India

TMC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her party is ready to support anyone who wants to take the lead for the sake of farmers.

The MSP (Minimum Support Price) of wheat, the biggest crop of rabi season, has been hiked by Rs 50 to Rs 1,975 per quintal, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in Lok Sabha.

Vice Chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee said that the students will be mailed/WhatsApped the questions just before the start of the exams by the institution concerned and they have to finish answering their papers in two hours.

A day after the Rajya Sabha passed two farm reform bills, the Bharatiya Kisan Union on Monday announced to stage a nationwide protest against the legislations on September 25. The BKU made this announcement while holding a demonstration again...

Nepal on Monday recorded its highest single-day death toll due to COVID-19 at 16, taking the total number of fatalities in the country to 427. With 1,154 fresh coronavirus cases recorded in various parts of the country in the past 24 hours, Nepal's coron...

Dancer-choreographer Kishore Aman Shetty and Aqeel Nausheel, who were arrested on charges of drug dealing and consumption, have been remanded to police custody for seven days, police sources said on Monday. The two were produced before the judge at hi...

The Haryana Congress held protests across the state on Monday against Parliament's nod to the contentious farm bills, which the party described as "black laws". State Congress chief Kumari Selja led the protest in Jind, while former chief minister Bhupi...

Eight opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha, including TMC leader Derek O'Brien and Sanjay Singh of AAP, were on Monday suspended for the remainder of the Monsoon session of Parliament for "unruly behaviour" during the passage of two farm bills, leading to protes...

Prague(AP) The Czech Republic's health minister has resigned amid a record rise of coronavirus infections. Adam Vojtech says his move should create space for a new approach to the pandemic..

The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) summoned 45 private schools last week for allegedly denying books to students of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, according to one of its members. The DCPCR received complaints t...

Washington (AP) A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at New York-Canada border, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Sunday. The letter had b...

Two persons were nabbed from near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district with maps having suspicious markings, the BSF said on Sunday. Around 500 yaba tablets, a banned narcotics, and a bike were also found in the possession...

Aviation services from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, which were suspended in 2018 after being operational for about four months, will restart from Monday, officials said. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will virtually inaugurate the flight...

A spokesperson of the national carrier confirmed the recent order, saying, "Hong Kong has prohibited Air India for two weeks — September 20 to October 3.

One more novel coronavirus patient died in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, taking the toll to 56 while 87 fresh cases raised the active case count to 1,184 in the district on Sunday, officials said. Twenty-three jail inmates, a policeman and one medical...

Farmers occupied portions of roads and highways at several places in the state between 12 and 3 pm, following a call given by the Haryana unit of the Bhartiya Kisan Union against the agri-marketing bills, two of which were passed by Rajya Sabha on Sunday.