Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded the contributions made by the Indian diaspora community to aid the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. ....

The eight round of talks between the protesting farmers and the government on Friday failed to break the stalemate, and the next meeting will be held on January 15. ....

The Central government on Friday said that a total of 82 persons have been detected with the new 'more transmissible' UK coronavirus mutant strain. They have been kept in physical isolation in health facilities. ....

The opposition members in the Kerala Assembly boycotted Governor Arif Mohammad Khan's 'policy address' and walked out on Friday, the first day of the Budget session, and later sat on a 'dharna' at the Assembly's entry gate. ....

The farmers' agitation against the farm laws entered the 44th day on Friday with the groups showing no signs of budging from their stand ahead of the eighth round of talks with the government slated to take place later in the day. ....

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has advocated that reservation for all castes should be on the basis of their population. ....

With 18,139 new coronavirus infections and 234 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's overall tally stood at 1,04,13,417, while the death toll touched 1,50,570, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. ....

In another incident in Badaun district, a 15-year-old girl was forcibly taken to a house and raped allegedly by her neighbour while his cousin stood guard outside. ....

Satyanand, the main accused in the Badaun gangrape and murder case, landed in police net, late on Thursday night, almost four days after a 50-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and abandoned outside her home at a village in Badaun district. ....

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who is on a visit to Delhi, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. During the meeting Sawant informed Shah about various development projects being run by the Goa government in the state. The Home Minister also assured him of all possible help from the Centre for the betterment of the state. ....

Amid the ongoing agitation by the farmers against the three Central farm laws, the Youth Congress has planned to pay nationwide tribute to the farmers who had lost their lives during the protests under the programme 'Ek Diya Shaheedo Ke Naam' at 6 pm on Friday. ....

A day ahead of the next round of talks with the Union government, thousands of farmers protesting on the Delhi borders organised a 'tractor march' on Thursday amid tight security, describing the event as a "rehearsal" for a similar roadshow proposed on January 26 to oppose the three new Central farm laws. ....

The JEE Advanced 2021 will be conducted in computer-based test mode on July 3 by IIT-Kharagpur in English and Hindi languages, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said on Thursday. ....

The much-anticipated inoculation programme against Covid-19 in the country is expected to begin by January 12, government sources told IANS. ....

In a significant move, the Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) has made it mandatory for all intermediate colleges to implement reservations in admissions from the academic year 2020-21, which will begin from January 18 after the delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. ....

Karnataka Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar on Wednesday said that the state will hold the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Board Examination (Class 10) for the 2020-21 academic year in the first week of June while the board examination of Pre-University Course (PUC II/Class 12) will be held in the second week of May. ....

The Hyderabad police on Wednesday arrested Andhra Pradesh ex-minister Bhooma Akhila Priya for the kidnapping of former badminton player Praveen Rao and his two brothers in a land dispute. ....

Rahul Gandhi is only a Congress MP and does not hold any party post as he had already stepped down as its President after the 2019 Lok Sabha debacle - the second in a row for his party. But whenever he goes out of the country on a personal trip, he ends up being trolled by the opposition while questions are raised by his critics in the party -- though they do not express these publicly. ....

India and France will hold their annual Strategic Dialogue on 7 January 2021 in New Delhi. Shri Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor will lead the Indian delegation while the French delegation will be led by Mr. Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to the French President. ....

Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Wednesday said the state government has decided to reopen all government, semi-government and private schools from January 7. ....