India

Net tax receipts during April-May period were 338.5 billion rupees ($4.48 billion), while total expenditure was 5.12 trillion rupees, the data showed, indicating the government was front-loading its budgeted spending to combat the impact of pandemic.

P Jeyaraj and his son Bennicks, arrested for 'violating' lockdown norms over business hours of their cellphone shop, died at a hospital in Kovilpatti on June 23.

The high court observed that it was a policy decision of the state government to transfer the case to the CBI, while appreciating the Palaniswami dispensation for the decision.

The new guidelines that will come into effect from July 1 are based on feedback received from states and UTs, and extensive consultations held with related central ministries and departments.

The Commission, chaired by N K Singh, also had a detailed discussions with the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Department of Higher Education on the necessity of submission of a revised memorandum to the Finance Commission by the minis...

A doctor said the 103-year-old was born in 1917, just one year before the Spanish flu pandemic, which is said to be the most severe in recent history.

Rather than extending lockdown, restrictions may be considered after an assessment of the scenario in specific regions said Dr Prabhdeep Kaur of the National Institute of Epidemiology-ICMR.

At least 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in the clashes in eastern Ladakh earlier this month.

The application sought modification in the court's May 28 order by seeking to include three more places of alternate accommodation for the foreign nationals connected to Tablighi Jamaat in light of ongoing criminal proceedings.

The chief minister and staff at his residence had undergone the examination for COVID-19 on Sunday after one of the staff had tested positive a few days ago.

A police escort car behind Pawar's vehicle reportedly lost control, and overturned below the bridge, resulting in a traffic snarl.

Officials said 37 teams were on the job and people in the containment zones were being thoroughly screened to stall community transmission.

Former chief minister Tarun Gogoi criticised the decision to impose a stricter lockdown in Guwahati and blamed it to inefficacy of Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

In an order dated June 26, the Department of Women and Child Development said the dates for submission of forms for the scheme has been extended till August 31.

Delhi government said that the situation will improve in coming weeks and it will not be as "bleak" as it appeared in early June when there was a rapid surge in infections.

He said all 18 students and the invigilator of the exam hall in Hassan district, where a COVID-positive student appeared to write the maths exam on Saturday, have tested negative.