With the threat of COVID-19 looming large, the government has tightened the entry conditions for the nationals of Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan with immediate effect. As per the revised travel advisory issued on Tuesday by the Union Health Ministry, new travellers from these countries will have to apply for fresh visas. ....

India on Tuesday summoned Iran's envoy in the capital to register its protest against Iranian Foreign Minister's scathing comments on the recent communal riots in Delhi over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). ....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to cancel bail granted by Allahabad High Court to BJP leader Chinmayanand in the case of alleged sexual exploitation of a law student. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people not to panic and "work together" on a day six new suspected coronavirus cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh's Agra. ....

A day after creating suspense by announcing he is mulling over quitting all social media platforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said this Women's Day (March 8), he will give away all his social media accounts to "inspiring" women, for a day. ....

Shriram Millennium school in Sector 135 Noida on Tuesday decided to shut down the premises for two days and also postpone its annual examinations after a student's parent tested positive with COVID-19 on Monday. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament on Tuesday said they discussed the Delhi violence and first coronavirus case in the city. ....

Shahrukh, who pointed a pistol at a Delhi Police head constable during the riots was arrested from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Police confirmed on Tuesday. ....

A renowned school in Noida cancelled its annual school examination on Tuesday after it turned out that a student's parent tested positive with COVID-19 on Monday. ....

In a veiled attack on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comments that 'Bharat Mata ki jai' and nationalism are being misused to construct a militant and emotional idea of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that few political parties are putting their interest above the country. ....

The Indian Army has rescued 111 tourists and locals including women and children, stranded in sub-zero temperatures at snow-bound Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, a defence official said on Monday. ....

Senior Samajwadi Party MP Mohammad Azam Khan, who is in jail currently, feels that his party has failed him. He also believes that the ruling BJP is targeting him because he is a Muslim, alleged one of his relatives. ....

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in Parliament. This will be the first meeting of Kejriwal with Modi after the Delhi Assembly election results. The two may also discuss the violence that erupted in the northeast Delhi. ....

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday surprised everyone by tweeting that he is thinking of giving up social media accounts, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi suggested that Modi should "give up hatred, not social media". ....

"We are not saying that people should die. That kind of pressure we are not equipped to handle. We cannot stop things from happening," said the Supreme Court on Monday, agreeing to hear on March 4 a plea seeking lodging of FIRs against BJP leaders -- Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra and Abhay Verma -- for their alleged hate speeches in Delhi where more than 40 people lost their lives. ....

The Prime Minister's Office has called a meeting with the state insurers on quick and hassle-free settlement of the claims coming from the riot-hit areas in northeast Delhi as the situation in the area limps back towards normalcy. Though these are initial days, preliminary estimates show that there could be insurance claims to the tune of Rs 10-15 crore which could go up as surveyors start assessing the situation once full normalcy returns. ....

World's most followed leader on Facebook and the third most followed leader on Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday left everyone surprised as he announced that he was thinking to "give up social media accounts". ....

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL by former Bombay High Court judge Michael Saldanha, seeking directions for donation of organs by four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, saying "death is the saddest part and the organ donation has to be voluntary." ....

At least 20 students of the Akal Ashram Academy were injured on Monday when their school bus skidded off the road on the Kharar-Morinda road in Mohali district of Punjab, police said. ....

Two new novel coronavirus cases have been reported in Delhi and Telangana, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare announced on Monday. ....