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On October 14, Lt Gen PGK Menon takes over the sensitive Fire & Fury Corps that is responsible for operations in Ladakh.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process."

Australia will within weeks allow residents of New Zealand to enter the country without having to quarantine, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said on Friday, as Canberra seeks to revive its ailing economy as COVID19 cases begin to slow.

Gandhi led the peaceful march to protest against the British Raj’s salt tax rule and his speech for this movement remains one of his most remembered speeches.

Pawar's comments came after he visited the SII facility to get a dose of the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine administered to increase immunity.

The US administration and the Congress are both closely following the issue of the winding up of the Amnesty International's India operations, a senior State Department official has said. The NHRC on Wednesday issued a notice to the Union Home Secretary o...

Punjab farmers stepped up their agitation against the new farm laws on Thursday with rail blockades at over 30 places, even as top SAD leaders, including party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, led 'kisan' marches f...

The new order, which will be in place from October 3 to October 31, says that the measure has been taken to enforce social distancing, and for this, Section 144 of the CrPC can be used.

The next serological survey to check for the prevalence of antibodies against the novel coronavirus among people will start in Delhi within a fortnight, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday. Seroprevalence of antibodies to COVID-19 reduced t...

Congress leaders and activists on Thursday held a candle light protest here against the alleged gang-rape and death of the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh that has triggered a nationwide outrage. State Congress president and MP N Uttam Kuma...

The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) in an order said educational institutions, places of worship, cinema halls, entertainment complexes, theatres, auditoriums, swimming pools, assembly halls and similar places will remain closed till October 31.

Sibal, who was among the 23 leaders who wrote to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi calling for organisational reforms, also slammed Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman for alluding to the letter writers and their alleged undermining of the party.

M Veerappa Moily said the judgment is not consistent with the observation made by the Supreme Court in 2019 that the demolition of the mosque was an "egregious violation of the rule of law".

It was the second such successful test firing of the missile, having a range of upto 5 km, in the last 10 days.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a slew of relaxations amid COVID-19 outbreak, including lifting of night curfew and Sunday lockdown, while directing the DGP to strictly enforce wearing of masks and other safety norms. Among the...

The Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra government on Thursday if there existed a grievance redressal mechanism in the state for citizens to complain if they are overcharged for COVID-19 treatment at private hospitals and nursing homes. A bench of C...