Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, launched the 'Pravasi Rahat Mitra' App that is aimed at aiding migrant citizens coming to Uttar Pradesh from other states so that they can take advantage of government schemes. the app will also help to monitor their health besides providing jobs and livelihood, related to their skills. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed condolence over the death of 14 migrant workers in a train accident in Maharashtra's Aurangabad. ....

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) is not like an on-off switch, saying that if the government wants to end the lockdown, it must bring psychological change in the minds of the people and transperancy in exit plan. ....

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the death of 15 migrant labourers who were crushed under a goods train in Mahrashtra on their journry ack to their home state. ....

With a surge of 3,390 new cases and 103 new fatalities, the total tally of novel Coronavirus cases in India stood at 56,342 on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

Fourteen migrant labourers were crushed to death early on Friday by a goods train in Maharashtra after they fell asleep on the tracks. The home-bound exhausted lot of workers were run over between Jalna and Aurangabad. ....

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that it has been issuing weather bulletin for regions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir -- Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad -- asserting that they are parts of India. ....

Tragedy struck the port city of Visakhapatnam early on Thursday as the gas leak from a chemical plant, which had re-opened only a day ago after lockdown, claimed 11 lives and landed over 300 in hospitals. ....

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday announced Rs 1 crore ex-gratia each for the families of the nine persons killed in gas leakage tragedy on the outskirts of this port city. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the recruitment of 69,000 primary teachers within a week. ....

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday condoled the death of people due to the gas leak in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam and prayed for the recovery of those admitted in hospitals. ....

Majority of the affected in the gas leak disaster in Vizag on Thursday that reminded everyone of the Bhopal tragedy, comprised children. Close to 150 children are undergoing treatment and most of them are responding positively, doctors said. ....

Utter chaos prevailed at the government-run King George Hospital (KGH) where about 160 people affected by the gas leakage from a chemical plant were brought in early on Thursday. ....

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik on Thursday jointly launched three Central AYUSH ministry-based studies related to coronavirus. ....

With 3,561 new cases and 89 deaths, the total tally of confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus crossed the 50,000-mark in India on Thursday, said the Union Health Ministry. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that India has left no stone unturned in extending help and making efforts to save the countrymen. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) officials on Thursday in the wake of a gas leak incident in Andhra Pradesh. ....

Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures. Hence, this year's Buddha Purnima celebration has gone virtual keeping in mind the need to maintain social distancing where prayers will be virtually uttered. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be participating in the event and will be delivering the keynote address for the same on Thursday morning. ....

Eighty-five more Border Security Force personnel tested corona positive on Wednesday, raising the number of infected BSF personnel to 152, highest among all central armed police forces (CAPF). ....

Mizoram became the fifth Corona free state among the eight northeastern states as three consecutive samples of its lone coronavirus patient tested negative, top officials said on Wednesday. ....