A study that claimed the Indian subcontinent might be the place where the earliest human-to-human novel coronavirus transmission occurred was withdrawn from the preprint platform of the medical journal The Lancet, Global Times reported recently. ....

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said he is confident of a consensus between the government and protesting farmers on the issue of the new agricultural laws and that the farmer protest movement would end soon. ....

Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatreya had a narrow escape when a car in which he was travelling in met with an accident near Hyderabad on Monday. Dattatreya, his personal aide and driver escaped unhurt. ....

Personal security guard of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, who was shot at by militants on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district on Monday, succumbed to critical injuries in the hospital. ....

Just when the spread of Coronavirus infection in Tamil Nadu appeared to be receding, the premier technical institute of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has turned into a Covid-19 hotspot. ....

Night temperatures throughout Kashmir and Ladakh dropped below the freezing point on Monday as air and surface traffic was disrupted by dense fog in Jammu city of Jammu and Kashmir. ....

Farmers across district headquarters in Punjab and Haryana on Monday started their day-long hunger strike against the new farm laws, saying their protests would continue till the central government repeals the three "black laws". ....

The Banaras Hindu University will soon introduce a two-year postgraduate course on 'Kashi Study' from the next academic session. ....

An army officer, in the rank of Colonel, posted at the Central Ordnance Depot (COD) in Kanpur, allegedly raped his friend's Russian wife at the officer's mess in the Cantt area after sedating the husband. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the NDA is committed to serving the people of the northeast region of India. Greeting the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other allies on the success of the elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam, Modi in a tweet said: "NDA is committed to serving the people of the Northeast." ....

The third and final phase of the civic polls in Kerala began at 7 a.m. on Monday in the northern districts of Kerala. ....

BJP President J.P. Nadda on Sunday said that he has tested positive for coronavirus, and is isolating at home. ....

Paying tributes to the security personnel who sacrificed their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the country will never forget the cowardly attack as well as the men who gave their lives to protect the supreme legislative body of the country. ....

A small group of Jamia Millia Islamia students who reached the Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Sunday afternoon to extend support to farmers were asked to leave by the protesters. ....

The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to request the Odisha government for the reopening of Jagannath Temple in Puri for devotees, said an official on Saturday. ....

As thousands of farmers continued their protest for the 17th day on Saturday against the three contentious farm laws, a group of farmers from Haryana accepted the Centre's proposal for necessary amendments in these laws which are at the centre of the deadlock. ....

Leafy vegetable vendors in Eluru, the headquarters of West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, have been witnessing a dip in their business due to the outbreak of the recent mystery illness. ....

Delhi Police Commissioner S.N. Shrivastava visited the Tikri border and met the police and CAPF personnel deployed in the areas where the farmers' agitation is continuing. During the late-night visit on Friday, the commissioner met the staff deployed at the borders along with senior police officers. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that agricultural reforms will usher in new investments into the sector. ....

Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday wanted to know about whereabouts of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, as he is not to been seen in public, even during the campaigning for the Kerala civic polls. ....