
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram, is likely to contest from Bhawanipur....

Former editor-in-chief of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal was on Friday acquitted of rape charges, filed by a junior colleage who had alleged that the senior journalist had sexually assaulted her in a five-star resort in Goa in 2013....
A man, who lost his job in the second wave of coronavirus, abandoned his wife at Bihar's Buxar railway station on Thursday, police said....

Only 24 hours after recording less than 4,000 deaths, India on Friday once gain breached the grim milestone as daily fatalities due to Covid-19 rose to 4,209, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, even as new cases dropped to its lowest at 2,59,551 in exactly a month....

Continuing its reverse trend, new Covid cases in Karnataka declined to 28,86 and recoveries rose to 52,257 while deaths shot up to 548 in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday....

Zafaryab Jilani, secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), well known layer and former additional advocate general of Uttar Pradesh has been hospitalised after he suffered brain haemorrhage. ...

Indian Army chief General M.M. Naravane reviewed operational preparedness of the force along the border with China in Arunachal Pradesh region. The Army chief also reviewed security situation in the hinterland of North East states....

Warning that the drop in Covid-19 cases in Delhi should not be taken as a signal to relax vigilance, the Delhi High Court on Thursday said the authorities concerned should take steps to create a buffer stock of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in the city. ...
Many parts of Chennai on Thursday experienced moderate to heavy rainfall with thunder clouds looming large over the city, even as the Meteorological Department said that Tamil Nadu will experience scattered rainfall till May 22. ...

The second Covid wave is wreaking havoc in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. Just 30 minutes drive from Delhi, a village in Ghaziabad has lost up to 100 people due to Covid like symptoms in just over a month....