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Some religious places, such as Tarapith and Kalighat temples, however, continue to remain out of bounds, as the authorities there have sought more time to put in place necessary safety measures.

We demand a clarification on under whose pressure the committee reported those deaths as non-COVID-19, he said.

On May 13, Rs 2,000 crore were released from the PM CARES fund in order to purchase 50,000 ventilators for the country, said Mishra.

Union Minister Jitednra Singh also complimented the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances on reaching the milestone of redressing over one lakh coronavirus-related public grievances so far.

CM Palaniswami said only essential services will be allowed with restrictions, besides full-scale shutdown without any relaxations on two Sundays (June 21 and 28).

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) states in its report that both India and China increased their nuclear arsenals in 2019. While China has a total of 320 warheads in its arsenal, Pakistan and India are estimated to have 160 and...

India's average temperature has risen by around 0.7 degree Celsius during 1901-2018, largely on account of Green House Gases-induced warming, states the report by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

These districts include- Agra, Firozabad, Meerut, Bulandshehar, Basti, Jhansi, Moradabad, Kanpur City, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad and Aligarh.

Several parents have launched an online campaign hashtagged 'studentlivesmatter', 'livesoverexams' and 'cancelboardexams'. Four of them have filed a petition in the Supreme Court, urging it to cancel the board exams in the wake of the coronavirus disease,...

Delhi recorded 2,224 fresh coronavirus cases in the highest single-day spike, taking the tally to over 41,000, while the death toll due to the disease mounted to 1,327 on Sunday.

Of the total 275 lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Saturday, all 258 lawmakers present in the house voted in favour of the Constitution amendment bill.

Officials from the Directorate of Public Health visited the Greater Chennai Corporation office on Tuesday and found the death register noting over 200 deaths unaccounted in the health department's tally.

This is the third day in a row that there were more than 10,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in India, which is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic.

However, amid the adulation, there is a growing concern for the state government over the huge spike in number of cases since the reopening of the inter-state borders and the new cases with no travel history or primary or secondary contacts of existing pa...

Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Service, said a call about the fire on the first floor of the building was received at 5.35 am and 11 fire tenders were rushed.

The examinations would now be held from August 18 to 28. These examinations were scheduled to be conducted from July 6 to July 16.