A complete lockdown has been imposed in Karnataka's Kodagu district on two weekends (Saturday and Sunday) of this month in view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, an official said on Saturday. ....

In a major development, AIIMS Delhi will begin human trials of India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, from next week on 100 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 55. ....

Gujarat's COVID-19 tally rose to 47,476 on Saturday after it reported a record single-day spike of 960 cases, while the death toll jumped to 2,127 with 19 more deaths, health officials said. ....

Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust has proposed to perform 'bhoomi pujan' for the Ram temple either on August 3 or August 5 and has intimated the decision to the Prime Minister's Office, according to Kameshwar Chaupal, a member of the trust. ....

After recording over 700 new Covid cases in the past two days, Kerala on Saturday recorded 593 new cases, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Narendra Modi government over the LAC face off with China in eastern Ladakh, saying India will have to pay a huge price because of the government's cowardly actions. ....

Andhra Pradesh on Saturday reported the highest single day spike in COVID-19 infections with 3,963 new cases, taking the overall tally to 44,609 in the state, health officials said. ....

Expressing condolence over the death of Indian mathematician C.S. Seshadri, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his efforts, especially in algebraic geometry, will be remembered for generations. ....

Jharkhand's total coronavirus cases crossed the 5K-mark to reach 5,100 after more than 300 new cases were detected in 22 of its 24 districts, official data said. ....

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and Yuva Sena President Aditya Thackeray has moved the Supreme Court to challenge the UGC decision to hold final-year examinations before September 30. ....

The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet in Ayodhya on Saturday and people expect that the date for bhoomi pujan (land worship) for the construction of the Ram temple will be announced at the meeting. ....

Geeta Arora, known as Sonu Punjaban, who is serving a jail term in connection with a case of kidnapping, human trafficking, and flesh trade, was admitted in hospital after she consumed an overdose of medicines, jail officials said on Saturday. ....

BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh Jyotiraditya Scindia has welcomed Congress MLA Sumitra Devi Kasdekar joining BJP, saying her decision is in the interest of the state. ....

India recorded a spike of 34,884 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 671 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 10,38,716 cases with a death total of 26,273, the Health Ministry's data stated on Saturday. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hailed the people of Assam for their self determination in fight against the floods, saying entire nation is with them. ....

Three terrorists have been killed in an ongoing encounter with the security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Saturday. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lodged a complaint here against several Congress leaders including party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala for associating Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's name with an alleged audio clip related to the horse-trading of Congress MLAs. ....

A moderate intensity earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit eastern Mizoram's Champhai district on Friday, the ninth quake to rock the state in 26 days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said. ....

Maharashtra on Friday notched its second highest one-day number of Covid-19 infections at 8,308, besides 258 deaths, four months after the first fatality was recorded in the state on March 17, health officials said here. ....

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat breached 46,000 mark, with 949 people testing positive on Friday, the state health department said. ....