With 2,553 new cases and 72 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the total number of corona cases in the country climbed to 42,533 on Monday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

Emphasising on the plight of migrants and the money being charged from them for ferrying them back to their home, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the party will bear the cost of their rail tickets. ....

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday conducted flypast across India and its jets as well as transport planes and choppers showered petals on hospitals and places of national importance to express honour and gratitude towards the coronavirus warriors who are battling the pandemic. ....

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday said at least 682 patients were cured from the highly contagious novel coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours. This has taken the recovery rate in the country upto 26.59 percent. ....

Paying tributes to the martyrs in Handwara of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, here on Sunday, their valour and sacrifice would never be forgotten. ....

The faith of the people in their respective state government and Union government has increased at the time of the pandemic when the whole nation is fighting to contain the spread of coronavirus which has caused havoc around the world, as per the IANS-CVoter Tracker findings. ....

While dissolving a couples marriage on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, the Delhi High Court has ruled that "Marriage is no doubt a sacrament, but it cannot be a one-sided affair" and "both parties to the marriage are equal partners and are entitled to mutual respect, sharing of duties and responsibilities." ....

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted to 37,776 on Saturday evening, while 1,223 people have succumbed to the dreaded virus so far, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in a plea of a Mumbai resident which opposes the burial of people who have succumbed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in a graveyard near his residence. ....

If liquor is what you have been waiting with bated breath, there's good news for you, even if you happen to be in a red zone like Delhi or Noida. Now alcohol will be allowed in all zones and so will be tobacco and pan, however, with certain riders. As the Centre extended the current lockdown by another couple of weeks on Friday, the Home Ministry gave this reprieve that set to cheer up many. ....

The total number of coronavirus infected CRPF personnel has touched a worrying 122 across the country with 68 fresh positive cases being reported. With the test results of 110 still awaited, that number can spiral up. ....

Delhi Police on Saturday approached the Delhi High Court challenging trial court's order of granting bail to cricket bookie Sanjeev Chawala. ....

Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Delhi Minority Commission chairman Zafarul Islam Khan under sedition charges for his provocative remarks on the social media. ....

The 'Shramik Special Train' carrying migrant workers from Telangana to Jharkhand arrived at Hatia railway station here, officials said on Saturday. ....

Even as the Union Health Ministry has classified only four districts as red zones in Kashmir division, authorities said on Saturday the entire Valley will be treated as red zone and no relaxation except those permissible in such cases will be allowed. ....

With 2,293 new cases in past 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 37,336 on Saturday morning, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the patience of a person is his greatest friend in the disaster. So follow the lockdown with patience, it will be beneficial for the country, he said. ....

Citing "significant gains" of the ongoing restriction across the country, the Union Home Ministry on Friday extended the countrywide lockdown for a further period of two weeks with effect from May 4 to contain the coronavirus outbreak. ....

Amid the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Human Resource Development Ministry are planning to conduct the PhD and MPhil exams through online mediums in various universities across the country. The universities have been informed by the UGC and the MHRD about this. ....

Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi on Friday highlighted the plight of migrants due to continued lockdown as they greeted labourers on May Day, also called Labour Day, and said workers are the backbone of the nation, if they stopped India will come to a standstill. ....