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Colombian workers and students protested against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque on Monday, seeking to revive mass demonstrations amid an economic crisis and recent incidents of police brutality.

Rajasthan recorded 16 more fatalities due to COVID-19 on Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 1,352, while 1,892 fresh cases pushed the caseload to 1,16,881, according to a health department bulletin. The number of active cases in the state sto...

Seventy-seven new instances of COVID-19 infection pushed the tally of cases in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district to 11,419 on Monday, official data showed. The number of active cases came down to 1,578 from 1,678 on Sunday, according to the da...

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said the number of beds for COVID-19 treatment in Sassoon General Hospital in Pune would be almost doubled. Tope, who is on a two-day tour here, also said the process of recruiting doctors for the facili...

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Narcotics Control Bureau to file its reply to a bail plea filed by Zaid Vilatra, one of those arrested by the central agency in a drugs case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. A single bench...

The Samajwadi Party said they held tehsil-level protests across Uttar Pradesh on Monday against the set of farmers' bills passed in Parliament, "deteriorating" law and order, unemployment and to highlight alleged irregularities and corruption in the healt...

The teachings of social reformer Sree Narayana Guru were eternally relevant as the evils which he fought against continued to exist despite passage of time, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday. Narayana Guru was a reformer who brou...

Gandhi's attack on the government came a day after Health Minister Vardhan, while replying to a special discussion on the coronavirus pandemic in Lok Sabha, said that there is a surge in the spread of COVID-19 in the country due to societal 'irresponsible...

Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Monday gathered near the Pakistan High Commission here to protest the alleged abduction of a Sikh girl in the neighbouring country. A 22-year-old Sikh girl went missing in Pakistan's Pu...

Hyderabad FC on Monday signed Spanish forward Francisco Sandaza on a one-year deal ahead of the Indian Super League scheduled to begin in November. The 35-year-old signed from Spanish Segunda (second) Division side Alcorcon, becoming the sixth new fore...

The remains were found during a joint search operation by the police and the SDRF personnel in the area on Sunday, Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Navneet Singh Bhullar said.

Bodies of two girls were found hanging from a tree in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said on Monday. According to police, their families were not on good terms but the two girls, aged 17 and 15, continued to be friends.

When Megyn Thompson landed her dream job as a commercial pilot last year, she was one of thousands being recruited globally to boost the number of women in the cockpit and meet record pilot demand.

There has been very little forward movement in the India-China standoff in eastern Ladakh that is entering its fifth month now, and Monday’s meeting is expected to keep the situation at the LAC from escalating further.

The body of a Lance Naik of the Indian Army was found hanging from a tree inside the campus of Sikh Regimental Centre (SRC) here, the third case of unnatural death in the campus within three week's time. "Lance Naik Jaswant Singh of Sikh Regimental Ce...

Indian travellers could be debarred from entering South Africa as the country prepares to resume international travel when it lowers its COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on October 1. The South African government is facing dilemma whether it should include...