India reported 48,786 new Covid-19 cases and 1,005 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday. ....

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has raised the banner of revolt against Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, met former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday evening soon after meeting party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. ....

Bidding farewell to Supreme Court judge Ashok Bhushan, Chief Justice N.V. Ramana on Wednesday, citing his statement in an interview, said: "Judges are only known by their judgements. Judgements are the only true criteria for testing the mettle of a judge." ....

Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) H.C. Awasthi retired from office on Wednesday. He handed over the charge to Additional Director General (ADG) (law and order) Prashant Kumar. ....

Taking a dig at the Mamata Banerjee government's decision to acquire an aircraft, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that the 'head of state', marred by fake vaccination conducted by a fake official, now wants to have a delusional flight. ....

Tamil Nadu has emerged as the top state in its overall handling of the second Covid wave. ....

The central government has extended for another one year the tenure of Amitabh Kant, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) till June 2022 -- third extension since he took charge of the public policy think tank in 2016. ....

BJP MLA from Ballia, Surendra Singh, known for making controversial remarks, has termed AIMIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, a 'political terrorist' and accused him of trying to instigate and break the society. ....

The supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it is not inclined to either tweak rules or give undue relaxation in the name of Covid to Chartered Accountant (CA) aspirants for the examination commencing from July 5. ....

The race for the Kerala State Police Chief (SPC) ended when additional director general of Police Anil Kant was given the nod by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take over as the new SPC, as incumbent Loknath Behera superannuates, on Wednesday. ....

The Roshanai police in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu have registered a case against former interim general secretary of AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala and 500 others on a complaint filed by former minister and AIADMK, Villupuram district secretary, C.Ve. Shanmughan that several known and unknown people had issued death threats against him at Sasikala's behest. ....

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has raised a banner of revolt against Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, on Wednesday, met Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. ....

Two drones were spotted over the military installations on Wednesday in Jammu city which were fired upon by alert troops forcing them to withdraw. ....

India reported 45,951 new Covid-19 cases and 817 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday. This is lowest deaths due to Covid since April 10. ....

The UP Nursing Home Association has urged Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to celebrate National Doctors' Day on July 1 at the government level. ....

An FIR has been lodged at the Mahanagar police station here after the recovery of fake currency notes in the currency chest of the Reserve Bank of India. ....

For the second consecutive year, the Maharashtra government has decided to ban gigantic idols of Lord Ganesha and mega public celebrations for the upcoming 10-day Ganeshotsav festival starting September 10, even as the organisers cried foul. ....

Ensuring more penetration at booth level, the BJP has decided to form a five-member committee on each page of electoral roll ahead of next year's assembly polls in five states. ....

India on Tuesday made way for fourth coronavirus vaccine in its drug basked after Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Cipla got a nod from India's drug regulator DCGI to import the vaccine for restricted emergency use in the country, officials told HT. ....

The Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to commence on its usual timing this year with signals coming from the government to hold the session in the third week of July, sources said. ....