
The by-election to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat which is to take place alongside the Tamil Nadu assembly polls is expected to generate a high voltage campaign with a galaxy of senior BJP leaders flying down to Kanyakumari for campaigning. ...

The Customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport on Thursday seized 2.41 kg gold, valued at around Rs 1.10 crore, from a woman passenger who had concealed the yellow metal in her undergarments....

The health authorities in Denmark said on Thursday that they are temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab, including one who died, digital news publisher The Local reported....
The dream of the late Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to help a deaf-mute girl -- who had strayed into Pakistan some 20 years ago -- reunite with her family, was finally fulfilled here last week....

A day after CPI-M candidates hit the campaign trail, the first feedback that they seem to have got was the wrong stand that the Pinarayi Vijayan government took with regards to the famed Sabarimala temple. This was evident when state Devasom Minister Kadakampally Surendran extended an open apology for the way things went out...

On the 50th day US President Joe Biden has been in office, Congress gave him two victories: the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package that was fought for and the confirmation of a key member of his cabinet, Attorney General Merrick Garland....

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured during her campaigning in Nandigram, was seen with a plastered leg lying in a Kolkata hospital after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is also her nephew, shared the picture on Twitter....

India on Thursday recorded close to 23,000 new Covid-19 cases in a single day, the highest in the past two and half months and around 5,000 more than previous day's. ...

K.K. Shailaja's fortunes turned golden, after Nipah struck Kozhikode a few years back. The way she handled that crisis catapulted her to where she stands now seen as 'crisis slayer'....

Puducherry LG Tamilisai Soundararajan has cleared all the pending projects which were held up her predecessor Kiran Bedi including the grant-in-aid (GIA) to 33 schools for the payment of salaries and pension of around 800 staff members and 300 pensioners....