Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday August 12, 2020, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
A day after after a 20-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, who was studying at a prestigious university in the United States, died in a road accident in UP after alleged harassment, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed on Tuesday night amid widespread anger over the death.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed on the need to increase coronavirus testing in Gujarat in view of the "high positivity rate" prevailing in the state.
Coronavirus India Live Updates: India has logged 53,601 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours with 871 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning. The total number of cases in the country has now shot up to 22,68,675 with 45,257 deaths.
The United Nations stands ready to provide humanitarian support to the most vulnerable and affected communities in India, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General has said amid heavy monsoon in the region.
Three Delhi Police personnel along with five others have been arrested for allegedly trying to rob a businessman at gunpoint in south Delhi's Mahipalpur area, officials said on Tuesday.
Three people died as violence broke out in the eastern part of Bengaluru on Tuesday night over a Facebook message posted allegedly by a relative of a Congress MLA. The person who allegedly posted the message has been arrested. 110 people have been arrested for violence, stone-throwing and assault on police personnel.
Maharashtra minister and independent MLA Shankarrao Gadakh on Tuesday joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Chief Minister and party president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence.
The Delhi Police Tuesday advised invitees for the Independence Day function at the Red Fort here to refrain from attending it if they experienced any COVID-19 symptom within two weeks before the event and haven't got tested.
Over 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad after the government launched the "Vande Bharat" evacuation mission on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
ANI | Wednesday August 12, 2020, Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh)
Two persons were arrested for allegedly killing former BJP district president Sanjay Khokhar while police are searching for the remaining accused, senior police official HC Awasthi said.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Tuesday the Punjabi attitude of ''koyi gal nahin'' was causing people to delay their COVID-19 testing until it became inevitable, warning them it could prove detrimental in some cases.
Congress legislators in the Ashok Gehlot camp on Tuesday expressed their "annoyance" on the return of Sachin Pilot and other dissident MLAs, a senior party leader said.
Vaishnav scholar and "Sattradhikar" of Majuli's ''Natun Kamlabari Satra'', Narayan Chandra Goswami, died at a hospital in Assam on Tuesday after suffering from a prolonged illness, sources in the medical establishment said.
