As a preventive measure against novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the railways on Tuesday increased prices of platform tickets from Rs 10 to Rs 50 for 250 stations in the country to minimise the footfalls at the stations. ...
In yet another ploy to delay hanging, wife of a Nirbhaya convict has filed for a divorce in a local court in Bihar's Aurangabad....
Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Tuesday announced that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has climbed to 16,169 with the death toll reaching 988, Xinhua reported....
A Delhi court on Tuesday pulled up the counsel for Nirbhaya rape convict Mukesh for making "false averments" and dismissed an application seeking quashing of death penalty. ...
BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday that rebel Congress MLAs lodged in Bengaluru have "openly" come out against the Kamal Nath government and that these MLAs have made it clear that they are not kept as captives in the Karnataka capital. ...
Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who was on Monday nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind, said on Tuesday that "his presence in the Parliament would be an opportunity to underscore the viewpoint of the judiciary before the legislature and vice-versa". ...
In an attempt to spread the importance of hygiene amid the coronavirus pandemic, star Indian athlete Hima Das has taken the #SafeHands challenge and urged the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, M.C. Mary Kom, Sania Mirza and Rani Rampal to take it forward....
Fintech major Paytm on Tuesday said it has witnessed a massive surge in digital payments as more people work from home, avoid venturing out and touching cash to stop the spread of coronavirus....
Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, on Tuesday again knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court claiming to be a juvenile. ...
Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, G C Murmu on Tuesday ordered transfers and new postings in the civil administration. Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, Secretary to the Government, Department of Food, Civil, Supplies and Consumer Affairs, was appointed as the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir....
