Speaking in the Assembly on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he does not mind the National Education Policy (NEP) of the Bharatiya Janata Party government being called 'RSS or Nagpur Education Policy'. However, he opposed what he referred to as the 'Italian Education Policy'. ....

The Himachal Pradesh government on Friday decided to reopen government schools from September 27 for Classes 9 to 12. However, online classes for Classes up to 8 would continue. ....

After raising heckles with his chants of 'Allah hu Akbar' at the Kisan Maha Panchayat earlier this month, Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesman, Rakesh Tikait, has now offered a bell weighing 51 kilograms at a Shiva temple. ....

The happenings in the Punjab Congress have given a new impetus to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state after the Shiromani Akali Dal broke away from the NDA. ....

India reported 31,382 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, even as the active cases declined to its lowest in 188 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. ....

Two commonly used drugs Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been dropped from the revised clinical guidance for management of adult Covid 19 patients. ....

At least two people were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday when a mob clashed with police during an eviction drive in Assam's Darrang district. ....

The government has allowed door-to-door Covid vaccination for differently-abled people and those with restricted mobility, officials said on Thursday. ....

The BJP on Thursday said that the Indian economy is on a recovery path and the government has taken several new initiatives which will further boost the economy. ....

A five-member CBI team has reached Prayagraj to take over the investigation into the suspicious death of Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad chief, Mahant Narendra Giri. ....

Close on the heels of a fire tragedy in an apartment in which two elderly women were burnt alive on Wednesday, in another incident three people died and four others were severely injured in a suspected blast on Thursday in Bengaluru, Karnataka. ....

The Gurugram health department has identified 54,000 people in the district who have missed their necessary deadline for second dose of the Covishield vaccine. ....

In a first, the Bihar Police have recruited a transgender person as constable. ....

After a Dalit Chief Minister in Punjab, Congress General Secretary and Chairman of the campaign committee Harish Rawat said that he wants to see a Dalit as CM in Uttarakhand which goes to the polls early next year. ....

Kerala on Wednesday logged 19,675 new Covid cases but Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Covid spread was coming down. ....

The United Kingdom revised its travel advisory on Wednesday in which it said that Covishield, the coronavirus disease vaccine jointly developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) – will qualify as an approved vaccine for travellers visiting Britain from any part of the world from October 4 onwards. ....

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Chhattisgarh government's appeal against stay on probe against former Chief Minister Raman Singh and BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra for their tweets in connection with alleged Congress Toolkit controversy. ....

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre's plea to defer the first National Defence Academy (NDA) exam for women candidates, and directed that women should be allowed to sit for the upcoming exam on November 14. ....

India reported 26,964 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours which remained below the 30,000 mark for the second consecutive day, Union Health Ministry's data showed on Wednesday. ....

Before leaving for the United State of America on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the visit would be an occasion to strengthen the comprehensive global strategic partnership with the US. ....