As prevention is better than cure or treatment, Karnataka's Rural Development Minister K.S. Eshwarppa has decided to distribute Ayurvedic tablets or decoction to boost immunity against the infection in the Shivamogga city. ....

Veteran Congress leader and West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Somen Mitra died at a city hospital early on Thursday. He was 78. ....

The soil and water from Sangam -- the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati -- will reach Ayodhya on Thursday for the 'bhoomi pujan' of Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5. ....

The Maharashtra government has extended the lockdown till August 31 but assured gradual easing as part of 'Mission Begin Again', an official announcement said here late on Wednesday. ....

In a big boost for the IAF's combat capability, the Rafale aircraft finally touched down at Haryana's Ambala Air Force Station Ambala on July 29, 2020. The five French Rafale fighter jets landed after a 7,000-km flight from France which included an overnight pit stop in UAE and midair refueling. It was one of the most awaited events and surely has made the nation proud. Welcoming the jets in India, defence minister Rajnath Singh tweeted: "The Birds have landed safely in Ambala. The touch down of Rafale combat aircrafts in India marks the beginn ....

The Information and Public Relations department of Bihar government on Wednesday dubbed a purported order specifying the extension of the lockdown till August 16 as fake. ....

Welcoming 'National Education Policy 2020', Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that India was in dire need of such a futuristic policy for the last 34 years, bringing in much needed historic reforms in both school and higher education. ....

One of the pilots of the first batch of five Rafale fighter jets which touched down in Ambala on Wednesday, belongs to Gurugram in Haryana. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a video of the first set of Rafale aircraft landing on Indian soil with a Sanskrit phrase where he welcomed their arrival and connected it to "rashtra rakshaa" or national defence. ....

Amid speculation and simmering discontent among 'rebels', Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa would continue till the remaining tenure of the government, which ends in May 2023. ....

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday extended ban on high speed internet in the union territory till August 19, 2020. ....

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), here on Wednesday, issued guidelines for the 'Unlock 3.0', which will come into effect from August 1. ....

Andhra Pradesh reported a massive 10,093 new Covid cases on Wednesday, its highest ever single-day tally. State health officials said that an unprecedented 70,584 tests were conducted in the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday. ....

Amid political crisis in Rajasthan and border stand-off with China, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of the party's Rajya Sabha members at 10.30 a.m. here on Thursday. ....

The Congress on Wednesday alleged the Modi government had destroyed public sector banks and other financial institutions in India to mess up the $2 trillion banking sector and was also protecting wilful loan defaulters ....

Maharashtra on Wednesday crossed the 2 million Covid-19 tests threshold mark, the highest in the country for any state, officials said, here. ....

Five of the 36 medium multi-role Rafale fighter jets built by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault landed safely at the IAF airbase in Ambala on Wednesday afternoon. Significantly, the frontline IAF airbase is likely to be used in case of conflict at the northern or the western borders. ....

In another twist to the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, rebel Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma from the Sachin Pilot camp, filed a plea in the Rajasthan High Court seeking the transfer of investigation of the case with reference to the audio tapes case released by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's camp that hinted at an alleged conspiracy to topple the Gehlot government, to the National Investigation Agency from the Special Operations Group, which is presently probing the case. ....

The Kanpur police are now preparing to attach the property of Deep Prakash Dubey, brother of slain gangster Vikas Dubey. ....

Online investment and wealth management platform Paytm Money on Wednesday announced the appointment of Varun Sridhar as its new Chief Executive Officer. ....