Maharashtra's Covid-19 death toll crossed the one lakh mark with deaths continuing to remain on the higher side, even as fresh infections for the day kept falling, health officials said on Sunday. ....

Taking a dig at the Government-Twitter faceoff, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the government is fighting for blue tick while people have no choice but to become self dependent for vaccines. ....

The Goa government on Saturday extended the ongoing Covid-induced curfew till June 14, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, while allowing essential stores to stay open till 3 pm. ....

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Saturday announced the cancellation of Class 12 state board examinations due to the Covid-19 spread. ....

After successfully leading the Trinamool Congress through the Assembly elections in West Bengal, its MP Abhishek Banerjee has been given more responsibility in the party set up on expected lines. ....

Announcing that India is focusing on production and usages of Ethanol for agriculture use, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said a roadmap for development in this sector has begun as it has become one of the major priorities of 21st century India. ....

Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday once again slammed the government for declaring early victory over Covid, asking -is Prime Minister's new residence and new Parliament building more important than health facilities? ....

Microblogging social media site Twitter on Saturday removed the blue verified tick badge from the personal handle of India's Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu for a few hours. ....

After nearly two months of strict lockdown-type restrictions, the Maharashtra government has decided to cautiously initiate a five-phased Unlock 2.0 from Monday (June 7), starting with 18 of the state's 36 districts, officials said here on Saturday. ....

Senior BJP Himachal Pradesh MLA and two-time former minister, Narinder Bragta died on Saturday due to post-Covid complications at the PGI Hospital in Chandigarh, his family said. ....

India on Saturday logged 1,20,529 new Covid infections in 24 hours, the lowest since April 7. During the same time span, 3,380 more people succumbed to the pandemic, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. ....

Following the cancellation of Class 12 exams, the CBSE has constituted a 12 member committee to decide on the criteria for the results. ....

Union minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Friday criticised the Congress government in Punjab for allegedly making profit by selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals in the state. ....

Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray had a narrow escape as a huge chandelier crashed along with a slab at the Sahyadri Guest House here on Friday evening, officials said. ....

Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly and former Chief Minister E. Palaniswami has said that there is no place for VK Sasikala and her family members in the AIADMK. Breaking his silence on Sasikala coming back to the AIADMK and taking over its reins as reported in the media following leakage of her voice clippings talking to the cadres, EPS said that some elements were creating confusion on this issue. ....

Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on Friday presented a revised budget for the fiscal 2021-22, which had no new taxes and added it was just an extension of the one which his predecessor Thomas Issac presented earlier this year. ....

The multi-agency team tasked with bringing back Mehul Choksi from Dominica is headed home - without the fugitive jeweller - after the Caribbean nation's High Court adjourned his habeas corpus petition to July and extended its order on removing him from that country. ....

After bowing to pressure from parents and students, Karnataka on Friday decided to cancel class 12 (second-year pre-university) examinations but decided to hold class 10 (Secondary School Leaving Certificate, SSLC) examinations in Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) format in July. ....

Uttar Pradesh has clocked an all-time low case positivity rate of 0.3 per cent on Thursday. ....

A Covid care centre set up by the NGO Hemkunt Foundation here in Sector-61, was allegedly vandalised by a group of men, police said on Friday. ....