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. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday directed all senior officers to work in close co-ordination with states to ensure the safe evacuation of people from high-risk areas in the wake of cyclone Yaas and instructed all concerned departments to ensure timely evacuation of those involved in off-shore activities. ....

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab President Bhagwant Mann and Delhi legislator Raghav Chadha on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to resume talks with the farmers' leaders who are opposing the three farm laws for the last six months. ....

In relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given him a clean chit in connection with a bribery case involving DLF. ....

Sonali Guha, the turncoat Trinamool Congress leader, who switched to the saffron camp just before the Assembly polls in West Bengal, has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing her willingness to return to her old party. ....

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Saturday announced lockdown for a week starting from May 24 further tightening some of the relaxations to break the chain of coronavirus infection. ....

A soldier committed suicide on Saturday by handing himself inside the Air Force station in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district. ....

The Mamata Banerjee government imposed a 'nearly lockdown condition' in the state on May 16 for 15 days and after seven days the restriction imposed in West Bengal have started showing signs of improvement. ....

Trouble has started over the manner in which Kerala Higher Education Minister R. Bindhu was sworn in by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Thursday, taking oath as Professor R. Bindhu. ....

India has so far reported approximately cases of 8,848 mucormycosis or black fungus, one of the rapidly spreading infections observed in those recovering from Covid-19. ....

To reduce uncertainty among students, the Central government will take a decision on Sunday over proposals for the conduct of exams for Class 12th and entrance examinations for professional courses. ....

With more than 20.66 lakh tests conducted in the last 24 hours, India has again set a new record of highest tests conducted in a day. ....

Karnataka which took nearly six months to breach the 4,000 death-mark in the state during first wave of Covid last year, India's tech hub - Bengaluru - broke this dubious record within just 20 days since May 1, which proves that the second wave of Covid is deadlier than the first one that had gripped the state last year since mid-March. ....

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the BJP government saying due to the mismanagement of Modi system there is now an epidemic of black fungus along with Covid infections in India. ....