Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that no matter how hard the BJP tries to connect with farmers in Uttar Pradesh, they will not vote for the saffron party. ....

The Maharashtra government has postponed the reopening of schools - scheduled to re-start from August 17 - following a meeting of the Covid-19 Task Force held late on Wednesday, officials said here on Thursday. ....

Reacting to the ongoing tussle between Congress and social media platform Twitter, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is also the chairman of standing committee on Information Technology, said on Thursday that locking accounts stifles the freedom of expression. ....

Members of Parliament and leaders of various opposition parties took out march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk on Thursday to protest against the curtailment of the monsoon session. ....

The wreckage of the bus that fell into a 500-metre deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district following a massive landslide was recovered on Thursday morning, rescuers said. Fifteen people lost their lives so far, while 20 others were still missing. ....

India on Thursday registered rise in daily Covid infections and recorded 41,195 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. For the first time in the past six days, daily cases again crossed the 40,000 mark. A total of 490 deaths were also reported in the same time span, pushing the death toll due to Covid to 4,29,669, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament House in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, triggering speculation and criticism from the Trinamool Congress, the ruling party in Bengal. However, Dhankar described his meeting as a “courtesy” call. ....

Spelling cheers, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday permitted malls, restaurants, bars, hotels, gymnasiums, saloons, beauty parlours and all shops in the state to remain open till 10 p.m. ....

With at least 20 new cases of Covid's Delta Plus variant detected, the total number of patients in the state infected by it has shot up to 65, health officials said on Wednesday. ....

The Ministry of Education has offered a fresh opportunity to all those students who could not register themselves for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main till now. All such students can now register themselves for the exam on Wednesday. Earlier, the registration process had been closed. ....

The Government of Rajasthan has taken a big leap in the field of girl child education. Once infamous for its poor female literacy rate, the state today has the largest number of educational institutions dedicated to girls. ....

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday broke down as he spoke about Tuesday's ruckus by Opposition members in the House when some MPs climbed the tables and some sat and disrupted the House proceedings. ....

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in the damage control mode as two cabinet ministers, Anand Singh and M.T.B. Nagaraj, have decided to tender their resignations from their posts, sources in the party said. ....

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday adjourned sine die, two days ahead of its schedul, making an end to the Monsoon session. ....

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given the approval to conduct a study on mixing of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines. The step has been taken to boost the mass vaccination drive against the coronavirus across the nation. ....

Recording a jump in fresh Covid cases, India on Wednesday logged 38,553 new infections and 497 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....

A retired police inspector, Dinesh Chandra Tripathi, has been arrested on charges of raping a 13-year-old daughter of his tenant. ....

A case has been lodged against Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Singh, on a complaint filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA accusing him of tarnishing his image. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cancelled the membership of former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Jitendra Singh Bablu. ....

The Congress on Tuesday warned the Karnataka government that if any attempt to change the name of Indira canteens (government-run canteens offering subsidised food to poor) is made, they will blacken the name plates of all the projects named after BJP and Sangh Parivar personalities in the state. ....