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For the first time in India, four people were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one tested positive for the Brazil variant in the country, the health minister has said.

As the State Election Commission had ordered on Tuesday re-polling at two polling booths of Mohali Municipal Corporation, the counting for this entire civic body will take place on Thursday.

The accident took place on Tuesday morning near Patna village, around 80 km from the Sidhi district headquarters, when the bus was on its way to Satna from Sidhi.

There are 1,36,549 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country currently, which account for only 1.25 per cent of its total caseload.

He is also the founder President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) which was at the forefront of the movement for Statehood to Telangana.

The two are residents of Kerala and were recruiting members in different states to carry out the attacks, Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said

New Delhi: Kiran Bedi will “cease to hold” the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said Tuesday night. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been given the additional charge of Puducherry. “The President has directed that Dr. Kiran Bedi shall cease to hold the office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry and […]

"That the Contemnor tweet is of serious nature putting a big question on sovereign function of Supreme Court and their abiding nature to the Constitution", said the plea.

For starters, he has ordered all authorities concerned to ban public processions, rallies, meetings and gatherings to avoid overcrowding, besides mandatory wearing of face masks in public.

A Chinese-made grenade was hurled at the office of the "Poknapham" newspaper in the heart of Imphal on Saturday evening but did not detonate.

A Chinese-made grenade was hurled at the office of the "Poknapham" newspaper in the heart of Imphal on Saturday evening but did not detonate.

DNA samples of all the bodies and limbs are being preserved in a forensic laboratory in Dehradun

The correction is being done as the country approaches the 75th year of its independence, said the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief at the "horrific" bus accident and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives

Gandhinagar: A key conspirator in the infamous 2002 Godhra train burning case — who was on the run for the last 19 years — was arrested from Godhra town, police said on Tuesday. Panchmahal police claimed that arrested accused Rafiq Hussain Bhatuk, 51, was part of the ‘core group’ of culprits involved in the conspiracy, […]

DCW enquired about the fact if any rules were flouted during the arrest of the 21-year-old environmental activist

South Africa strain has been detected in four returnees -- one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January

According to Kathmandu Post, Nepali Ambassador to India Nilamber Acharya telephoned Arindam Bagchi, Joint Secretary in-charge of Nepal and Bhutan at India's Ministry of External Affairs, to express displeasure at the statement and seek clarification.

According to the police, Phogat, who was one of the contestants in this season's Bigg Boss, was away to Chandigarh when the alleged theft took place

The COVID-19 case tally has climbed to 6,37,181 in the city, the authorities said, adding that the positivity rate has further declined to 0.17 per cent.

Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.

At least 37 people, including 16 women, died after a bus fell off a bridge into a canal near Patna village in Sidhi district on Tuesday morning, police said.

Prima facie, 44 passengers were travelling on the bus at the time of the accident, which occurred around 8:30 AM.

There are 1,36,872 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 1.25 per cent of the total caseload.