In the 19 days since the beginning of the country's Covid-19 vaccination drive, India has inoculated nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) of its population, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday emphasised on the need of unity in the country to achieve the goal of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and make India a great power in the world. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will soon be visiting Ayodhya to review the progress of the developmental works that are being carried out to provide world-class facilities to the people coming to the city. ....

In what promises to be a game-changer for journalism, media and communications industries in India, the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), an Institution of Eminence declared by the government of India, has launched the countrys first one-year Post Graduate Diploma in Data Journalism. ....

Participating in the debate on motion of thanks to the President's address, Congress MP Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said the Prime Minister was against the federal structure as he imposed lockdown without consulting the states and without any prior notice. ....

Several vehicles in the cavalcade of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were involved in an accident on Thursday near Garh Mukteshwar while she was on way to meet the family of a young farmer killed in Delhi on January 26. ....

The post-death ritual (Terahvin) of Navneet Singh, the farmer who died in the Republic Day violence in Delhi on January 26, is all set to turn into a major show of political strength in Rampur on Thursday. ....

The farmers' unions protesting at the Singhu border against the three Central farm laws will hold a meeting on February 5 to decide the next course of action for the ongoing agitation, Satnam Singh Pannu, President (Punjab), Kisan Majdoor Sangharsh Committee, told IANS on Wednesday. ....

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikat on Wednesday wondered what would happen if the protesting farmers started demanding the resignation of the Modi government instead of the repeal of the three new central agricultural laws. ....

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait and other farmer union leaders at the Kisan Mahapanchayat in a village in Haryana's Jind district on Wednesday had a narrow escape as the stage collapsed with leaders on it. ....

The Kisan Mahapanchayat amid the presence of thousands of farmers in Jind district of Haryana on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to revoke the three contentious farm laws where BKU leader Rakesh Tikait announced that "if their demands were not accepted, they will hold another 'mahapanchayat' of India level". ....

Senior YSRCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP V.Vijayasai Reddy on Wednesday alleged that Nara Chandrababu Naidu himself was orchestrating attacks on his own party men. ....

Flight operations at Srinagar International Airport was disrupted on Wednesday due to light snowfall and fog although authorities said the operations would be resumed soon. ....

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that law will take its own course, as it declined to entertain a PIL urging it to issue directions to register FIR against persons or organisation responsible for dishonouring of the national flag at the Red Fort on Republic Day. ....

The Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday named three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members -- Sanjay Singh, N.D. Gupta and Sushil Gupta -- for causing disruption in the proceeding of the House. ....

Amid a political uproar, the Maharashtra Police has booked students' leader Sharjeel Usmani for his controversial anti-Hindu and other comments and inciting communal passions, officials said here on Wednesday. ....

The Delhi Police on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each for information on Deep Sidhu, Jugraj Singh, Gurjot Singh and Gurjant Singh, and Rs 50,000 each on Jajbir Singh, Buta Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Iqbal Singh for their alleged involvement in the January 26 violence. ....

India plans to spend 130 billion dollars on military modernisation in the next 7-8 years to strengthen its security apparatus, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. ....

Karnataka is contemplating to ban hookah bars in the state, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said here on Tuesday in the Assembly. ....

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is gearing up to regain lost political ground through the farmers' agitation against the three new Union farm laws. Other opposition parties are also trying to revive their political fortunes through this protest but at present the RLD seems to be ahead. ....