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.
The Nitish Kumar government should demand that the Centre declare Bihar floods as "national calamity", as it is not enough for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold an interaction with chief ministers of states hit by deluge, former Union minister Yashwant Sinha said on Tuesday.
A BSF constable and a policeman jumped in river at Baramulla and saved a child who had got trapped due to a sudden increase in the water level on Monday, BSF said on Tuesday.
The Income Tax Department has conducted raids against some Chinese individuals and their local associates for allegedly running an estimated Rs 1,000 crore worth money laundering racket using shell or dubious firms, the Central Board of Direct Taxation said today.
As former President Pranab Mukherjee remained critical after undergoing brain surgery, people of Kirnahar area in West Bengal's Birbhum district, his ancestral place, have started a 72-hour yajna from Tuesday for his speedy recovery.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that it appears that the Congress government in Rajasthan is safe but said there is a possibility that drama might again erupt between former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Led by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, leaders across political spectrum on Tuesday condoled the death of noted Urdu poet Rahat Indori and paid rich tributes to him.
