
Police in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Thursday booked a case against former union minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju in connection with an incident at Ramateertham temple....

An intense cold wave condition continued to prevail across Odisha in the past 24 hours with the mercury plummeting to 10 degrees Celsius at 12 places, the IMD said on Thursday....

India on Thursday achieved a new milestone in the fight against Covid pandemic as over 60 per cent of the total eligible population is now vaccinated with both doses of vaccines, said the government....

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 9,259,813 as of Wednesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said....

A notorious gangster was arrested by the police after a brief exchange of fire in the national capital, an official said here on Thursday. ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) spoke with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and reviewed the latest developments regarding Afghanistan....

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 217 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico at 23:22 GMT on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said....

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 277.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.37 million and vaccinations to over 8.79 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. ...

A crucial party meeting of the ruling CPI-M is being held here on Thursday and perhaps for the first time, things do not appear rosy for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with murmurs in the party against his style of functioning....

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested 11 more persons, including businessmen and Pearls Group employees in connection with Rs 60,000 crore Pearls Ponzi Scheme case....