Over two dozen people suffered burn injuries after they were attacked with acid by a group following a dispute over collecting water from a hand pump in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi. Six of the accused have been arrested....
Out of the total 33,10,234 cases, 7,25,991 are active cases; 25,23,771 people have recovered from the deadly virus while a total of 60,472 have died due to the pandemic, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said....
The total number of Covid-19 patients in Tamil Nadu continues to be over 52,000 after factoring in new infections, the dead and cured patients....
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a new high of 14,888 Covid-19 cases - a day after the state crossed the 7 lakh mark, while the toll shot past the 23,000 mark, health officials said. ...
With 81 fresh fatalities due to Covid-19, Andhra Pradesh's death toll rose to 3,541 on Wednesday....
The Congress has said that the opposition Chief Ministers, who attended a virtual meeting held by Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, have decided to move the Supreme Court against the decision of the Central government to go ahead with the NEET-JEE amid the Covid-19 pandemic and flood situation in certain states....
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that it has arrested four more persons in connection with the ongoing Kerala gold smuggling case probe....
With just days to go for the NEET and JEE exams being conducted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday asked Advocate General Atul Nanda to coordinate with his counterparts in other Opposition-ruled states for filing a collective review petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a deferment....
Interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, during a virtual meeting with six Chief Ministers, including West Bengal's Mamata Banrjee and Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray, on Wednesday termed the compulsory GST compensation not being paid to the states as "betrayal" on the part of the Narendra Modi government....
An Australian-developed Covid-19 vaccine has shown promising results in pre-clinical testing, raising hopes for its potential effectiveness and manufacturability. ...
