
In an anti-climax to his much expected political plunge, actor Rajinikanth on Tuesday announced his decision to back out citing his health condition....

Two-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar's wife Shailja died of a heart attack early Tuesday in a hospital. She was earlier diagnosed with coronavirus, doctors said. She was undergoing treatment along with her husband and family members in Tanda Medical College in Kangra district. ...
The son of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Pradeep Jain Aditya, has sent a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI), alleging that his father has been 'illegally confined' at his own house in Jhansi by Uttar Pradesh Police since December 25....

India on Monday logged 16,432 fresh Covid-19 infections which is 500 less than what it recorded in the past six months and 8,000 less than the number of recoveries in the past 24 hours....

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday gave his assent for the state sticking to the earlier decision to partially reopen schools from January 1, 2021 onwards....

The Assam government introduced Bills in the Assembly on Monday to shut over 600 madrasas run by it, which was strongly opposed by the opposition Congress and AIUDF....

Karnataka Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Siddaramaiah on Monday said the Congress can grow only if its workers have commitment towards the party's ideological principles like social justice, universal brotherhood and various other things the party had stood for all these years....

Two days after the farmers' unions expressed that they are ready to hold talks with the government again over the three agricultural laws, the government, while accepting their proposal, has fixed December 30 for the fresh talks....

Despite the declining trend in new Covid-19 cases, the Central government on Monday extended, till January 31 next year, the safety guidelines directing states and Union Territories (UTs) to maintain surveillance and follow containment measures set earlier. ...

Less than a week after the US Senate unanimously passed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) of 2020 despite China's protest, President Donald Trump has signed it into law, a decision that strengthened the American policy on Tibet and reaffirmed the government's steadfast support for the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Adm...