West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with other artists, took up the brush on Tuesday and created paintings to express dissent against the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed NRC exercise.
Thermal screening of passengers for possible exposure to the deadly novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection will be extended to 20 airports from the existing seven, said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday and confirmed no case has been detected in India so far.
Actor-activist Dia Mirza has been accused of hypocrisy on social media after she broke down at Jaipur Literature Festival while speaking about climate change.
The talk from the "fringes of the ruling party" about the demographics of the Muslim population is just a way to 'demonise' a community, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee said here, asserting that there is no real fear of Muslim takeover in India.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today all but formally expelled close aide Prashant Kishor, who has been needling him on the citizenship law and openly targeting ally BJP in tweets.
The Bodo Peace Accord has fulfilled the aspirations of Bodos and non-Bodos living in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) and reaffirmed the territorial integrity of Assam, state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.
Written by Alok Pandey | Tuesday January 28, 2020, Mirzapur
The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn a controversial order that asked junior engineers from the state's PWD or Public Works Department to turn stray cattle catchers for a day.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Tuesday prevented by students from attending the Calcutta University's annual convocation ceremony at Nazrul Mancha, following which he left the premises.
Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday January 28, 2020, New Delhi
The Union government today summoned a senior official from the Pakistan High Commission to register its protest against the alleged abduction of a Hindu woman midway through her marriage ceremony at Hala city in the neighbouring country's Sindh province two days ago.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday lashed out at Pakistan for using "terror as a state policy" towards India rather than peacefully settling disputes through dialogue, and said it must take demonstrable steps against terror groups.
Edited by Maitree Baral | Tuesday January 28, 2020, New Delhi
This method, which is based on essential oils, can also reduce the risk of inducing drug resistance in the fungus and it can also counter those fungi that have developed resistance to conventional antifungal drugs.
Senior diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed as India's Ambassador to the US, replacing Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.
The common minimum programme (CMP) worked out by the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress when they formed the government in Maharashtra was signed by leaders of all three parties and it is not right to say just one party did so, NCP leader Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.
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