A Dominican court has ordered Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi to be remanded at the Dominica State Prison despite a decline in his health, the local media reported. ....

India on Friday recorded 62,480 new cases of Covid and 1,587 fatalities in the last 24 hours, lowest in the last two months, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry. ....

Over 5,000 children under the age of 14 in Meghalaya have tested Covid-19 positive and 17 of them died, health officials said on Thursday. ....

Tension is brewing on the Tikri border with report coming in of a death due to torching after the agitating farmers allegedly set a person from Bahadurgarh on fire. ....

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday that India is the "priest" of world peace, but it has the full ability and strength to give a befitting reply to all acts of aggression. ....

Amid questions being raised by the BJP over the vaccination of Congress leaders including the Gandhis, the Congress on Thursday said that both Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have taken the vaccine jab. ....

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to halt the demolition of over 10,000 residential houses at Khori Gaon in Faridabad district, Haryana, for encroachment on forest land. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government will now send out invitation slips to people, urging them to get vaccinated. ....

Eka.Care, a connected healthcare platform, has gone live with CoWIN-approved vaccination slot booking to help people get vaccinated in an efficient and orderly manner. ....

The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) formula for the assessment of Class 12 students. ....

Congress leader Kapil Sibal has accused the BJP of doing politics on the issue of vaccination after the ruling party MP opposed discussion in the PAC (Public Accounts Committee) on this issue. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has finally started doling out sops to party workers. ....

Torrential overnight rain coupled with high tide drowned most parts of the capital city of West Bengal on Thursday morning. ....

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the home of former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma at Andheri in connection with the ongoing probe into the cases of SUV planting and businessman Mansukh Hiran murder. ....

The Delhi Police Special Cell questioned Twitter India MD Manish Maheswari in connection with alleged Congress toolkit case on May 31, senior officials of the Special Cell conformed. ....

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sakshi Maharaj has said that those who are making allegations of corruption in the construction of the Ram temple, are 'welcome to withdraw their donation by producing the receipts'. ....

India on Thursday recorded 67,208 new cases of Covid and 2,330 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry. ....

After Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, Rajasthan has become the fourth state to inoculate over 2 crore vaccination people in the state. ....

Controversial self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving a life sentence in connection with a rape case in Jodhpur jail, was shifted to the AIIMS here on Wednesday after he complained of breathing issues owing to post-Covid complications. ....

Breaking silence over the drama in the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) following the coup ousting him as its President, Chirag Paswan on Wednesday said that he tried his best to keep the family and the party united but failed, and termed the way in which his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras was elected party leader "illegal". ....