official residence in Gaya in 2017. An FIR was registered agai

Bengaluru,  Heavy rains lashed many parts of coastal and south Karnataka, as the southwest monsoon intensified and advanced across the state, said the weather office on Monday.

"Heavy and widespread rains were reported in coastal and southern districts, while rainfall occurred at a

Bengaluru,  As Bengaluru saw lockdown restrictions partially relaxed from Monday, city civic body chief Gaurav Gupta urged people to stay vigilant about the Covid threat.

"Citizens need to be vigilant in the coming months, as the pandemic may strike again in the form of third wave, as hinted by heal

Tumkuru (Karnataka),  About a dozen Lingayat seers, a community to which Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa belongs, came out in his support on Monday, demanding him to continue the as CM for the next two years, besides subtly warning disgruntled BJP leaders not to harass Yediyurappa till his term is completed.<

New Delhi,  Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday noted that government schools are not offering provisions of guidance and handholding of students who need advice on their careers.

Sisodia, who is also Education Minister, was speaking during a review programme of Delhi government's ke

Guwahati/Agartala,  In terms of recovery of Covid patients, the eight northeastern states fare the worst even as the country's recovery rate is rising regularly and touched 95.43 per cent on Monday.

According to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry's Covid-19 data on Mond

New Delhi,  Congress has asked its workers not to celebrate birthday of former party President Rahul Gandhi on June 19, but instead help people in distress due to the ongoing pandemic.

A letter written by General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal says that Rahul Gandhi has decided

Thiruvananthapuram,  With the Covid test positivity rate (TPR) falling to 11 per cent and antipathy towards disruptions to normal life growing in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said from Thursday onwards, there would be a change in strategy on the lockdown norms.

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Lucknow,  UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to conduct verification of arms licenses and cancel those which might have been procured by people involved in criminal activities or issued without a valid reason.

The chief minister has also asked the excise department to