In view of the uncertain conditions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and the feedback obtained from the various stakeholders, the CBSE Class XII board exams for 2021 were cancelled on Tuesday. ....

Even as a private jet from Qatar landed in Dominica with documents related to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, wanted in the PNB loan fraud case, sources on Tuesday said members of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and Ministry of External Affairs are camping in the island nation. ....

Amid rising cases of black fungus, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the government for not providing proper treatment to patients suffering from the disease. ....

Two people were killed and seven injured when a dilapidated building collapsed in the Kashi Vishwanath complex early morning on Tuesday. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government, on Tuesday, launched 'Mission June' the biggest Covid vaccination drive planned anywhere in the country. ....

Senior Samajwadi Party MP, Mohd Azam Khan, has tested negative for Covid-19 but he continues to be on oxygen support in the Lucknow Medanta hospital. ....

India reported 1,27,510 new infections in 24 hours -- its lowest in 50 days, as 2,795 more succumbed to the pandemic, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Tuesday. ....

A minor priest, aged about 15 years, has been found hanging inside a temple here. ....

The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (Forda) has given a call for observing June 1 as a 'Black Day' to protest Ramdev's remarks against allopathic medicines and its practitioners. The nationwide protests are aimed at condemning the “derogatory and distasteful statements” made by the Yoga guru, Forda said, adding that the protests will take place "without hampering the patient care..." ....

The Allahabad High Court has extended all its interim orders passed by all the district courts, tribunals, over which it has power of superintendence till August 2. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has removed state Excise Commissioner R. Guruprasad, following the Aligarh hooch tragedy that has claimed 36 lives so far. ....

Former Law Minister Ram Jethmalani's son Mahesh Jethmalani has been nominated for the Rajya Sabha seat vacated following the death of MP Raghunath Mohapatra last month. ....

The J&K police along with the security forces have recovered huge quantity of explosive materials and ammunition in three separate operations, officials said on Monday. ....

Maharashtra's Covid-19 daily deaths dropped below the 200 level for the first time since April and infections continued to slide down even as the state toll crossed the 95,000 mark, health officials said on Monday. ....

Even as a court in Dominica is scheduled to hear the matter of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Wednesday after he was caught from the Caribbean island nation on May 26, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has claimed that Choksi may have taken his girlfriend to Dominica on a romantic trip before getting caught. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took a dig at Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar over his comment on the vaccination issue, saying his government's aim is to "save lives, not vaccines". ....

Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj, Devendra Pratap Singh, died following a massive heart attack here on Monday morning. He was 59. ....

In a relief of sorts, from May 5, India has apparently halted the contentious doles and exports of vaccines which has erupted into a massive political furore across the country, as per an RTI reply released here on Monday. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre to give reasons if the government is departing from the decision taken last year, amid the Covid pandemic, in connection with the class XII board exams. The top court suggested that the policy adopted last year can also be adopted this year. ....

The monoclonal antibodies treatment therapy which was used in Covid treatment of former US President Donald Trump and is now known as Trump Cocktail therapy, is now available in two private hospitals of the city. ....