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The state had ordered weekend lockdowns in which all markets, commercial establishments and offices remained closed on Saturdays and Sundays to enable sanitisation of various areas. Earlier this month, it brought down the curbs to Sundays.

The prime minister also lauded the country's media for serving people in an "unprecedented way" by spreading awareness on the COVID-19 pandemic and by analysing government works and pointing out their shortcomings.

India's single-day rise in cases dipped on Tuesday, after recording over 80,000 cases daily for five days in a row.

China accused Indian troops of violating a bilateral agreement and firing warning shots in the air during a confrontation with Chinese personnel on the disputed border on Monday, amid renewed tensions between the two countries.

The report on 'Household Social Consumption: Education in India as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey – from July 2017 to June 2018' provides for state-wise detail of literacy rate among the persons aged seven years and above.

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is a job scheme for migrant workers launched by the central government on June 20. Nearly 39,000 migrant workers have returned to their villages in Purulia district owing to COVID-19 pandemic, and they are eligible to be broug...

Police also seized fire arms including, one short weapon(pistol), two hover sacks.The search was still going on, the SP said.

Monsoon rains, which turned patchy in the first week of September, will pick up in the second half of the month, the staterun India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

According to sources, there will be no question hour mainly because it is a one-day session and only important issues and legislative matters will be taken up. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the session will be held with various safety measures in plac...

K Satyanarayana, professor at the city-based English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), and the other son-in law, a journalist with a English business daily, said they received the notices sent by the National Investigation Agency, Mumbai, asking th...

The decision on the number of seats to be contested was taken during the Parliamentary Board meeting of the party chaired by LJP chief Chirag Paswan earlier in the day.

New Zealand Rugby and the government are in talks to ensure the All Blacks can play test matches this year despite COVID19 border restrictions, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.

Heavy rains lashed several parts of the southern state of Kerala due to a low pressure in the Arabian Sea, prompting the Met department to issue an orange alert for two districts of the state.

The draft guidelines, on which the Consumer Affairs Ministry has sought public comments by September 18, are applicable to companies whose products or services are advertised as well as to advertisement agencies and endorsers. According to the draft guide...

The trials that were expected to commence in the first week of September have been delayed due to the safety approval pending from the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the first 100 candidates selected to undergo the trials, the institute told...

Metro services were suspended in late March when the government announced a nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the novel coronavirus.