India

Forty-nine more coronavirus-related fatalities pushed the death toll in Punjab to 2,757, while 2,696 new cases took the infection tally to 95,529 on Saturday, according to a medical bulletin. Of the fresh deaths, 12 were reported from Ludhiana, nine fro...

Rome (AP) Less than two weeks after getting defaulted from the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic lost his cool again midway through a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over German qualifier Dominik Koepfer in the Italian Open quarterfinals Saturday. When Djokovic was broken at...

Wolverhampton (UK) (AP) Wolverhampton manager Nuno Espirito Santo said Saturday that Portugal forward Diogo Jota is joining Liverpool, a move which will add depth to the Premier League champions' attacking options in a congested season. I know Diogo was...

The state excise department on Saturday seized 5,000 litres of illicit country-made liquor from a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city, an official said. Acting on a tip-off, a team from the excise department raided some houses in Kuchban...

A 74-year-old woman was shot dead by her younger son over a family dispute on her insistence to partition her agricultural land equally among her two sons and two married daughters, police said on Saturday. Savitri Devi, who had lost her husb...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said people who had the capacity must voluntarily pay their COVID-19 bills so that medical infrastructure in the state gets support. Treatment for the infection is free across the state.

Apart from the coronavirus situation, a major issue before the ruling coalition is how to respond to the Supreme Court’s stay to the implementation of the Maratha reservation.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Saturday approved former world no.1 Kidambi Srikanth's request to allow his coach and physiotherapist to accompany him for the Denmark Open badminton tournament scheduled to be held in Odense from October 13 to 18....

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday asked the Roads and Buildings department to cancel the tender process and invite bids afresh to ensure total transparency. The Jagan Mohan Reddy government proposed to take up road deve...

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for MSMEs Pratap Chandra Sarangi said loans worth Rs 14,364.30 crore were disbursed to MSME units in Maharashtra.

A police constable rescued a 45- year-old woman after she allegedly jumped into Upvan Lake in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday evening, when constable Gajendra Sontakke and police naik S P More of Vart...

Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar will move these bills for their withdrawal to reintroduce fresh Bills for consideration.

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has called for an urgent meeting of its Apex Council on Tuesday to discuss matters related to the Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC). The CIC is headed by former cricketer Lalchand Rajput and also has Raju Kulkarni...

Juniper Hills (US) (AP) The death of a firefighter on the lines of a wildfire east of Los Angeles was under investigation Friday as another blaze to the north burned homes in a small community on the edge of the Mojave Desert. The death occurred Thursda...

The Tripura High Court on Friday sought more detail on the states' preparedness and measures undertaken to fight the novel coronavirus. The court also asked the state government to clarify if it has any complaint resolution system in place to address in...

Instances of adverse effects due to consumption of above-mentioned immunity boosting drugs are not reported from the states and UTs, Union Health Ministrt Harsh Vardhan said.