India

Parole granted to 3900-odd inmates of Madhya Pradesh jails in view of the coronavirus outbreak has been extended by 60 days and they are now expected to be back in their cells only by November-end, a senior official said on Friday. Parole was granted af...

The Supreme Court, hearing a plea of TV news anchor Amish Devgan seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him for his alleged remarks on a Sufi saint, Friday observed that whether a person has the intention to commit an offence is a matter of investigation...

The Rajasthan government has approved an additional Rs 132.43 crore for distribution of free wheat to all beneficiary families under the National Food Security Scheme. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal of the Food and Civil Supplies...

Two persons were killed in separate incidents of elephant attack in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district on Friday, a forest official said. A 60-year-old tribal woman, Igneshiya Tigga, was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Tapkara forest range...

Assembly elections in Bihar to be held in three phases would be the first full-fledged polls where such details of their candidates would be made public by parties.

The farmers under the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) banner are protesting the farm sector bills, alleging they were “anti-farmer” legislations, that were passed by the Parliament during the just-concluded Monsoon Session.

The BJP on Friday organised a health camp for members of the transgender community in Maharashtra's Thane city to mark the birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. The party's medical wing conducted health check-ups...

Over 50 per cent of the total 2,24,375 COVID-19 recoveries in the national capital so far have been achieved under home isolation, according to Delhi government data. Since the first week of May till September 23, a total of 1,34,113 people, having mild...

The state government will provide a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to all accredited journalists in the state every year.

Backed by the RSS, the ‘Samaj Seva Bharati’, ‘Sahakar Bharati’ and ‘Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh’ have chosen 120 remote and backward villages across the state for their initiative ‘Atmanirbhar Bangla’.

The agitation has been supported by the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, All India Kisan Sabha, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and other major farmers organisations in the state.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 28year old man was allegedly abducted and murderedfor marrying a woman belonging to a different caste, policesaid on Friday. Nine people suspected to be involved in the case are incustody.

Kings XI Punjab's young spinner Ravi Bishnoi says head coach Anil Kumble has advised him to always stay calm and back his skills as a bowler. The 20-year-old Bishnoi snared three wickets in an emphatic 97-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the...

Cricket Australia on Friday postponed a one-off Test against Afghanistan and an ODI series against New Zealand, citing complexity of scheduling international matches during the global coronavirus pandemic. Australia were to host Afghanistan later this...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday to discuss a low-cost technology developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute here to manage crop residue, officials said. Scientists at the...

Santa Fe (AP) Voters across New Mexico have submitted nearly 250,000 absentee ballot requests with especially strong demand among Democrats for alternatives to in-person voting amid the pandemic. State election regulators on Thursday also said initial v...