India's tech hub witnessed an optical phenomenon - Sun Halo or a rainbow-coloured ring around the sun across Bengaluru on Monday, which brightened up the day with several people on social media sharing pictures and funny captions with it. ....

With the 'black fungus' identified in Covid patients, followed by a 'white' variant and now 'yellow', AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Monday advised that mucormycosis should be identified by its name, rather than by its colour. ....

Amid shortage of vaccines, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the government saying it is not "serious" about it. ....

Delhi Police Special Cell has sent a notice to micro-blogging site Twitter over the alleged toolkit row, sources said on Monday. ....

A police constable, Vinod Kumar, who is also a frontline Covid warrior posted at a vaccination centre in Fazilpur village, has set an example while performing his duty during the Covid-19 crisis. ....

Several leaders of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), claimed they have been put under house arrest, by the police in Andhra Pradesh on Monday. ....

The Jammu and Kashmir government declared black fungus as an epidemic on Monday under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. ....

Noted classical vocalist and Padma Vibhushan awardee, Pandit Chhannulal Mishra has said that he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath to seek justice for his daughter who died, allegedly due to negligence, at a private hospital on May 1. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has set up a three-member committee to probe the veracity of documents in the Barabanki mosque case that was razed by the district administration last week. ....

The deep depression over east central Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary during past six hours and has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Yaas' (pronounced as 'Yass') on Monday. ....

All is not well within the NDA in Bihar with alliance partner Jitan Ram Manjhi slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his photographs on vaccination certificates. ....

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday attacked the Nitish Kumar government over the decline in number of health centres in Bihar in its 16-year-stint so far, compared to the numbers under the Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi governments of 15 years. ....

The Rajasthan government on Sunday extended the ongoing lockdown by 15 days to June 8, with more strict rules, including extending the 'week-end' curfew from Friday to Monday, as against only Saturday and Sunday earlier. ....

With a more strict week-long lockdown set to be implemented from Monday, several parts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday witnessed panic buying with people thronging shops and markets selling provisions and meat. ....

The Assam Police launched a massive search operation on Sunday to trace around 500 people who fled from the state's Jagiroad railway station, skipping the mandatory Covid test, officials said. ....

The Assam Police launched a massive search operation on Sunday to trace around 500 people who fled from the state's Jagiroad railway station, skipping the mandatory Covid test, officials said. ....

Exactly a week after the devastating Cyclone Tauktae struck Maharashtra, a total of 86 bodies have been recovered from the Arabian Sea, including 70 from the two vessels that sank near Bombay High Fields, an official said here on Sunday. ....

Maharashtra's Covid-19 daily deaths shot up to a new record high and the state toll zoomed above 88,000 but new infections dropped and remained below the 30,000 level, health officials said on Sunday. ....

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asked yoga guru Ramdev to withdraw derogatory remarks he allegedly made against allopathy. ....

After Sonali Guha, more BJP leaders who left Trianmool Congress before the election, expressed their willingness to return to their previous party and former MLA Amal Acharya and Trinamool leader from Malda Shyamali Murmu are some of them. Though the party is yet to clear their stand on these turncoats but BJP already said that it would not affect the performance of the party in the state. ....