Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation on Covid ahead of the festive season. "Will be sharing a message with my fellow citizens at 6 pm this evening," he had tweeted earlier.
India has the largest number of COVID-19 recovered cases in the world and it stands second in terms of the number of tests conducted in any country, Union health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has decided to refrain from inviting any chief guest for the annual Vijaydashmi address by its Sarsanghchalak.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation today, his seventh since announcing a country-wide lockdown in March in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus.
Durga Puja 2020: It's that time of the year when we welcome Goddess Durga. Durga Puja starts on October 22 with Maha Shashti on Thursday, The goddess comes from Kailash Parvat - husband Lord Shiva's home - with her four children Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesha. Take a look at images and wishes you can Whatsapp, SMS or send as Facebook messages to your loved ones.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday October 20, 2020, New Delhi
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a sharp jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi just before his scheduled address to the nation, saying he must tell the country the date by which he will throw the "Chinese out of Indian territory".
Congress's Kamal Nath refused to apologise today for his "Item" remark targeting the BJP's Imarti Devi even after express disapproval of senior party leader Rahul Gandhi. "It is Rahul Gandhi's opinion," was his response when reporters asked about Mr Gandhi's comment on the escalating row.
Over 30 per cent of 1,064 candidates in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
China today said it has "taken note" of India's announcement that Australia will join the annual Malabar naval exercises along with the US and Japan, underlining that military cooperation should be "conducive" to regional peace and stability.
Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi | Tuesday October 20, 2020, New Delhi
Even with coronavirus safety rules in place, only government schools in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have resumed classes for a section of its students. Most private schools in these states remain shut after majority parents decided to wait till COVID-19 cases drop further. However, students seem happy to return to school with most saying it was "odd", but helped them study better.
Former principal secretary to the Chief Minister' Office (CMO), M Sivasankar, faked illness to get admitted to a hospital, the Customs department submitted before the High Court on Tuesday, challenging his anticipatory bail plea in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case.
Assets worth over Rs 22 crore, including a cinema hall and a hotel in Mumbai, of late gangster Iqbal Mirchi's family have been attached in connection with a money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday.
Australia will join three-way naval exercises involving the United States, Japan and India, in a move that could provoke concern from China, which has criticised similar joint drills in the past.
The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday sought Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's stand on a plea for starting a contempt proceeding against him for his failure to follow a court order to pay market rent for a government bungalow allocated to him as a former chief minister.
