Haryana on Thursday saw its first coronavirus death of a 66-year-old resident, who was undergoing treatment at PGIMER in Chandigarh, doctors said. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion of Ram Navami. ....

Congress' Former India Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday reiterated that the congress party stood with the nation to take on the coronavirus threat amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown. ....

Total tally of novel coronavirus cases in India reached to 1966 on Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....

Any person who has resided in Jammu and Kashmir for a period of 15 years will now be deemed as domicile of the union territory, the Central government stated in the latest gazette notification on Wednesday. ....

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that China-India relations have now arrived at a new starting point with new opportunities for both the countries. ....

As many as 160 foreigners supposed to have "disappeared" from Nizammudin's Markaz Tablighi Jamaat's headquarters, the new epicentre of coronavirus infection in the national capital, have been found from Delhi, according to an intelligence report, which also says that five out of the 160 are women. ....

The total number of coronavirus positive cases in India reached 1,834 on Wednesday, including foreign nationals, with 1,649 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said. ....

Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has written to the Prime Minister urging him to arrange advance payments for MNREGA workers in support of nearly eight crore rural workers in the country. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government, on Wednesday, started distributing free ration to the poor and daily wage earners. ....

The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court it has already facilitated the return of 1,142 Indians; 787 pilgrims, 219 students, 136 others "under intense operational constraints after restrictions were instituted for public health reasons in Iran, where it was difficult to organize transport, accommodation and other logistics". ....

The total tally of positive cases of the novel coronavirus cases in India climbed to 1637, with 38 deaths, said the health ministryon Wednesday. ....

In a reference to the present situation arising out of the coronavirus lockdown, which has led to the exodus of migrant labourers, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said there were two types of people in the country, one was at home and the other was struggling to reach home. ....

In Madhya Pradesh's Chitrakoot, a woman walked 30 km carrying her one-year-old sick child to a hospital after she could not find any transport due to the nationwide lockdown. ....

Determined to contain the dreaded virus from spreading in the community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his big team of experts are working tirelessly to monitor minute-to minute development of any happening related to the pandemic in the country. From the announcement of the 21 day lockdown to various key strategies of preventing community transmission in the world's second most populated country, PM Modi's decisions are based on massive research and collective opinion of top experts. ....

After his electoral loss from Amethi, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's love for his constituency has not diminished. He has sent truckload of wheat and other supplies to Amethi to be distributed among the poor who are facing the brunt of lockdown. ....

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday announced donating his one-year salary to the relief fund set up to fight coronavirus. ....

As a goodwill gesture, residents in Punjab's Nabha are showering rose petals on sanitation workers to clean the town and reduce the risk of coronavirus. ....

A total of 81 passengers from other countries have been found to be coronavirus asymptomatic in Tamil Nadu, said the state government. ....

The number of coronavirus positive cases linked to the Nizamuddin Markaz where the Tablighi Jamaat held a congregation of thousands has risen to 93. ....