There is no science behind night curfews when it comes to tackling the spread of Covid variants, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has stressed. ....

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted extremely heavy rains in one or two areas of Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district in the next couple of days. ....

School children in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district were reportedly made to take a pledge to make India a 'Hindu Rashtra'. ....

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttarakhand scheduled early next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 23 projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore in the Himalayan state. ....

Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested from Madhya Pradesh's Khajuraho on Thursday for allegedly making remarks against the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. ....

In the last 24 hours, India registered 13,154 new Covid-19 cases and 268 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. ....

Like in West Bengal, the Centre has accorded 'Z' category security cover to Punjab politician and former Congress leader Rana Gurjit Singh Sodhi after he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sodhi, who joined the BJP on December 21, will be getting this security cover both in Delhi and Punjab by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), sources in the security set up said here on Wednesday. ....

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his cool during a Samaj Sudhar Abhiyan (social reforms campaign) rally in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday. ....

Rajasthan on Wednesday registered 23 new Omicron cases pushing the state tally to 68, health officials confirmed. ....

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday thanked the BJP leaders and the state office bearers for reposing faith in him and appreciating his government. ....

With half of its term in power completed, the YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh appears firmly in saddle but in the coming year the state's precarious financial position poses a bigger challenge than the opposition parties. ....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and has named his two sons, Hrishikesh and Salil, in the alleged bribery case lodged against him, officials said here. ....

The Kanpur police have lodged an FIR at the Naubasta police station against Samajwadi Party members for conspiring to create ruckus during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kanpur. ....

The highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron tally has climbed to 781 in India out of which 241 have been discharged. The national capital has the highest cases of the variant at 238, followed by Maharashtra at 167 cases so far. ....

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the Centre over India-China trade crossing $100-billion mark despite a military standoff, saying the country is waiting to see the current dispensation step down. ....

The raids, which started on December 22, on the premises of Kanpur perfume trader Piyush Jain is finally over, the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence(DGGI) said Wednesday. ....

A city-based lawyer on Wednesday wrote a letter petition to Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana seeking preponement of the hearing in matters related to the economic reservation in NEET-PG course in the apex court and initiate day to day hearing. ....

At least 20 foreign passengers have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, sources said on Wednesday. ....

In the last 24 hours, India registered 9,195 fresh Covid-19 cases, a significant spike from the previous day's figure of 6,358, and 302 deaths, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday. ....

The Union Territory of Puducherry reported its first two cases of Omicron variant on Tuesday. ....