Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's father-in-law Madhavrao Govind Patankar passed away in a private hospital here on Monday following a brief illness. He was 78. ....

With coronavirus infection going up in Chennai, as well as Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday announced full lockdown in these areas from June 19 to 30. ....

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena married top DYFI All India president Mohammed Riaz at the chief minister's official residence in the presence of selected guests. ....

Ahead of Prime Minister's meeting with chief ministers, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi criticised the four lockdowns enforced to contain the spread of coronavirus, saying that the wrong curve has been flattened. Rahul Gandhi shared a chart to prove his claim. ....

Two Indian High Commission staff in Pakistan capital Islamabad went missing under mysterious circumstances early Monday and remain untraceable, sources said. ....

A case has been registered against former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for allegedly sharing an edited video of present Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Twitter. ....

India on Monday witnessed a spike of over 11,000 cases second day in a row with 325 deaths taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,32,424, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data revealed. ....

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday evening ordered the district collectors of Kutch, Rajkot and Patan to take stock of situation after tremors of 5.5 magnitude were felt across the state. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dubbed the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput earlier in the day as a "bright actor gone too soon" and said that his rise in the world of entertainment inspired many. ....

An Army jawan was killed and two others injured on Sunday in unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, sources said. ....

India on Sunday witnessed a spike of almost 12,000 cases, the highest spike in cases in 24 hours with 311 deaths taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,20,922, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry data revealed. ....

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said if the government does not inject cash into the economy, the poor will suffer even more and the middle class will become the new poor. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the coronavirus situation across the country at a high-level meeting here and discussed the future road map to contain the pandemic as India has surpassed the UK to become fourth worst affected country with a total of over 3.08 lakh cases so far. ....

On a day Nepal's Lower House of Parliament unanimously passed a constitution amendment bill to reflect its new map in the national emblem, the Congress on Saturday dubbed the development a "sad day" in the longstanding bilateral relations. ....

Yoga guru Ramdev-run Patanjali Ayurved has claimed that it has discovered substantial cure for coronavirus with 80 per cent success rate as per reports. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a detailed meeting with senior ministers and officials to review India's response to Covid-19 pandemic and expressed concern over the situation in Delhi. ....

Goa recorded its biggest daily spike in coronavirus cases yet, as 60 more persons tested positive, taking the state's active cases to 454, Health Secretary Nila Mohanan said on Saturday. ....

Around 90 doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital tested coronavirus positive in 10 days, said an official, here on Saturday. ....

Andhra Pradesh registered its highest single-day number of 186 Covid-19 cases on Saturday. Earlier single-day high of 161 cases was recorded on June 6. ....

After crossing the psychological 3,00,000 mark, India on Saturday posted 11,458 fresh cases, the highest spike in cases in 24 hours. ....