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An attack claimed by Islamic State on a jail compound in the Afghan city of Jalalabad killed at least three people and injured dozens, triggering heavy fighting in which scores of prisoners escaped, an official said.

As part of the new guidelines, shopping malls, gymnasiums have been granted permission to operate between Monday and Friday, subject to certain conditions.

Kamal Rani, the cabinet minister for Technical Education in the UP government, succumbed to COVID-19 at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on Sunday.

In a series of tweets along with the pictures of the moon surface, Subramanian said: "Chandrayaan-2's Pragyan "ROVER" intact on Moon's surface and has rolled out few metres from the skeleton Vikram lander whose payloads got disintegrated due to rough land...

Saibaba who is wheelchair-bound with over 90% physical disability is currently serving time for Naxal links at the Nagpur Central Jail.

The city has so far recorded a total of 1,36,716 coronavirus cases, of which 1,22,131 patients have either recovered or migrated, they added.  There are 10,596 active cases in the national capital currently, of which 5,560 are under home isolation.

In the letter written in Hindi, the deputy chief minister said that the Delhi government will again send its proposal on reopening of hotels and weekly markets to the lieutenant governor on Tuesday.

The WHO has suggested to take up initiatives in Ahmedabad like 'Dhanvantari Rath', 104 fever helpline, Sanjivani Van; and active participation of private hospitals in control and treatment as a case study.

According to an FIR registered in the case, the accused abducted the minor on Thursday when she had gone out of her house to throw garbage in the village dump yard.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said former state deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had not been speaking for months, denying that the BJP had any involvement in the ongoing political tussle.

In an interview with CNN-News18, Dr Kasturirangan explains the many intricacies of the National Education Policy 2020 and the motivations behind it.

India's fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the AprilJune quarter, 83.2% of the target for the whole of the current fiscal year, reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tax collections and as the government frontloaded its spendi...

India will assume the BRICS presidency in 2021.

President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, but the Constitution bestows that power on Congress, not the president.

"Without caring for his own life, Dr Javed Ali kept helping people. The people of Delhi salute his service. Today I met his family members and handed over financial assistance of Rs one crore," the chief minister said after meeting the family.

At present those belonging to other backward classes (OBCs) are eligible for 27 per cent reservation in educational institutions and government jobs, barring those who come under the creamy layer category with an annual income of more than Rs 8 lakh.