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There are7,83,311 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, comprising 10.45 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.52 per cent.

Ajmal Foundation’s Super 40 program started with a science topper in board exams (2018) and later prepared students for medical and engineering exams.

The body of a chartered accountant who had gone missing from his house here on October 11 has been found on the railway tracks, the police said on Saturday. The body of Sagar Deshpande (38) was found between Titwala and Khadavali railway stations on Oct...

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed that the flood-hit families be identified and handed over the kits at their doorstep. The minister asked GHMC officials to take up special sanitation drive to contain the spread of water and vector borne dis...

A rare citywide power outage paralysed Mumbai on October 12, halting suburban train services, trapping people in lifts and disrupting work-from-home adopted by millions during the ongoing pandemic.

Bhalla, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was in August 2019 appointed as the Home Secretary. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in service of Bhalla as Home Secretary beyond the date of his superannuatio...

The ED was probing the allegation that Hussain and his linked persons laundered about Rs 1.10 crore by using purported shell or dummy companies to fuel protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the riots.

Kaur, who had threatened to stage a sit-in protest with her son outside state secretariat Nabanna from Saturday to seek Singh's release, thanked the media and the administration in West Bengal for the 'positive developments'.

A 45-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly cheating people after promising them help in obtaining loans, police said. Rekha Raikwar collected "fees" between Rs 5000 to Rs 25,000 from people with the promise...

The bodies of four people who went missing during a swim in Narmada river in Lachora in Madhya Pradesh's Harda district were fished out on Saturday by a rescue team comprising State Disaster Response Force personnel, an official said. The men, in the 22...

With 2,880 fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally of Uttar Pradesh climbed to 4,52,660 on Saturday. A total of 4,11,611 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals after treatment, including 3,528 in the last 24 hours, Additional Chief Secretary, Hea...

Bangkok (AP) The authorities in Bangkok shut down mass transit systems and set up roadblocks Saturday as Thailand's capital braced for a fourth straight day of determined anti-government protests. The protesters have been doing their best to elude the...

The plan, which is still in the draft stage, aims to cover 23% of the population in the first phase. The final plan is likely to be ready by end October-November.

These are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: French teacher beheaded for showing Prophet Mohammed cartoon in class; 12-year-old boy and elderly woman killed in fire at residential building in Kolkata; rapid antigen tests in place as Sabarimal...

V K Jayarajan Potti was on Saturday appointed 'Melsanthi'(Chief Priest) of the Lord Ayyappa temple here for one year from November 16, when the Mandala Puja season commences. Raji Kumar M N Namboothiri was selected as Chief Priest of the adjoining Mal...

To hold Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 safely, the Election Commission has reportedly arranged more than seven lakh hand sanitiser units, about 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh units of faces-shields, 23 lakh pairs of hand gloves.