Punjab's Mohali district scripted history by administering the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination to not only its total eligible population of 7,46,119 but also to 27,000 more people, the administration said on Friday. ....

India reported a marginal decline of 1,740 cases and logged 45,352 fresh Covid infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall country's tally to 32,903,289. The country also witnessed 366 deaths in the same time span, taking the death toll to 4,39,895, according to the health ministry's updated data on Friday. ....

The dance video of Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Prahlad Joshi on the occasion of his daughter's wedding has gone viral on social media. ....

The situation across Kashmir remained peaceful and no any untoward incident was reported on Thursday as the last rites of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani were held in Srinagar, police said. ....

About 300 cases of the Delta-plus variant of Covid have been detected in the country so far, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Thursday. ....

In a sudden political development, Tripura Assembly Speaker Rebati Mohan Das on Thursday resigned from his post citing "personal reasons", a top official said. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the setting up of a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the collusion between the Noida authority and the real estate company Supertech for the illegal construction of two 40- storey twin towers in Noida. ....

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer has been arrested by CBI. ....

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited to conduct Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for its anti-Covid shots called Corbevax on children. The trial will be on children between 5 and 18 years of age with certain conditions. ....

The death of hardline senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has left a void in the separatist camp that might not be easy to bridge in near future. ....

Mamata Banerjee became the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive time and to commemorate her huge success a community puja in the outskirts of the city has decided to develop the idol of Goddess Durga on the likes of the chief minister. ....

Veteran separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was buried on Thursday in a local graveyard near his uptown Hyderpora residence in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city. ....

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has appointed former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to head the party committee on celebrating 75 years of Independence. ....

Veteran Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away in Srinagar late on Wednesday evening. He was 92. ....

A war of words erupted on Wednesday between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on ‘Police Day over the role of the force in the society. ....

A day after the owner of a food delivery joint was allegedly shot dead by a delivery boy in Greater Noida, the Gautam Buddh Nagar police said on Wednesday that three persons have been arrested for their involvement in the case. ....

In a surprise development, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team picked up the son-in-law and lawyer of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh late on Wednesday evening. ....

In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a chargesheet with a sessions court here against two Trinamool Congress ministers, Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, ex-minister Madan Mitra, former Mayor Sovan Chatterjee and IPS officer S.M.H. Meerza in connection with the Narada sting operation case. ....

At lease five states and union territories, including Delhi and Tamil Nadu, have decided to start reopening schools from September 1. From staggered lunch breaks, to limiting the seating capacity in classrooms — local authorities have enforced strict Covid protocols and guidelines to ensure the safety of students. Despite the looming fear of a potential third wave of coronavirus cases, state governments cited the considerable drop in coronavirus cases in several states across the country to justify their decision to reopen schools in a cautio ....

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Kumar said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has deserted the city yet again, and left the people at the mercy of God to go for a 10-day Vipasana meditation in Jaipur. ....