A 40-year-old farm labourer was found dead midway while walking from Pune to his native village around 400 km away in Parbhani district in Maharashtra, police said here on Wednesday. ...

Two areas of Zamrudpur and Dakshin Puri in the South District of the national capital have been marked as containment zones, according to the authorities on Wednesday....

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday that more than 39.6 per cent of the confirmed Covid-19 cases have recovered, which is a reminder that the disease is curable and the clinical management protocols adopted by India are effective....

A 43-year-old man from Bengaluru Urban succumbed to Covid-19, even as 67 new positive cases raised Karnataka's tally to 1,462, an official said on Wednesday....

The number of persons who tested positive for Coronavirus over the past 24 hours in Tamil Nadu touched a new high of 743, taking the total tally to 13,191 persons, the State Health Department said on Wednesday. ...

Severe cyclonic storm Amphan made a landfall in West Bengal on Wednesday afternoon, with Kolkata and its nearby areas witnessing high-speed winds exceeding 100 kmph accompanied by heavy rains. The cyclone is said to be one of the worst to form over the Bay of Bengal in many years. ...
The libraries come in different shapes and sizes across the world. But the one laying beneath a temple at the Bhadariya village of the Thar Desert region in Rajasthan is unique in its own way. ...

Sources close to developments have revealed that Islamic evangelist and zealot Zakir Naik, one of the most wanted Indian fugitives, who is currently based in Malaysia, continues to be engaged in propagation of radical Islamic activities and collection of funds from his wealthy contacts in the Gulf region to support his activities....

Cyclone Amphan caused havoc in the coastal districts of Odisha as it triggered heavy rainfall, coupled with high-velocity winds while moving towards the West Bengal on Wednesday. ...
he Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday allowed to conduct the pending board examinations for Class X and XII by exempting them from the lockdown measures, subject to five conditions....