India

Beijing (AP) Hong Kong Disneyland has reopened for the second time as the semi-autonomous Chinese city again appears to have brought new coronavirus cases down to near-zero. The resort shut down during the initial stage of China's outbreak when Hong Kon...

Rajasthan reported its highest single-day spike of 2,010 coronavirus cases on Friday while the state's death toll due to the infection rose to 1,412 with 15 more fatalities, according to a health department bulletin. The total number of people infected...

The National Centre for Seismology said the quake occurred at 16.27 pm at a depth of 10 kilometres.

A Singapore court on Friday declared the death of a 46-year-old construction worker from India a suicide, nearly five months after he was found dead in a hospital here where he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Ruling the death as suicide, State Cor...

The child had been unwell for the past one week and when the parents asked the perpetrator for some money for treatment, they were brutally beaten up.

Moscow (AP) Moscow authorities have issued a recommendation for the elderly to stay at home and for employers to allow as many people as possible to work remotely, following a rapid growth of coronavirus cases in the Russian capital. On Friday, health o...

The exam will be conducted at around 1000 centres in 222 cities across the country. However, last year, it was 600 examination centres in 164 cities.

Debut novels from women authors dominated the JCB Prize for Literature shortlist for 2020 that was announced on Friday. Among the five shortlisted books, three have been penned by women first time writers.

Farmers in Karnataka staged demonstrations across the state on Friday as part of a 'bandh' call given to protest the 'anti-farmer' policies of the central and state governments. A large number of ryots from various parts of the state flocked to the...

Indian shares on Friday bounced back from their longest losing streak since February, boosted by IT stocks, although gains were capped due to pressure on lenders after India extended the suspension of bankruptcy filings.

Farmers in various parts of the country raised slogans, took out processions and caused road and rail blockades as part of the Bharat bandh call given by several unions to voice dissent against the Bills being perceived as 'anti-farmer'.

The president's remarks in this regard come days after senior Indian and Chinese military commanders held talks aimed at resolving the months-long standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The two countries agreed to stop sending more tro...

A day after the state power sector regulator approved tariff hike from October 1, the opposition BJP and the Congress in Odisha on Thursday demanded rollback of the move. Both the parties criticised the state government for increasing the power tariff a...

With a significant increase in COVID-19 testing, a large number of containment zones have mushroomed across the city, covering new localities and crossing the 2,000 mark, official data showed. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier on Thursday said the...

A video, showing several passengers with face masks dangerously hanging on the doors of a crowded suburban train, has surfaced on social media. The Western Railway (WR) on Thursday said the video, which appeared on social media platforms on Wednesday, w...

Police resorted to baton charge after candidates of a teachers' recruitment examination laid siege on a national highway in Rajasthan, pelted stones and torched vehicles on Thursday to press for their demand to fill vacancies in the general category with...