Expressing his concern over the growing number of Covid cases in some districts of the northeastern states during an interaction with the Chief Ministers of the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed on the need to catch these signals and take strict actions at the micro level. ...
Schools and coaching institutes will reopen partially in the city from July 19, the UT administration said on Tuesday. Also, the famed Rock Garden and museums will also be allowed to resume operations....
Protesting against Speaker Biman Banerjee's decision to nominate Mukul Roy as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, BJP MLAs in West Bengal resigned from all the eight standing committees of the assembly. The BJP legislative party members later met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar....
The Madras High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by BJP's Tamil Nadu General Secretary, K. Nagarajan, against setting up of the Justice A.K. Rajan Committee to study the impact of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on students, especially from the socially and economically backward classes....
Noting that the world has been witnessing the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, NITI Aayog member V.K. Paul on Tuesday appealed to Indians to join hands to avoid its spread in India, warning that a "majority of cases will be reported if the next wave comes". ...
Believing that he commands respect in the opposition too, Congress' 'defiant' leader and former Cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu on Tuesday said Punjab's opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has always recognised his "vision and work" for Punjab, raising speculation that he may join Arvind Kejriwal's party....
With advancement into remaining parts of the country including Delhi, the remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, the southwest monsoon has covered entire country as on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said....
The Congress on Tuesday asked Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to immediately intervene in the issue of garments major Kitex Group, which has already entered into a deal with the Telangana government to set up its unit there, after expressing displeasure over the way it was treated in Kerala. ...
Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud has said that criminal laws, including the anti-terror law, should not be misused for quelling dissent and courts must act as first line of defence against deprivation of liberty. ...
The Congress led UDF opposition in Kerala on Tuesday demanded the immediate setting up of a Covid Disaster Relief Commission....
