The Congress on Friday attacked the government over the plight of the migrant workers, saying fiscal injection for them is the need of the hour. The party has been demanding a second financial assistance package for some time now....
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 35,365 on Friday evening, with 1,755 cases and 77 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said....
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced the appointment of J. Radhakrishan, Principal Secretary/Commissioner, Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation, Chennai as the Special Nodal Officer for Greater Chennai Corporation for Covid-19 matters relating to Chennai. ...
A North Korea defector elected as a lawmaker in South Korea on Friday claimed he was "99 per cent" sure that Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un died after surgery amid rising speculation over his health, according to a media report....
It was the time they have been waiting for quite a while: kids, women, youth and men all were seen in a cheerful mood as they stood in a queue to enter the Aluva station to board a non-stop train to Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar. ...
The Delhi Police on Friday filed a chargesheet against Shahrukh Pathan, who had fired at head constable Deepak Dahiya and others during the violence in Delhis northeast area in February this year....
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday wrote to the Director Generals of Police of West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh in two separate matters where women were subjected to violence. ...
For the first time in almost a week, Andhra Pradesh saw a noticeable decrease in coronavirus cases over a 24-hour span. On Friday morning, the state nodal officer reported that 61 positive cases were detected. However, the good news was overshadowed by the news of 2 deaths - taking the death toll to 33 in the state....
The Election Commission on Friday announced to hold polls to nine legislative council seats in Maharashtra on May 21, giving Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray an opportunity to become an MLC within the six-month deadline for being elected to either Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad....
Researchers from the University of Washington have estimated that 14.4 million workers face exposure to COVID-19 infection once a week and 26.7 million at least once a month at the workplace....
