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The order also warned the state government employees that disobeying or refusing work entrusted by their superiors on containing the pandemic would amount to violation of the provisions of the state Civil Services Act.

There is no doubt now who was behind the attack, Singh said on Twitter as he posted a picture purportedly showing his alleged attacker Deepak Sharma with ADG Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday accused the BJP of using the incident of the alleged rape of two minor sisters from Rajasthan's Baran district to divert attention from the Hathras gang-rape case and said a comparison between the two is "totally unfa...

Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender on Monday said people should continue to follow the precautions against COVID-19 during the coming Dussehra and Bathukamma festivalsthough the coronavirus spread was on the decline. Pointing to the spike in...

The 26-year-old man was taken into custody on Monday, based on statement of the girl, who is battling for life at a hospital in Khammam district after suffering severe burns, they said.

Pakistan initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation in Nowshera sector of Rajouri around 6.30 pm. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly and the cross-border firing between the two sides continued for quite some time, the spokesperson said.

A former MLA, four corporators and several workers of the BJP were arrested for allegedly creating ruckus in the Pune Municipal Corporation's water supply department on Monday, police said. Former Hadapsar MLA Yogesh Tilekar had called the department in...

The Supreme Court had held the respondent no. 2 (Shivinder) guilty of contempt and wilful disobedience of orders of the Supreme Court and the solemn undertakings given to this court on five occasions.

Altogether 312 villages in the districts of Dhemaji, Morigaon and Nagaon are under water now while 19,737 hectare of crop area is affected. Flood waters receded from Goalpara district and entered Dhemaji since Sunday, it said.

Punjab's tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,19,186 on Monday as 1,062 more people tested positive for the disease, while the state's death toll mounted to 3,641 with 38 more fatalities, a medical bulletin said. The number of active cases in the state...

A number of youth Congress activists on Monday tried to gherao the residence of Union Minister of State Som Parkash here during a protest over farm bills and the Hathras incident, but were prevented by the police from doing so. Led by District Youth Con...

The explosion that happened in August in the Port of Beirut was one of the most powerful non-nuclear blasts in history - releasing enough energy in a matter of milliseconds to power over 100 homes for a year - according to a new assessment of the disaster...

Lakshya Sen cannot wait to go full throttle when international badminton resumes with the Denmark Open from October 13.

CM Yogi Adityanath speaking on the Hathras gangrape on Sunday had said that those who do not like development, try to incite ethnic and communal riots.

The COVID19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some countries, so investors must be ready for granting some form of relief that could also include debt cancellation, World Bank President David Malpass was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Under the influence of the fresh low pressure area, rainfall activity is very likely to increase over Odisha and coastal Andhra Pradesh during October 11-13.