
As India celebrated the festival of lights, 41,100 new coronavirus cases and 447 more deaths were recorded in the country in the last 24 hours on Sunday, taking the total tally to 88,14,579 and COVID-19 death toll to 1,29,635 respectively....

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 53.8 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,309,780, according to the Johns Hopkins University....

The Diwali festival turned gloomy for the kin of at least six youths who drowned in two incidents in Telangana, police said on Sunday. ...

The Delhi Fire Service received a total of 205 calls on Diwali night. One person was charred to death while another received injuries in a major fire....

As many as 3,997 persons succumbed to Covid-19 in Bengaluru since the pandemic broke in March first week....

A week after the Maharashtra Police raided and seized a car belonging to the wife of Kalaburagi Rural MLA Basavaraj Mattimud, the BJP leader rued that he had been made the target of political machinations by his opponents....

MMaharashtra's Covid-19 deaths remained on the higher side, while the recovery rate dropped marginally with an increase in the number of active cases for the first time in over a week, health officials said here on Saturday. ...

In wake of Kerala's beleaguered CPI-M state Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan relinquishing his position on medical grounds, the buzz is that he is "deeply pained" as he feels badly let down by the party in general and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in particular....

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government is under pressure to recognize Israel, insisting that Islamabad would never establish relations with the "Zionists"....

Karnataka BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has taken an oblique dig at his own party leaders who are rallying behind state BJP Vice President B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, stating that his party belongs to "karyakartas" (workers), not "dynasts"....