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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will offer prayers at the Gorakhnath Temple here on the first day of Navratra on Saturday, temple officials said. Adityanath, the peethadheeshwar of Gorakshpeeth, will install a 'kalash' at Shakti Durga Peet...

As smoky and hazy skies are back to haunt Delhi-NCR after a few months of blue skies and clean air, experts have cautioned people to brace for the winter season saying higher pollution level may worsen the impact of COVID-19. Environment and health exp...

Prague (AP) Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have set a new one-day record for the second straight day. Health Ministry figures show the day-to-day increase reached 9,721 on Thursday, 177 more than the previous record set a day earlier..

Indigenous Badagar Alliance (IBA) on Friday expressed happiness over including the 'Badagas,' the largest indigenous social group in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, in the data base of Worlds Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations Mountain Partne...

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, described the situation as an 'emergency', requiring the top court to step in before the problem of bad air and smog assumes unmanageable proportion.

A nine-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district two days ago, has been referred to a Kanpur hospital for treatment, officials said. Earlier, the girl was admitted to a government hospital in Banda where h...

Sydney (AP) Australia's largest city Sydney lifted quarantine restrictions on travellers from New Zealand on Friday while the second largest city, Melbourne, marked the 100th day of one of the world's longest pandemic lockdowns. More than 350 passengers...

In today’s wrap: India records 63,300 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, HCL Technologies Q2 net profit up 18.5% at Rs 3,142 crore; Sensex rebounds 320 points in early trade; Bengaluru pub owner shot dead by rival gang; NEET UG results to be declared...

On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Infosys, ONGC, Kotak Bank, NTPC and Bharti Airtel were among prominent gainers. Of the 30 Sensex constituents, 27 were trading in the green.

Sikkim reported 41 fresh COVID- 19 cases, taking the state's tally to 3,500, an official said on Thursday. The state's Information, Education and Communication (IEC) member Sonam Bhutia said East Sikkim registered 35 positive cases, South Sikkim (5) and...

With copious rains in catchment areas filling dams and reservoirs across rivers like Krishna, Tunga, Bhadra, Bhima and Cauvery, the authorities released excess water from them causing flash floods in towns and villages across the coastal, northern and nor...

Pune district reported 1,197 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its caseload to 3,11,627, a health official said on Thursday evening. With 38 fatalities, the death toll in the district reached 7,335 he added.

Telangana and Maharashtra have so far in October received 143% and 78% more rainfall than normal respectively, according to data compiled by IMD.

It will be the first submarine of the Myanmarese Navy which has been ramping up cooperation with the Indian Navy in the last few years.

Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli promulgated the night curfew under Section 144 Cr PC along the Bangladesh border in the district for the next two months, an official release said.

In Solapur district, 8,000 were rescued and six persons died in wall collapse in the temple town of Pandharpur on Wednesday, while remaining deaths too occured in rain-and flood-related incidents.