New Delhi,  Congress leader and spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Thursday met the party's Punjab panel, and said that "the ongoing Punjab discussion is not a "crisis management" exercise, but "election preparation" exercise for which he had given suggestions.

Mysuru,  Accusing Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri of humiliating her at every step, the Commissioner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Shilpa Nag, announced to step down on Thursday, saying that she would soon meet the Chief Secretary, P. Ravi Kumar, on the matter.

Reading out her 10-page hand

Chennai,  The Central government said on Thursday that Tamil Nadu has been supplied with one crore Covid-19 vaccine doses till June 2, of which 7.24 lakh doses are currently available with the state.

Refuting some media reports on vaccine shortage in Tamil Nadu as incorrect and lacking basis, the Centre

Guwahati,  Dispelling all speculations, an Assam government probe report, released on Thursday, said that the 18 wild elephants, found dead in Nagaon district on May 12, were killed after being struck by a "massive lightning bolt".

Releasing the 10-member probe committee report, state Environme

New Delhi,  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved two home-based Rapid Antigen Test kits, to be used only in symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of laboratory confirmed positive cases.

Accordingly, the ICMR has approved CoviSelf, manufactured by Mylab Discovery Solutions L

London,  The family of alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal middleman Christian Michel on Thursday expressed concern for his well-being amid the continuing Covid-19 pandemic in India and urged the British authorities to intervene on behalf of the accused being held in Delhi's Tihar Jail.

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New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The IANS-CVoter CBSE Snap Poll conducted in the aftermath of the Union governments decision to cancel Class XII board exams in view of the Covid-19 pandemic has found that as many as 56.4 per cent of respondents are happy with the government decision.

Similarly, 56.6 per cent of those

New Delhi,  As the entire world scramble to find answers to the origin of the lethal Covid virus, a group of amateur sleuths called 'DRASTIC', with few resources, has claimed to reveal the dark secrets of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the media reported on Wednesday.

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Bengaluru,  With a Covid surge still being reported in rural parts of the state, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Thursday announced the extension of lockdown by a week, with the restrictions to be in force till 6 a.m. on June 14.

He also announced a second relief package totalling Rs 500 cro

Kolkata,  In a late evening development on Thursday, former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay replied to the show-cause letter sent to him on the ground that he refused to comply with the lawful directions of the Central government, violating Section 51 (b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.