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Delhi AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar was on Wednesday booked for meeting Hathras victim's family even after being tested positive for coronavirus in violation of the COVID-19 protocol, police said. The FIR was registered against the Kondli MLA under the Epidemi...

The chief development officer of Bhadohi district administration died of COVID-19 in a Lucknow hospital on Wednesday, said officials. Bhadohi CDO Vivek Tripathi had recently been tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment in a ho...

A case has been registered against a godown owner and manager for allegedly storing hazardous chemicals without a valid licence in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday. During a raid at Deshmukh Warehousing Pvt Ltd in...

Berlin (AP) A Russian man accused of the downtown Berlin daylight murder of a Georgian on Moscow's orders was going on trial Wednesday, in a case that has contributed to growing friction between Germany and Russia. Vadim K., alias Vadim S., is accused o...

President Donald Trump, still being treated for COVID19, on Tuesday broke off talks with Democrats on an economic aid package for his pandemichit country and drew rebukes from Facebook and Twitter for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

Washington, Oct 6 (AP) The Food and Drug Administration laid out updated safety standards Tuesday for makers of COVID-19 vaccines after the White House blocked their formal release, the latest political tug-of-war between the Trump administration and the...

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Centre to issue guidelines to the varsities and other such institutions to charge only tuition fees, that too in installments, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The plea b...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his family members, including his minister son Aaditya Thackeray, underwent a health check-up on Tuesday as part of the state government's 'My Family, My Responsibility' campaign to check the spread of COV...

Ahmedabad (PT) Ahmedabad district on Tuesday reported 187 new coronavirus positive cases, taking its total count of infections to 37,997, Gujarat health department said. With three patients succumbing to the infection in Ahmedabad city, the overall toll...

Under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, an apex council was formed with the Union Jal Shakti minister as the chairman and the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as its members.

Last November , authorities at the Delhi airport had detained debtridden Hanung Toys' promoter Ashok Kumar Bansal and his wife Anju Bansal, following a lookout circular issued by the Punjab National Bank (PNB).

The agency said exchief financial officer Anil Khandelwal and exinternal auditor Naresh Jain were arrested under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

A suggestion was put forth before the Supreme Court that full minimum support price (MSP) should be paid only after ascertaining that farmer has not burnt crop residue which is a key contributor in rising pollution in Delhi-NCR.

A man was arrested for allegedly duping a private bank to the tune of Rs 97 lakh by obtaining multiple loans using fake documents, police said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Rajesh Sharma, used fake IDs to obtain multiple loans from the bank, t...

The family has accused the chairman of Titagarh municipality Prashanta Chowdhury and Uttam Das, chairman of Barrackpore municipality along with seven others of the killing.

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar registered 247 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the district's infection tally to 14,163, official data showed. The district's active cases count rose to 1,434 from 1,345 on Monday even as 158 more patients were d...