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The 'Cauvery Teertodbhava' ritual at Talacauvery, considered the origin of the river Cauvery, was witnessed by only a small number of devotees on Saturday, amid COVID-19 restrictions. Theerthodbhava, that marks sacred water gushing from the 'Brahma...

With the detection of 540 new cases of coronavirus, the count of infections in Maharashtra's Nagpur district crossed that 90,000 mark on Saturday, an official said. As many as 13 patients succumbed to the infection during the day, raising the toll to 2,...

Delhi Water Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday directed officials of Rohini, Rithala and Coronation sewage treatment plants to lift extra water from drains to ensure 100 per cent utilisation of their capacities. During an inspection, the minister said...

"When we look at countries that have succeeded (in controlling the spread of virus) we have to go after the virus where it is present. Then it is easier (to prevent the spread of virus) than it becomes a community transmission," she said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said while Ram Janmabhoomi had been the party's agenda, along with a movement towards it for many years, BJP was not involved in the recent Mathura issue.

He said that NIA sleuths have visited the office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health in Jhargram twice this week seeking details of the coronavirus tests conducted on Mahato.

These successful students are products of Zindagi programme run by a non-governmental organisation of academician Ajay Bahadur Singh. Under the programme, talented underprivileged students are selected from across Odisha and provided free coaching and foo...

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has urged his team mates to stay "ruthless" on the field and maintain their momentum in the Indian Premier League after the defending champions climbed to the top of the table with their fifth win in as many matches.

Dilip Ghosh was having mild fever and underwent a Corona test. The results came positive Friday night and he was admitted to the high dependency unit (HDU) of the hospital.

Kamala Harris had suspended her campaign early this week as abundance of caution after two of her staffers tested positive for COVID-19. She has tested negative.

Two persons, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in a fire that broke out in a five-storeyed residential building at Ganesh Chandra Avenue here on Friday night, officials said. All the other residents of the building have been rescued and the fire...

Fourteen-year-old twin sisters were reported missing from Subhash Nagar locality here, police said on Friday. Additional Superintendent of Police RK Gautam said that that an FIR was been lodged by a man who said his twin daughters went missing from his...

Penalties worth Rs 50 lakh have been imposed on various entities, including CPWD, for allegedly violating pollution control norms in south Delhi, civic officials said on Friday. Authorities in the South Zone andNajafagarh Zone of theSouth Delhi Municipa...

Maruti Sinha, a gynecologist at British-era Kasturba Hospital here says her son has qualified for a prestigious medical course, but she is not sure if she would be able to support his higher education under this strenuous circumstance. Hit by unpaid salar...

The Punjab government on Friday said it has facilitated employment to more than 15 lakh youth of the state between April 1, 2017, and September 30 this year. According to a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office, the Congress government, during its...

Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Denmark Open badminton tournament with a 22-20, 13-21, 16-21 defeat to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the men's singles quarterfinals here on Friday. The world number two Taipei player came bac...