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In a major blow to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress wooed back BJP Lok Sabha MP from Bankura district Soumitra Khan's wife Sujata Mondal Khan to its fold. ....

A passenger, who arrived here from London, has tested positive for Covid-19, health department officials said on Tuesday, adding that the test sample has been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to check whether it is the new mutant variant of the virus. ....

The counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir got underway on Tuesday. Initial trends showed BJP leading in 39 and the Gupkar group (PAGD) in 38 constituencies. ....

The Delhi High Court Women Lawyers' Forum (DHCWLF) on Wednesday decided to observe a fast in solidarity with the farmers who are protesting against the three new farm laws, at various borders of the national capital. ....

The Congress, in an embarrassing slip in Madhya Pradesh, elected a youth wing general secretary who has long left the party and is now in the BJP. The leader's "election" has now been cancelled but the blunder is being held up by Congress critics as symptomatic of the party's disconnect with ground realities.....

More than 1.89 lakh trees have been felled for the construction of the Bundelkhand expressway, according to an RTI response. The trees were cut in Banda, Chitrakoot, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Aurraiya and Etawah, it said. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to appoint special officers in cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata to ensure the welfare of migrant workers in these states. ....

India on Thursday witnessed 24,712 fresh Covid-19 infections taking the total number of cases to 1,01,23,778, along with 312 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of fatalities to 1,46,756, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the founder of Visva Bharti University Rabindranath Tagore's vision was the essence of "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" (self-reliant India) and said the varsity embodied Indian nationalist sentiment during Independence with his guidance. ....

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Christmas. ....