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Amid rising cases of the coronavirus in Rajasthan, the state government on Friday asked private hospitals located at six district headquarters to reserve 30 per cent beds for COVID-19 patients. Principal Secretary for Health Akhil Arora issued an order...

The decision to reopen the schools was taken by the government following a high-level meeting, chaired by the education minister, on Thursday.

Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday hit out at the Congress and other opposition parties at the Centre for opposing the farm sector bills that were passed in the Parliament. He said the Congress's stand on the issue was nothing but "doubl...

The Indian side also told the Chinese delegation that the talks on disengagement should include Depsang as well as all face-off sites, insisting that it should be a simultaneous process and not a selective one, they said.

The death toll from the coronavirus could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday.

With the addition of 1,468 fresh infections on Friday, the COVID-19 caseload in Maharashtra's Nashik district has risen to 70,297, an official said. Apart from this, 26 patients died of the infection in the district, taking the toll to 1,275, the offici...

A senior official in the Ministry of External Affairs said it was unfortunate that a country that perpetrated terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008, in Pathankot in 2016, in Uri and in Pulwama was "now preaching to the world community".

The Delhi Police said that Pradeep Kumar (57), who was the regional head of Delhi Region and controlled business of northern and eastern areas, and Anjani Kumar Verma (48), a former assistant vice president RMG- Corporate Credit Group at Janpath Branch, h...

A court here on Friday sentenced a man to seven-year imprisonment for killing a protester during an agitation two years ago. The additional district sessions judge, Om Veer Singh, also imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on the accused after finding him guilty...

The conditions include provision of Non-touch infrared Thermometers/ Thermal screening at entrance of bar, maintaining proper queue management and hygiene conditions, crowd management in parking lots and provision for hand sanitizer.

Uttar Pradesh reported 4,519 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the infection tally to 3,78,533, while 84 more deaths pushed the toll to 5,450, officials said. Lucknow, the state capital, reported the maximum number of fresh cases and deaths.

Voting for the Bihar assembly elections will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7 and counting of votes will be on November 10, the poll panel announced earlier in the day.

The NEP approved by the Union Cabinet in July replaces the 34-year-old National Policy on Education framed in 1986 and is aimed at paving the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpow...

The child had been unwell for the past one week and when the parents asked the perpetrator for some money for treatment, they were brutally beaten up.

From the President of India Ram Nath Kovind to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, politicians have poured in rich tributes to SP Balasubrahmanyam.

Announcing the poll schedule for the 243-member Bihar assembly, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that it will be one of the biggest elections globally to be held during the prevailing Covid-19 situation.