
After almost 10 months of complete ban on opening of cinema halls amid Covid-19 pandemic, the central government on Sunday allowed these to be operated at 100% capacity from February 1, except in containment zones, while adhering to health safety protocols. ...

In his first remarks on the violence and vandalism on Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country was sad to "see the insult to the Tricolour"....

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to remove banners naming the top 10 criminals from all police stations. ...

Former AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala was on Sunday discharged from the state-run Victoria Hospital here on recovering from Covid-19 four days after she was released from prison on January 27. ...

Amid the coronavirus pandemic when the pace of manufacturing and services sector came to a grinding halt, agriculture and allied sectors in India have picked up pace as the country saw the strength of the farm sector....

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the United States topped 26 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University....

The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 102.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.21 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University....

All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for been incapable, incompetent and indifferent towards the plight of the Assamese people as he said that the state government used communal divide as a tool to polarise the voters in the state....

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Saturday raised concern over the Centre's three new farm laws, saying that the new legislation will adversely affect the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and weaken the mandi system....

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's close aide V.K. Sasikala Natarajan is likely to be discharged on Sunday from a hospital here, where she is undergoing treatment for Covid-19, an official bulletin said....