India

Japan on Monday detected a coronavirus variant found in South Africa, the government said, the first such discovery in a nation that has already identified more than a dozen cases of another variant that is spreading rapidly in Britain.

Prohibitory orders will be force from 6pm on December 31 to 6am on January 1, Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said, adding it will be within the limits of Bengaluru City Commissionerate.

The accused, identified as Bhavesh Chandurkar, allegedly started the fire in the Sai Baba temple in the suburb's Bandar Pakhadi area in the early hours of Sunday because he was assaulted by one of the deceased, Yuvraj Pawar (25), two days ago, the Charkop...

The 25-year-old woman, identified as Shilpaben Thakor, was arrested on Monday and has told police that she carried out the act due to stress, an official said.

The CPI(M) leader said almost all opposition leaders, including him, want that this deadlock over farm laws should immediately end.

Pratyusha was adopted by KCR after she was rescued from her father and step mother's home in 2015 by a child rights group.

In an e-mail interview with PTI, the 87-year-old Harvard University professor backed the farmers' protests against three agricultural laws, insisting there was a "strong case" for substantial review of the legislations.

The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) pointed out that the exercise involved nearly 7.3 crore voters and over 1.06 lakh polling stations.

Poets, singers, painters and several others took part in a protest to express their support to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on the row over his family being in "illegal" possession of land at Visva Bharati.

Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed late on Saturday in an attack in the southwestern province of Balochistan, the military said on Sunday.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also said that December 27 will be celebrated every year as Sahibzada Diwas in all schools of Uttar Pradesh.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan's comments came a day after Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut called for expansion of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

The paramilitary force launched the centralised liquor management system (CLMS) sometime back as a solution to the problem of non-availability of the desired liquor brands to its personnel and veterans residing in remote locations.

The protesting farmer unions had on Saturday decided to resume their dialogue with the Centre, and proposed December 29 for the next round of talks.

Another 279 people died due to the deadly virus, the Health Ministry figures stated. However, in what seems to be a respite in fatalities, the figures have been below 300 for two consecutive days.

The polling began at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm in 20,728 booths, the state election commission officials said.