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Freight train movement remained disrupted for the third consecutive day in Jharkhand as members of the Tana Bhagat community blocked the tracks at Tori station here, seeking amendment of Chotanagpur Tenancy Act which protects the land rights of the tri...

Lionel Messi has reportedly decided to stay at Barcelona in order to avoid going to the court.

The Union Home Ministry has allowed a visa extension for 410 Hindu refugees stranded in Pakistan due to the coronavirus lockdown. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday told this to the Jodhpur bench of Rajasthan High Court during a hearing on prob...

The COVID19 discharge rate in West Bengal rose to 84.48 per cent on Friday, after 3,305 more people recovered from the disease, the health department said. The death toll due to the infection mounted to 3,452 with 58 fresh fatalities, the department sai...

Two men were injured in a blast at a village in Kannur district while they were reportedly making steel bombs illegally, police said. Fifteen such bombs were recovered from the isolated spot at Poonyam near Thalassery, they said.

A Delhi court Friday pulled up the police for not making any efforts to identify the paper setter who had allegedly put a castebased question in the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) exam for primary teachers recruitment, saying it was di...

Kerala on Friday registered the highest number of discharges of COVID19 patients in a single day at 2,716 and reported 2,479 fresh cases. With these fresh cases, the COVID19 tally in the state now stands at 82,103.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to fill the post of state Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) within four weeks. A bench of justices P K Jaiswal and D K Singh passed the order on a petition moved by Nutan Thakur...

The virulent spread of coronavirus saw Andhra Pradesh adding over 1.04 lakh fresh cases since August 26 as the state reported more than 10,000 cases for the tenth day in a row on Friday. The infection positivity rate rocketed to 12.02 per cent much...

Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday announced that people donating plasma after recovering from COVID19 will be given one year free medical treatment and complimentary health checkups. Addressing a press conference, he said the move was to make...

The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre, states and Union Territory (UTs) on a plea alleging nonavailability of essential medicines for treatment of mental illness in government run or funded health care centres. A bench headed by Chie...

It cancelled its earlier notification which had directed for banks to be closed on all Saturdays, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

LJP helmed by Chirag Paswan, has often been critical of the Nitish Kumar government over a variety of issues.

These are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: India records over 83,000 cases for second day in a row; Supreme Court to hear today review pleas by six states seeking NEET, JEE postponement; 3-year-old raped and murdered in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri...

Initially the police suspected it to be a case of murder. However, a panel of three doctors conducted an autopsy and confirmed rape.

Spurts in cases in small towns and villages, where mask wearing and social distancing have nearly vanished and community gatherings are back, explain why India's infections are now rising faster than anywhere else in the world.