Mumbai,  Maharashtra's Covid-19 death toll catapulted by a whopping 1,915 - a new high - while new infections shot above the 11,000 mark after five days, health officials said on Thursday.

Against 461 deaths declared on Wednesday, the state has revealed its highest-ever - fatalities, at 1,915, compri

New Delhi,  As per a study, Gurugram is a more suitable city to live in from a Covid perspective as compared to Mumbai and Bengaluru.

"We believe that considering factors such as population density, open area ratio and hospital infrastructure could be of far more importance than distance from work o

Patna,  Facing criticism over the explosion in a madarsa, Banka Superintendent of Police Arvind Kumar Gupta said the explosion happened due to a crude bomb kept in a container.

The officer said no terror angle appeared during the investigation.

"We have seized Rs 1.65 lakh from the cu

New Delhi, After reports surfaced that India's vaccine registration portal CoWIN has been hacked and database of 15 crore people is up for sale, Indian cyber security researchers said that the website behind this is itself fake and is a Bitcoin scam.

A hacker group that goes by the name o

New Delhi,  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that it has arrested an executive engineer of the CPWD and two private persons in an alleged graft case.

The arrested accused have been identified as executive engineer V.L. Bhaskar, at the CPWD, Zonal Office in Tamil Nadu's Madur

Amaravati,  The active Covid-19 caseload in Andhra Pradesh dropped below the 1 lakh-mark to 99,057 on Thursday, amid the abating second wave of the pandemic.

The state reported 8,110 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, increasing its overall tally beyond 17.8 lakh.

On a positive note, 12,981 p

New Delhi/Amaravati,  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday sought approval for investment clearance of Rs 55,657 crore for Polavaram Project from Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as part of his Delhi tour on the first day.

He sought the investment clearance

Srinagar,  A total of 1,117 new Covid cases and 25 deaths came to light on Thursday in J&K while 2,363 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery.

Officials said 332 cases and 13 deaths were reported from the Jammu division, and 785 cases and 12 deaths from the Kashmir di

Gandhinagar,  A thirty five-year-old man in Malpur village in Aravalli district of Gujarat was electrocuted while trying to free a pigeon entangled in the power lines. The video of the tragic incident soon went viral on the social media. The local police has registered an accidental death case and is investigating.