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Berlin (AP) Police in heavy riot gear began clearing out a notorious Berlin leftist squat on Friday morning, encountering only passive resistance from residents as they carried them individually down a firetruck's ladder. Police spokesman at the scene T...

The event is celebrated by lakhs of tribal people every year in Bastar and is spread over 105 days this time. However, with Chhattisgarh ranking among the states worst affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, organisers and devotees are encountering un...

A truck driver and his helper were killed in the early hours of Friday after their vehicle rammed into a factory building on the Mehrauli-Badarpur road in southeast Delhi, police said. Arif Ali was driving the truck and Mumtaz Ali Badre was seated besid...

The World Food Programme was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 for "its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of h...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) assured bond markets on Friday that it stands ready to take whatever measures are necessary to ensure adequate liquidity in the banking system, sparking a sharp rally.

In a statement issued on Friday, police said that Vinay Kumar, 28, and Chaitanya Konduri, 25, both residents of Hyderabad were arrested from near Hammers Club, in the popular beach village of Baga, during raid conducted late Thursday.

Sao Paulo (AP) Striker Luis Surez said his former club Barcelona treated him so unfairly that he spent days in tears before his departure to Atltico Madrid. In another sign he can still deliver to his teams, Surez scored Uruguay's first goal from the sp...

Tbilisi (Georgia) (AP) Georgia became the first team to advance to the European Championship playoff finals by beating Belarus 1-0. A seventh-minute penalty kick earned and scored by Tornike Okriashvili settled the game played without fans in the stadiu...

China said on Friday it has joined a global COVID19 vaccine initiative coled by the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the biggest economy to date to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly.

Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua rejected the state government's argument of relying on a 2018 communication by the Union Home Ministry to declare a part of jail premises as detention centres.

Washington (AP) Joe Biden's presidential campaign says because of President Donald Trump's rejection of a virtual presidential debate on October 15, the Democratic challenger will hold his own town hall event the same night. Biden spokeswoman Kate Bedi...

The BJP, however, said that the AAP was trying to mislead farmers.

In the fortnight ended September 27, 2019, bank credit was Rs 97.68 lakh crore and deposits stood at Rs 129.06 lakh crore.

The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority directed the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to ban the use of diesel generators, except for essential and emergency services, in the national capital and the vicinity towns of G...

The Telangana governments cabinet sub-committee on health on Thursday decided to take various steps towards strengthening public health infrastructure and facilities in the state, including reinforcing PHCs and providing speciality treatment in governme...

As many as 151 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while 137 recovered from the infection in Maharashtra's Amravati district on Thursday, an official said. With the addition of the latest cases, the district's COVID-19 caseload has reached 14,524,...