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Of the 2,115 cases, Chennai accounted for 1,322 and the state's total count of cases stood at 54,449 while the capital city's share in the aggregate number was 38,327.

In a statement, the Railways said on Friday that cover-sheets are also being placed over these coaches -- deployed in five states to work as Covid care centres -- to keep the interiors cool.

The defence minister's office is positively considering the invitation, the sources said.

Gandhi said her party and the entire opposition unitedly stood by the defence forces and were prepared to make any sacrifice to ensure they were battle ready.

According to police, the source of the infection is yet to be ascertained, but most likely he contracted it from an ACP-rank officer.

Hundreds of healthcare workers in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic outbreak began in March.

Those young people who worked hard, took the exam and had been waiting for the fruits of their hard work for a year, should get justice, Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the duty after conducting a probe on alleged dumping of the product by certain companies from these countries, following a complaint by domestic manufacturers.

Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev said in an order issued on Thursday that a web portal and dashboard will be developed for registration of NGOs, civil society organisations and individual volunteers for helping the district administration.

While chief minister BS Yediyurappa has said that the leaders who defected from the Congress and JD(S) to ensure the BJP formed the government must be given their due, long-time loyal legislators of the ruling party also want a taste of power by being inc...

The apex court had on Thursday stayed Rath Yatra, which was scheduled to begin on June 23, and all activities related to the festival, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the bulletin, 23,341 patients have recovered so far and there are 26,669 active cases in the national capital.

The Delhi CM said it is likely that the capital need more ICU beds in coming days. Arrangements are being made to increase ICU beds in the hospitals, he said after visiting the Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre in Chhatarpur to review COVID-19 preparations.

The order by the Union Health Ministry comes a day after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries and providing necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers involved in treating COVID-19...

Assam, Karnataka, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh are among the states which have sought extension of free food distribution to the poor and migrant labourers, Paswan said.

S Jaishankar said armies of the two sides do not use firearms as per provisions of two bilateral agreements sealed in 1996 and 2005.