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Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a prominent OBC leader from the ruling NCP, on Sunday told the Maratha representatives that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was in favour of quota for the community. During a meeting held in Nashik, he also a...

Duesseldorf (Germany) (AP) Hundreds of people demonstrated in downtown Duesseldorf Sunday against government coronavirus restrictions and in support of a host of other causes. People waved signs with slogans like end to panic, corona pandemic is a lie a...

Constable Yashveer, who was posted in sentry duty in Samaypur Badli police station where the man was found hanging, has been placed on suspension for the negligence, police said.

The death toll from COVID-19 crossed the 5,000-mark in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday with 94 more fatalities while 5,809 fresh cases pushed the infection tally to 3,54,275, officials said. The new deaths brought the fatality count to 5,047 in the state, whil...

A court in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district has rejected the bail application of a key accused in the multi-crore 'Bike Bot' scam, officials said. The man, Pushpendra Singh, worked as an additional director for the motorcycle taxi company and...

A total of Rs 18.98 crore was collected by Delhi Police for traffic violations in the first two months of the coronavirus-lockdown, the government said on Sunday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy in the Lok Sabha said notices in respect o...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday said it has seized 2.7 kg of curated marijuana from Delhi and arrested a Lucknow-based man. The "premium quality" marijuana was concealed in an air compressor. It was to be collected by C Gidwani, who was app...

Farmers in Haryana began their protest against the agriculture-related farm bills on Sunday. The farmers started to gather at various places in the state amid elaborate security arrangements which have been made to ensure that the event passes off smoo...

As September 5 marked the ‘World Spinal cord injury day’, observed by International spinal cord society (ISCoS) for spreading awareness about those suffering from Spinal cord Injury (SCI), the author shared her story to sensitise people and the government...

A total of 631 people have died in the country while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in the last 10 years, the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) said. The figure was provided by the NCSK in response to an RTI query on the number of deaths...

The IMA submitted a list of at least 382 doctors who died from Covid-19 across the country and said that they should be given the status of martyrs.

The Tata CRISPR test is the world's first diagnostic test to deploy a specially adapted Cas9 protein to successfully detect the virus causing Covid-19.

La Planche Des Belles Filles (France) (AP) In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crushed his fellow Slovenian, Primoz Roglic, in the last stage Saturday before the finish in Paris. The win all but guarantees that Pogacar will bec...

There are 327 videos on his channel in which he discusses many topics, including international issues. On September 14, the day he was arrested by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell, Sharma had posted his last video on India-China face-off.

Forty-nine more coronavirus-related fatalities pushed the death toll in Punjab to 2,757, while 2,696 new cases took the infection tally to 95,529 on Saturday, according to a medical bulletin. Of the fresh deaths, 12 were reported from Ludhiana, nine fro...

Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Saturday asked oxygen manufacturers in the state to ramp up production, amid increasing COVID-19 cases in the country. The chief secretary was interacting with manufacturers through video conference.