Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday allocated portfolios to his ministers, giving plum departments to his two deputies and fresh faces in the council of ministers. ....

The Uttar Pradesh government will now train the youth in culinary skills, including bakery and confectionary. ....

Just a month after the crucial Bhabanipur by-election on September 30 where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, the state is again going to face elections in four assembly constituencies. ....

A Pakistani terrorist was killed and another captured by the army on Tuesday along the Uri sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, according to defence sources. ....

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene immediately and invite farmers for talks without any preconditions to revoke the three farm laws. ....

Jai Kisan Andolan founder Yogendra Yadav on Monday said that today's Bharat Bandh evoked unprecedented response across the nation. Speaking to IANS, Yadav said that the day will prove a milestone in the history of the farmers movement. "Those demeaning the farmers agitation by calling it a movement of a few farmers have got a befitting reply today", added Yadav. ....

BJP chief J.P. Nadda on Monday said that from industry, sports, medicine, science to space, Indian women are leaving their marks in all spheres. ....

A 48-year-old man set himself ablaze in front of the residence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin here on Monday morning, police said. ....

Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and supported by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu turned out to be a damp squib with the public not responding at all to the shutdown-call. ....

Just days after top Congress leader from Kerala, V.M.Sudheeran stepped down from the political affairs committee (PAC) of the party, on Monday he also quit as an AICC member. ....

India's fresh Covid cases continued to decline as 26,041 new infections and 276 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. ....

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait, who has been leading the farmers' protest in the outskirts of the national capital for the past 10 months, said that he is certain that Monday's Bharat Bandh will compel the Centre to listen to the voices of farmers. ....

Hours after returning from the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening inspected ongoing the construction work of a new Parliament house. ....

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that two new airport terminals will be established in Jammu and Kashmir soon ....

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that India's premier health institute, AIIMS is the light house of the health sector. He added that citizens have faith in this institution which is the reason why demands are being made to establish AIIMS in other states too. ....

Chief Justice N.V. Ramana visited the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha, on Saturday and offered prayers. The CJI is in Odisha on a two-day visit. ....

India on Saturday reported 29,616 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours. Of these, the highest number was reported from Kerala with 17,983 new infections and 127 fatalities. ....

Congress' former Rajasthan unit chief Sachin Pilot on Friday met party leader Rahul Gandhi at his 12, Tughlak Road residence here, and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi also joined their deliberations, as per sources. ....

Karnataka former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa was honoured with the best legislator's award by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the legislative assembly ahead of the joint session address on Friday. ....

Varanasi will soon become the first Indian city to use the ropeway services in the public transportation. ....